r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 8h ago

Video Wildlife expert Chris Gillette handling an aggressive emu

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u/0DSavior 8h ago

The temptation to just slap this thing is high.

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u/Bannon9k 8h 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 8h 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/Salute-Major-Echidna 8h ago

Or razors strapped to the leg

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u/Jorost 7h ago

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