Emu, The Best Pet Dinosaur?

[@ClintsReptiles]

Want to know more about emus and all of their closest relatives? kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3rIinl7fal-aZI

[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@stoddern]

Clint you forgot to mention that Emu tend to sexually assault humans, particularly female emu attacking male humans

[@KingOfGamesss]

Are you sure it's not an E-Moo?...that seems the be the popular consensus among the People who think it's a cow that says the letter 'E'

[@the503creepout7]

Does Factor have emu steaks available?

[@Sarappreciates]

My father in law sold the cows from his farm and bought emus instead. (They're surprisingly hearty birds that don't seem to mind Wisconsin winters.) One year his emus got out, and he got a call late at night from the local sheriff saying they finally located the emus inside an old abandoned Howard Johnson hotel where deputies had them cornered in the lobby. He recovered all but one that got away, and we still sometimes hear of sightings of the rogue emu of northeast Wisconsin.

[@RedHornSSS]

Just curious, what are the produces of Emu used for?

[@lucasiglesias1894]

​@@RedHornSSS meat and eggs

[@Brion57042]

Sounds like Wisconsin is getting a new cryptid!

[@Sarappreciates]

@@RedHornSSS The eggs are HUGE! Not as big as ostrich eggs, but you can feed a whole family with just one egg. The egg shells are dark green on the outside, white on the inside, and there's a local guy who uses them to make beautiful carvings! They're also kept for their meat, which is healthier than beef.

[@glasscaster3536]

Growing up, my family had close friends that raised Emu and Ostriches. They had one female Emu that was an outcast. She was bullied by the others so they just let her roam around their 1,100 acres. I had no idea this was the case, and went camping at there place. I woke up the next morning and unzipped my tent to find a bird as tall as me looking down at me. When my friends got up, I didn't bother to warn them. One of my buddies started running around his van with the Emu chasing him. He eventually climbed on top to get away. It was hilarious, and one of the best camping surprises ever.

[@onemanfunkband5545]

I had a pet Emu called Colin. We lived in the forest away from everyone. He used to hang out with my dogs.. My friends at the local Shaolin temple also had a pet Emu. He turned aggressive when he hit puberty. I may be the only person alive who has watched a fight between a white Shaolin monk and a pissed off teen Emu. For the record, the monk won. The Emu looked very confused, especially afterwards.

[@StephBer1]

Man, I would have loved to see that fight! 😂😂

[@areallyshortbrontothere]

Please I beg of you, describe that fight it sounds like somthing the internet needs to know lol

[@blondbraid7986]

A Shaolin monk fighting a dinosaur bird sounds like something you'd see as the cover for a 1970s fantasy comic.

[@JohnFaulkner56]

Brotha be smoking dat zaza😂😂

[@rugeramerican308]

Lol. They do allright in norway too

[@WomanChild]

FINALLY! I've been asking for years for Clint's Reptiles to include "likelihood of being killed by a machine gun" in their pet ratings system, glad to see it finally being factored in. We need to know these things.

[@swssm4741]

In the US this is a crucial metric

[@StudleyDuderight]

@@swssm4741 🙄

[@matyaskassay4346]

Fun fact: oviraptorosaur dinosaurs most likely had a similar mating and parenting system as paleognaths, with the male hatching the eggs and caring for the chicks and the females doing most of the courtship. We know this because the oviraptorosaur nests we've found contain too many large eggs to be laid by one animal, so it's likely that they were communal nests made by males, where multiple females laid a few eggs after mating with the male. Cassovaries and tinamous do the same thing today.

[@Nobody_Cares913]

Cool fact. We were taught in school that chickens were the only birds to willingly care for other females eggs.

[@catzkeet4860]

​@@Nobody_Cares913wrong. Ducks tho not the best mothers, will happily brood other eggs. Chickens tho are the easiest birds to use for brooding other eggs. Most wild birds will brood different eggs.... If they didn't cuckoo's wouldn't exist.

[@justusb.plorer8773]

Another point that supports male-only incubation in oviraptorosaurs is the fact that we've found several individuals which were buried on top of their nests. When brooding, female birds and non-avian dinosaurs produce something called medullary tissue in their bones, but the brooding oviraptorosaurs lacked this, indicating that it was the fathers taking care of the nests.

[@matyaskassay4346]

@@catzkeet4860 yeah, many waterfowl do the cuckoo thing facultatively, where they sneak a few eggs into the nests of other females or even other species.

