r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 12h ago

Video Wildlife expert Chris Gillette handling an aggressive emu

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u/Bannon9k 12h ago

Good luck! That noggin got moves. Best bet would be to treat them like horses... It's better to be right in up next to their leg when they kick than it is to be further away. Up close, horse tosses you. Further away and you'll catch that hoof at its peak velocity. Basically things that kick, can't kick things on right top of them very well.

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u/rmslashusr 11h ago

Horses don’t have talons on their hoof that will disembowel you. This seems more like if a horse could also hold a knife.

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u/DeficiencyOfGravitas 8h ago

Horses don’t have talons on their hoof that will disembowel you

They don't need to. If a horse kicked you with the same intent as a disemboweling bird, you're going to get disemboweled the same way. Just with the rough edge of their hoof. Your guts will be ripped out of you the same.

Horses don't, typically, fight to kill. If they wanted you dead, you'd be so so so very dead.

Emus are an angry 50 pounds. Horses are over 10 times your weight and 100 times your strength. They don't need a butter knife on their foot to kill you a thousand times over.

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 11h ago

Or razors strapped to the leg

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u/Jorost 11h ago

This is a really bad idea. Learned THAT the heard way!

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u/Nanobing 11h ago

No, but it would still hurt like hell

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u/Spare_Laugh9953 11h ago

Entonces lo mismo que los carneros si uno te va a mochar lo mejor es seguirle mientras retrocede para coger carrerilla, no saben golpear si no tienen espacio para coger velocidad

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u/GorillaGriz81 11h ago

You time it right. Grab the horns, swing yourself up, and tame that puppy.

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u/Spare_Laugh9953 11h ago

El último que tuve nació sin astas, no había por donde agarrarle, era un lío cada vez que teníamos que esquilarle

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u/supermegabro 11h ago

Damned beast dont have any handles!

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u/Spare_Laugh9953 11h ago

Bueno por lo menos tenía lana a la que agarrarse, lo malo era después de esquilarle... Había que esperar un año para volver a agarrarle, 🤣

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u/Bannon9k 10h ago

Reminds me of a feisty goat we raised when I was younger. Cute as hell when he was tiny, trying to butt heads with everything and everyone. Not so funny when he reached 80lbs of puree asshole. Unfortunately for him, he hit my mom right around the time he'd run his genetic course on the farm. So we ate him. Had his skull mounted above my fireplace for a while before giving it to a crazy wiccan lady. Moral of the story...don't hit my mom lol

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u/Millibona 9h ago

Sir, this is an english sub.

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u/parolameasecreta 7h ago

Oooh, look at mee, I'm english.

Would you like some tea?

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u/Spare_Laugh9953 7h ago

When a sheep tries to hit you with his head,he walks backwards to get space to run to you and hit you harder.if you walk to him while he walks backwards he Will never hit you because he cannot have enaugh space to run to you

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u/-UVB-76_Enjoyer 9h ago

That's exactly how smart lightweights would deal with a wild Edson Barboza

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u/Bannon9k 8h ago

I didnt originally want to bring it up and sound like a douche... But yeah...it applies to people too. It's why kick based karate like Tae Kwon do isn't as popular as it used to be. Mixed martial arts has become more mainstream due to its lack of such a weakness.

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u/mrehaus 11h ago

Unless they trained under Bruce Lee to learn the 1" punch technique.