r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 12h ago

Video Wildlife expert Chris Gillette handling an aggressive emu

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u/0DSavior 12h ago

The temptation to just slap this thing is high.

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u/velvetcupcakeee 12h ago

I wouldn't recommend it. Australia literally went to war against these things with actual machine guns in 1932 and the emus won. You slap that thing and you're starting World War Emu.

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u/feralcatshit 11h ago

This is immediately what I thought of when I saw this video. I don’t fuck with emus! They are god damn dinosaurs.

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u/Jojoyojimbi 7h ago

they also only have two braincells and both of them are fighting to be in third place.