[@Nobody_Cares913]

@@catzkeet4860 well, in the case of the cuckoo it's not really willingly😂 I believe it was more about chickens actively moving eggs from neighboring nets into their own.

[@TVJUNK85]

I would say Emus are probably the closest we got to non-avian dinos. Ostriches are pretty close too but they got them weird feet that are hyperspecialized and near ungulate. Emus on the other hand have just straight up basic Theropod feet. Like you could copy and paste them onto any random theropod and mostly get away with it.

[@sauron6977]

Have you seen seriemas?

[@TVJUNK85]

@sauron6977 Very neat, and their sickle claws are rad. But, I'd still sat Emus are closer. Aesthetically speaking of course; objectively speaking they're of equal distance to non-avian dinosaurs lol

[@duckpotat9818]

​@@sauron6977i would say Cassowaries are the closest because they can be actively dangerous

[@seanmckelvey6618]

@@duckpotat9818 Emus can and will use their claws to defend themselves and they are indeed dangerous. Not all theropods had sharp claws on their feet that could rip you open. Mostly they had kind of blunt claws, like you see on Emus. They're meant to help grip the ground. Blunt doesn't mean harmless though. I wouldn't pick a fight with an Emu.

[@crowdemon_archives]

@@seanmckelvey6618 If anything, I'd argue that if those blunt claws break through your skin and pierce you, you'll have a way bigger problem lol

[@Leoniscordis]

When I was growing up, there used to be a "millionaire" (All the small town people called him a millionaire but it was probably just a really rich guy) in my town that had an ostrich and emu farm. We found out years later that he was teaching them how to fight for like ...underground rich people animal betting nights. Apparently he ended up going to the hospital maimed and with broken ribs bc he taught the emus and ostriches well enough to encite an uprising. We still call the property the ostrich farm though it hasn't been used that way in more than 20 years

[@Internetpurge]

RIP bozo 😤

[@RoseNZieg]

cosmic justice...

[@wailingalen]

Not in central Florida is it? I’d seen a house with what looked like “exotic” farm animals like emus and alpacas…..

[@ESCMenagerie]

I’ve had two people stop by my farm thinking my four pet emus were turkeys and all I can say is how on earth does someone mix those two extremely different birds up! Thank you so much for making this video. Emus are my favorite birds and I adore all four of my feathery goofballs (Mulberry, Aubergine, Luma, and Elderberry)!

[@fariesz6786]

as a bird i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for calling two or brethren Aubergine and Elderberry ( û)

[@melalbertson3191]

My grandparents had a pet one named Jethro. He was dumped after a emu farm went bust. Delightful and fun farm pet. He like to “help” with gardening.

[@andrewmarshall5714]

As an Australian, I want to thank you for your correct pronunciation of Emu!

[@nathanjohnwade2289]

Agreed! The correct pronounciation is a rarity for North Americans.

[@tobiasware]

I agree, I came here to say exactly that.

[@ClintsReptiles]

I can be taught.

[@feuilletoniste]

@@tobiaswareLikewise!

[@kimberlycarrigan8824]

But it sounds so silly😂

[@Giganotus]

I've gotten to work with emus when I was a volunteer zookeeper! They really were very ancient looking. During the breeding season, the keeper I was helping and I had to carry around brooms and rakes and hold them out to gently keep the moody female at bay. They really are funny birds!

[@cyberfutur5000]

I love that Clint, seemingly with ease, makes educational videos full of trustworthy information but at the same time goes in 3 min from "they should be called Emlettes, so I start calling them that now" to "some breeders my call them Chicks, they are weirdos, don't be shocked".

[@HateAndFlame]

Emus are sweet natured when hand raised. There’s a few wild life parks here in Australia where you can just walk in and hand feed them unsupervised, they’re even gentle when taking feed. Ostriches on the other hand are absolutely horrible.

[@BrightWulph]

Ostriches are freaking nightmare fuel, I've been to a number of wildlife park in Aus where they have hadraised ostriches while sweet(ish) they are terrifying, much rather the handraised emu's over orstriches any day of the week. XD

[@TheLoneBards]

You forgot to mention the soldiers were extremely drunk. And in some reports, their initial attempt involved welding the MMG's to the roof of utes... Welding a gun, to the roof of a car, while driving in the outback... Honestly the most surprising part is that there were no casualities on our part >

[@samarnadra]

I maintain that was a flat out lie. Someone must've tripped or twisted their ankle or something during the escapade. You just don't have 1000 mostly drunk guys out at farms in Western Australia and not have someone get injured somehow. They just don't want to admit they were i dunno looking at an emu and walked into a fence post.

