First 'Almost Complete' Egg Of Now-Extinct Dwarf Emu Discovered KEY POINTS Scientists discovered the first "almost complete" King Island emu egg Analysis showed the emu eggs were large in size Researchers have found an "almost complete" egg of an extinct dwarf emu and they hope the discovery will shed more light on the mysterious creatures. Emus are the second largest birds after ostriches. They are flightless creatures that can only be found in Australia, Phys.org said. Apart from the emus on the main island, smaller versions of the birds, called dwarf emus, were also once present in the islands off southern Australia. These emu subspecies include the Kangaroo Island emu (