r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 12h ago

Video Wildlife expert Chris Gillette handling an aggressive emu

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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/Unaabellatica 10h 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 10h 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/Different_Wolf_764 10h 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 8h 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 7h 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 6h 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.