THE EMU WILL PECK

[substitute]

But Illinois' finest are here to stop it:

COPS GUN DOWN EMU

That's the Rasputin of Emus there. I salute this bird.

Comments

[kasheri.livejournal.com]

"Emus have become a bit of a farming trend in southern Illinois, where they are not native."

Wait...wait...emus are NOT native to southern Illinois? I am shocked to learn this!

[substitute.livejournal.com]

That's what "they" want you to think.

[travisd.livejournal.com]

They actually are sort of dangerous. I think the term is "gut you like a fish" -- very strong legs and they kick for the mid-section. Not something to mess with.

[substitute.livejournal.com]

Yeah, ostriches are also dangerous. The subject line from this post came from a sign springheel_jack saw at a county fair, I think, warning of the dangers of the flightless livestock.

[maps-or-guitars.livejournal.com]

I heard something about the Cassowary being pretty deadly too, as well as having a really fun name.

[ganatronic.livejournal.com]

My work has an emu. It's a frightening creature. It looks like a dinosaur, and it roars like a lion. It's fenced in around a big pond, with old farming equipment along the shore.

[dr-strych9.livejournal.com]

They endangered in Australia and protected by a conservation act.

[detcarguy.livejournal.com]

What IDIOTS! Growing up in Australia, I had the opportunity to be around Emus. They are somewhat intelligent, and can be assertive. But it doesn't take all that much to put a rope around it and lead it away into a fenced area or something like a horse trailer. They could have even thrown a net over it. How sad and pathetic.