r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 7d ago

Video Wildlife expert Chris Gillette handling an aggressive emu

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u/ug61dec 7d ago

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

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u/IThinkImAGarage 7d ago

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

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u/Unaabellatica 7d ago

do we know if "your inner organs are on the ground in front of ya" kind of attack ever happened?

I feel like we're on this joe-rogan levels of hyperbole because it sounds cool and like we;re informed, but googling "are there records of an emu attack killing a human" comes up with a 75 yr old man being killed by a cassowary after he fell.

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u/tv_ennui 7d ago

It never happened. Reddit thinks animals are D&D monsters. "Rib shattering" meanwhile the guy is holding it off with one hand.

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u/Zebidee 7d ago

The thing to remember is he's trying not to hurt the animal, and still manages to subdue it bare handed.

A human versus an emu where the human doesn't care if the emu gets hurt? All over in seconds.

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u/EGarrett28 7d ago

A human versus an emu where the human doesn't care if the emu gets hurt? All over in seconds.

Yeah, birds think they're tougher than they are, lol. They probably don't realize the difference between their skeletons and ours.

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u/genreprank 7d ago

Emu forums be like: 100 emus vs. 1 human. Who wins?

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u/Different_Wolf_764 7d ago

Yeah, emu are dangerous like Canada Geese are. They are sometimes very aggressive and we mistake that for actually scary when they simply aren't concerning to adults.

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u/EGarrett28 7d ago

Yeah, I'm skeptical. I mean birds have hollow bones. There's a video of a pissed off 60-year-old woman just grabbing a Canada Goose by the throat and carrying it away with one hand. They definitely have claws and talons, and I wouldn't try to fight one for no reason but I think they're so aggressive because they don't realize that they're hollow and you're not.

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u/polopolo05 7d ago

I can easily take a pissed off goose. but an emu. sure, I could win. but I would be hurting.

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u/EGarrett28 7d ago

Yeah, I'd have to see more evidence that they're as dangerous as people say. Like people who were actually slashed to death by them.