[@kR-qj7rw]

That we know off ain't no way someone died or got hurt in some really embarrassing drunk way

[@KaiOfAspen]

ive been following this channel for a long time and clint has never gotten bored of animals :,) I love his passion and I feel like every time i watch a video he's just as excited as I am

[@ClintsReptiles]

They're the coolest things on the planet. If you're bored of animals, there is no hope for you.

[@mrviking2mcall212]

As an Aussie, I want to thank you SO MUCH for pronouncing ‘emu’ correctly. It’s weirdly annoying when people say ‘eemoo’ instead of ‘eemyew’.

[@karenyates6902]

Exactly! To be honest I was unaware that you could own an Emu. My parents lived in a small Western Australia coastal town and Emus would come into town and hang around the cafe. People were constantly getting their lunch stolen right in front of their faces from daddy and teenage Emus. Also, like magpies they like shiny things like jewellery and they go after it. They're very naughty birds. Some even chased a tourist couple into the ocean and made it difficult for them to get back out of the water. It was almost like they were corralling the tourists. Like I said, they are very naughty birds.

[@muffty1337]

Clint forgott to mention the claw on each winglet. I find this curiosity makes them the most dino of all the dinos. :D

[@birdsforbrains2]

What's really cool is a lot of other birds can have this too! I've found them on some of my chickens, ducks and geese--it's really interesting to see the variation in development (or lack thereof) as they grow from hatch. It really lets me pretend I'm an animal handler in jurassic park 😂

[@knockers5943]

I did volunteer work at an animal sanctuary about a decade ago and one of the animals there was an Emu. And from my recollection, they are super sweet, funny, personable and cute. I would get one if I had a few acres😂

[@jtjames79]

They can be huge jerks too. You will still probably love it anyway even if you get a jerk one. Even when they are aggressive it's mostly just show.

[@fariesz6786]

i mean, yeah, don't underestimate how much personality a bird has. two of the same species can be fundamentally different. i remember feed two swans, both not afraid in the slightest, but one was super careful not to hurt my hand at all (like, millimeter precision) while the other was just like.. ( °)〱

[@rickicoughlan8299]

Aussie here whose kept these birds in zoos. Don't even think about keeping an Emu as a pet. Something not mentioned here is that it takes several men to pin an Emu down, making vet checks on these birds a major operation, considering that they can run at least 30 mph, change directions almost instantly and they can deliver a hard peck and devastating kick. They can be lovely and enjoy a head/neck scratch and even a cuddle. If you stroke the top of their bill they go right off to sleep. All very cute and endearing. However, Emus do exactly what they want and you will have no say in the matter. They will tear your friend's earrings and nose rings off at the first opportunity (they love shiny things) and as stated in this video, they will require lots of space to do their crazy zoomie runs and a high fence to keep them from vanishing. If they escape you will certainly never get them back. If you want a bird, get a budgie.

[@MisterPerson-fk1tx]

Challenge accepted. Next step up after turkeys and they seem like the best of the big three.

[@Crakinator]

The insulation of feathers is really impressive, they’re such an advanced integument. Mammal hair just can’t compare.

[@heirofaniu]

Polar Bear fur and Arctic Fox fur are pretty good, the individual hairs are hollow in order to form a vacuum layer between the warm body and cold air.

[@vermis8344]

There's a fishery and farm park in this area, a few minutes away from my workplace, that has five emus taken in from a closed-down emu farm in England. (There was a brief craze for ostrich farms over here a few decades ago. I guess emus were lumped into that too) A couple of rheas too. It feels almost surreal to find these in the middle of rural Ulster, possibly the most exotic animals outside the zoo in Belfast. I have to take a look at them every so often to remind myself they're real. They're just... brilliant.

[@kezkezooie8595]

Firstly, as an Australian, I'd like to thank you for pronouncing their name properly and, secondly, to tell you of some of my experiences with emus. I live in a small hamlet just outside of a regional town in the Blue Mountains NSW and we have a couple of wild emus who go for an almost daily stroll along the bottom of my street. They've been around for years and are considered a part of the local community. We have fairly cold winters in my area and we do get snow and emus can handle the climate here perfectly well, although even our worst winters are nowhere near as extreme as some parts of the US. They seem to be able to handle most climates Australia can throw at you, from arid deserts with high temperatures to alpine winters and everything in between, so they are a pretty hardy bunch. I've had emus, over the years, steal my ice creams and other food out of my hands and even take off with my hats, at various wildlife parks and zoos (they're actually renowned for pinching kids' food out of their hands), use their beaks to "explore" my head by whacking me, usually on the back of the head - it's more surprising than painful but I have ended up with a few bumps on my head from this and, if you happen to be picnicking where there are emus, if they decide to come and raid your picnic, there's really not too much you can do about it as they're quite determined when food is in the offing. All in all though, they're quite lovable, non aggressive, goofy birds whose worst trait is being perambulating stomachs.

