Understanding the Behavior of Domestic Emus: A Means to Improve Their Management and Welfare—Major Behaviors and Activity Time Budgets of Adult Emus

Table 3

Activity time budgets for major behavior for emus, relative humidity, and temperature during morning and noon hours¹.

Variables	Morning	Noon	value
	Mean ± S.E.	Mean ± S.E.
Feeding	18.2 ± 1.3	19.9 ± 1.3	NS
Drinking	2.8 ± 0.5	2.1 ± 0.5	NS
Grooming	9.8 ± 0.0	10.2 ± 0.9	NS
Resting	10.2 ± 2.3	8.2 ± 2.3	NS
Locomotion	31.0 ± 1.5	26.1 ± 1.4	0.02
Standing	25.2 ± 1.5	29.9 ± 1.5	0.03
Vocalization	1.9 ± 0.4	2.6 ± 0.4	NS
Other behaviors	0.9 ± 0.2	1.1 ± 0.2	NS
Relative humidity (%)	68.1 ± 1.0	56.9 ± 0.9
Temperature (°C)	17.4 ± 0.4	17.3 ± 0.6

Least square means ± standard error are presented.
NS: not significant.