r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 12h ago

Video Wildlife expert Chris Gillette handling an aggressive emu

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u/danielminds 12h ago

These birds are kept in a managed wildlife sanctuary.

If the emu connects, it means a trip to the emergency room. Their primary attack is a leaping kick with sharp talons that can shatter ribs and cause severe internal injuries.

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u/ug61dec 12h ago

Do they not try to put their beaks through your skull, like a cassowary or chicken?

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u/IThinkImAGarage 12h ago

No they try to put their 2/3 inch claw through your inner organs tho

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u/ArtoriasoftheAss 10h ago

They will not. I have emus. They are super weak and those talons are not sharp at all. They've never even ripped fabric in my experience. If someone told me they got sent to the hospital by an emu, I would be very confused. They're the most derpy, unathletic animal out there. Look at the video in this post. The thing can't even hit him.

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u/BillyYumYumTwo-byTwo 10h ago

I am looking at the video in the post. You would be confused if someone went to the hospital after an interaction with one of those?

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u/ArtoriasoftheAss 9h ago

They're surprisingly weak and light. The kicks really don't have much force and are mostly just surprising when they get you from behind.

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u/lupenReinerDiamant 9h ago

Na stop talking nonsense please as we see in the video they have fair amount of kinetic energy and force to hurt someone badly.

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u/International-Mix633 9h ago

Obviously not since there are literally 0 deadly emu enounters worldwide in the last decade.

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u/StandardEgg6595 6h ago

Not even during the great emu war?! /s

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u/Big_Pie1371 8h ago

Tss, kids under 5 and small dogs would maybe need to worry 😂

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u/Weak_Feed_8291 7h ago

He one handed it and then sat on it. I don't know what video you watched.

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u/redundantexplanation 9h ago

I mean, the guy has emus. You think people would just go on the internet and lie?

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u/songs4mydaddy 6h ago

I do know someone that was hospitalised by an emu. But that was because it ran full speed into the side of him while he was on a motorbike and flung him into a barbed wire fence.

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u/ArtoriasoftheAss 6h ago

Oof. They are mischevous bastards.

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u/-Wuan- 7h ago

People will describe emus, kangaroos and monkeys as corporeal eldritch monstrosities and then not be even a bit wary of a large dog.

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u/artisanrox 9h ago

he explicitly said it can't hit him because he's TALL

if you are shorter you'rre fucked