(1) And the chicks follow the father emu across the highway.(2) However, the really close resemblance is between ostrich and emu .(3) Living relatives of moa include the emus , ostrich, and kiwi, which are members of a bird group called ratites.(4) Ostriches and emus are primitive birds that have more in common with dinosaurs than more advanced birds like robins, Schweitzer said.(5) Ostriches, emus , cassowaries, rheas, kiwis, moas and elephant birds really are more closely related to each other than they are to any other birds.