[@watson483]

Mum was once at a zoo, and was eating a sandwich. See felt a tap on her shoulder and then felt her sandwich getting stolen. She turned to yell at my dad, and was face to face with a massive emu. She decided to just let them have the sandwich. They also tapped the shoulder away from the sandwich. Bloody smart lil blighters

[@aussiebaka4588]

That clip of an emu with the zoomies ( 7:10 ) was glorious and I watched it many times

[@fariesz6786]

i read "with the zombies" and was like.. where are there zombies? i don't see any zombies! ( õ)

[@wildworld6264]

I've always been interested in Emus as pets. Very interesting to see such an in-depth break-down. Great video as always!

[@margodphd]

Should have visited Useless Farm's Amanda, and her emu, Karen. You would have.. different perspective.😅 Especially on the handleability. She has two young emus with incredible dance moves, and the male emu, Stanley, is incredibly gentle.

[@silverthorns126]

I love Karen. She's so spicy

[@QueenofTNT]

I think Stanley was hand-reared, but I’m not sure if he was raised by Amanda or someone else. Karen on the other hand, is pure nightmare fuel, feathery boa, ominous rumbles and all. Still a lovely little emu, just one I’d rather view from the safety of my screen!

[@margodphd]

@@QueenofTNT Might be, I think Amanda said she got Karen as an adult. She still snuggles..but lord does she make me understand how humans could have lost the war 😂 Their emelets (spelling?) however are just...joy incarnate. I could watch them dance like hypnotic, awkward squiggles, forever.

[@ivyrose779]

Yes!! I was looking for a Karen comment!

[@ivyrose779]

@@QueenofTNTKaren was a rescue they got as an adult. Amanda says that she likes her husband so their theory is that she was abused by a woman which is why she acts that way toward Amanda.

[@pm7375]

There were emus where I lived next door. This was in California about 20 miles south of San Francisco on the coast. They were really friendly and loved grapes. They had a big field on a hill surrounded by a fence. I think the fence wasn't tall enough because one of the emus got out and ran all over the neighborhood with people trying to catch it.

[@Florida_Man26]

The only Dino with actuall combat rxperience.

[@ClintsReptiles]

😂

[@p.l.g3190]

Wait a minute: Does your outlining what kind of feeder you'd use and what you'd eat mean I could have my own pet zoologist? Yes, please! But before I start shopping, I need to know if a zoologist is the best pet scientist for me.

[@ClintsReptiles]

I can't think of a type of scientist that would be more fun to keep as a pet than a zoologist.

[@TinySwanGrandAdventures]

​@@ClintsReptilesOkay but consider. Pet Biologists and most of their subspecies will almost always have pants with enough pockets to make one jealous and carry around random things like mini first aid kits and empty vials or if you get yourself a pet Geologist you'll find yourself constantly surrounded by and gifted beautiful stones. So Zoologists aren't the only best pet Scientists!

[@willowtabby4926]

Oh gosh, now I have a mighty *need* for this to become a video, or even a series featuring similarly humorously minded YT scientists 😂

[@Malvikins]

@@willowtabby4926 Yessss! Linguists are well-known for being low-maintenance and requiring minimal care: With most varieties you won't need to go on expensive trips to exotic locations, although some field varieties do exist. Unfortunately they can be difficult to handle as they ask random strangers to pronounce different words to determine how their dialects work. Geologists require minimal care and are easy to handle, provided your expectations are low. While they are not the best at interacting with strangers, they lack the linguists' tendancy to aggressively question new people in their environment. That being said, geologists do go through a field stage in their life cycle where they suddenly require extensive stimulus and travel to examine and acquire new rocks.

[@Losaru]

I grew up with my cousin's emus. They can be funny goofballs sometimes which I why I love them. Never knew it was the females that got the brighter heads though. I could never tell my cousin's two apart. They even had a chick named Poe. All three are long gone now but still, I was very happy to have had them in my life.

