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The attraction of emus

31/07/2008

Farmers in the state of Orissa, on the east coast of India, are abandoning traditional poultry farming and raising emus instead.According to local media, an enterprising farmer named Mohan Reddy decided three years ago to take out a loan and raised 14 of the birds, which can live for 40 years, grow to a height of 1.8 metres and a weight of 50...

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