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Emus

 [ bird006 ] "Hey look ma, he's eating out of my hand!"... In places emus have become very used to people and the best thing they like about people is the food they carry... "Hey look ma, he's eating out of my bag!" ... Once you start feeding an emu there is only one problem facing you.... stopping.... "Hey look ma, he's going through our car looking for food!" ...Emus can be very aggressive when it comes to food and they are ver BIG birds with some serious attitudes.

There are a few ways to escape an emu. You can hide in your car (with the windows up) or you can convince the emu that you are bigger than it is and that it should back off. This may require holding your arm up in the air to imitate the neck of an emu but of course it's not much good if you're short. Unless you've got a LOT of food it's generally best not to feed emus

The best place to get eaten by emus..... Tower Hill near Warrnambool

 


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Department of Pathology
Last modified: September 28, 2001