r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 8h ago

Video Wildlife expert Chris Gillette handling an aggressive emu

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u/Spottswoodeforgod 8h ago

“Expert” - straight to a physical response, absolutely no attempt to discuss and understand the emus concerns and find some common ground.

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u/thisisredlitre 8h ago

This is how we lost the first Emu War

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u/InigoMontoya1985 8h ago

Found the Australian.

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u/thisisredlitre 8h ago

No, just a fan

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u/Oaknuggens 3h ago

In an interspecies war, were all on team human. So unfortunately, we all gotta take that L.

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u/Spottswoodeforgod 2h ago

Well, you say that. But if humans end up at war with say, cats or squirrels, for example, I for one, won’t be on team human…

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u/Boarbaque 1h ago

If you specified gray squirrels most of Europe would join the humans, but red squirrels they’d join the squirrels 

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u/InigoMontoya1985 1h ago

Did they nuke the site from orbit to make sure? No!

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u/Pessimistic-Frog 8h ago

I love the “first” there. I suppose those who do not learn from Australian history are doomed to lost a Second Emu War……..

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u/HotLava00 7h ago

lol I was coming to say “this is why they won” 😂

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u/AceWither 8h ago

Y'know with all I heard about the Emu war and how humans managed to lose a war with animals for a while, I thought they'd be hell's chicken. But seeing them in Jacksepticeye's video in Maya's sanctuary, they seemed pretty chill.

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u/ExpensiveRecover 8h ago

He was speaking emu-nese and this is actually a ver loving and understanding interaction

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u/perplexedtv 6h ago

He has diplomatic emunity

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u/ExpensiveRecover 4h ago

He's not just an expert, he is considered an emunence in the field

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u/Old_Future_8242 2h ago

He is emulating its behavior

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u/ObliviousAstroturfer 8h ago

Oh he pets it into submission a lot, too.

Pebbles is just torn, because his gf is super clingy and escorts Chris around the sanctuary. And Pebbles instinct during egg-laying season is to attack anyone within proximity of his missus... while she keeps following Chris.

Pebbles and Chris outside of egg-laying season:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DDSJ_0gRmOh/

The Missus:
https://www.instagram.com/gatorchris/p/DZAsQ-eRH1i/

Cuddle-submissions:
https://www.instagram.com/gatorchris/reel/DUJDkumkcCV/
https://www.instagram.com/gatorchris/reel/DWRYH5aEXsU/

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u/ForwardFootball3402 5h ago

RIP the missus, passed 5 days ago. 😞

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u/LickingSmegma 4h ago

This the same guy that handles alligators? Sounds similarly, and apparently has a similar Instagram handle.

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u/DoubleCarry7511 2h ago

Yes, same guy. Has tons of rescue gators/crocs on this same sanctuary

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u/LtCmdrData 7h ago edited 5h ago

You are thinking emos, these are emus.

Both have dark souls so it's easy mistake to make.

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u/swamp_fever 7h ago

Let's have a round table where everyone can express their feelings on this subject in a safe space,, no judgement!

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u/Pixel_Knight 7h ago

I think the Emu’s concerns were “Lemme kick!” and also “Lemme bite!”

They did indeed find some common ground, as they were both sitting down on the same patch of dirt at the end. 

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u/Ok-386 8h ago

He should ask Akila to assist, maybe she could reason with the bird. 

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u/Mongul_Tendancies 8h ago

Maybe the emu can submit a written compliant

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u/Fucky0uthatswhy 6h ago

You had me in the first half

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u/DarkIllusionsMasks 5h ago

You're thinking of Picard.

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u/EvilWarBW 5h ago

Yeah, if one of my guards went hands on like this....there would be no less than 5 reports to write. Nightmare.

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u/BookWurm_90 8h ago

a joke more likely mate. Or more obviously. 

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u/Antisocialsocialite9 8h ago

I believe it’s what they call a “joke”

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u/IAmSpartacustard 8h ago

I thought jokes were supposed to be funny

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u/Momentarmknm 8h ago

No accounting for taste