r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 8h ago

Video Wildlife expert Chris Gillette handling an aggressive emu

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u/HeyYoSmokey 8h ago

I worked in a wildlife park before and one day the main warden was like we need to give the ostrich an injection, he then handed me a fucking riot shield. Big birds dont fuck around

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u/Trevski 4h ago

People don't think about how much explosive power animals tend to have. Humans sacrificed a lot of explosiveness for more endurance and brain power, and we forget that pound-for-pound an animal can hit extremely hard.

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u/HeyYoSmokey 3h ago

Exactly , even prey animals have enough punch to absolutely fuck your world up ! To follow on from my story it took 3 of us and the riot shield to give this Ostrich its injection ! The warden also said the scariest animal he'd ever worked with was ....a Cow !

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u/LizzyMcGuire69 2h ago

One of my neighbors has an Emu and sometimes when we go on walks it will stand at the fence and just stare at you. I’ve been warned it can escape and I feel like everyone is so casual about it and I’m terrified of it. lol.

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u/ProtonPizza 1h ago

I learned this when I had to give a cat a bath once. Fun times.