[@artiedomi1946]

Maybe not for Dinosaur December but I would LOVE to see y’all do videos on kinkajous and coatimundis in the near future! You can teach people to finally NOT pronounce coatis as “Cody’s” 😝

[@ThePollaton]

Stacey is amazing with animals.she has such a calm demeanour. I’ve seen those croc monitors quite happily sit and be stroked by her. ❤

[@perrydowd9285]

I've had a lot to do with emus through my job as a soil scientist. They are too curious, not smart, too large and flighty. They would often inspect our test pits (they would look through the entire grid, inspect each hole and then walk away). They don't understand roads or traffic either. It's carnage on country roads over here. If they come to you enjoy them, but if you approach them, they see you as a predator and just run from you.

[@MisterPerson-fk1tx]

Sounds a lot like turkeys

[@James_Wisniewski]

Oh my God, yes. The bird who obliterated Australia 1v1. Mm. Yes please.

[@Castigar48]

3 guys vs 20000 emus. 3 guys suffered no casualties and they got rid of 986 emus....that scoreboard doesnt seem like a loss

[@juans213]

​​@@Castigar48Kinda like Vietnam and WWII USSR

[@Castigar48]

The australian guys absolutely dunk on some stupid flightless burds and only quit winning bc they were bored.

[@chavaspada]

​@@Castigar48cope

[@Castigar48]

@@chavaspada with what? The victory?

[@chrisgaming9567]

I've interacted with these in real life, I can confirm that they'd probably be good pets... for someone with a lot more room and a lot more money than I'll ever have.

[@stevereed5046]

Thanks Clint, that was another very very interesting video you hear of people, occasionally keeping in as pets from what you’ve said, and what other people said they’re not too bad you even get the ordinary tries and keeps a cassowary as a pet that doesn’t always end quite so nicely 15:40

[@theImprobableSteve]

I went to a zoo where they had emus wandering around free. You could buy special emu food and feed them as you came across them. I thought it would be hilarious to put the food in my sister's hood, and honestly, it really was! 😂

[@jointcerulean3350]

Emus are awesome! The Avian branch of theropods which evolved during the early Jurassic from maniraptorian Theropods which is intriguing and cool. And there were even ducks during the time of the dinosaurs. Also I heard there used to be a dwarf emu species, quite interesting .

[@willowtabby4926]

Yes, there was a dwarf emu species during the pre-colonial era

[@llSuperSnivyll]

I've seen videos of Emus playing around. With the clumsy way they run and their fluffy appearance, to me they feel like Alpacas that got their rear half sawed off.

[@felixgearheart6579]

Easily the best channel on KZbin! I want to see a video (or series) of Clint going through someplace like the Field Museum in Chicago and teaching about all the dinosaurs and taxidermy animals. Also would love to see a video about Red Eyed Tree Frogs!

[@erichtomanek4739]

In school, The Emu War was not taught or spoken of. I only learnt of this from utoob. In Australia we don't talk about the war.

[@meisteremm]

I have said it before, and I will say it again: HOAs are a menace. If they aren't dictating what color you can paint your fence, or how high and what type of mailbox you can have, they're throwing fits over an Emu on the front lawn.

[@MisterPerson-fk1tx]

You just banned chickens. This isn't a chicken.

[@meisteremm]

@@MisterPerson-fk1tx It's a chicken at heart.

[@bethsmith3421]

I watch a KZbin channel called The Hornet King. He has 2 emus and a rhea. He mostly post videos of him getting rid of yellowjacket nests out of people's homes and yards, but he almost always includes at the end him feeding the larva and pupae of the wasps to his emus, rhea, chickens, and occasionally cats. He interacts with his birds a lot. They are very friendly, he pets and hand feeds them. It is fun and interesting to watch them go after the wasp nests filled with larva. He lives in Pennsylvania.

[@allisonfisher9304]

I have a friend with an emu, she’s so sweet! She loves it when you hug her, she leans her neck into you, and starts to purr🥰

[@quantummaniac5]

I have a neighbor with a pair of emus. Her birds are very well socialized and utterly delightful, so much so that I've considered getting an emu for my daughter. (I wanted her to have a lifelong friend who would intimidate potential boyfriends.) Honestly, though, I'm waiting for her to be a little more responsible, at least enough that she can take care of our chickens by herself, before I do.

[@ItMeSinamenRoll]

Hey, you should check out Useless Farm. She has some rescue emus and this year they had emletts. I also think you may enjoy her interactions with Karen, the female dinosaur.

[@michellebailey6511]

Yes! I came here to say this. This is all I could think of for this whole video. The contrast between Karen and Stanley match his description perfectly.

[@sherrygorse9568]

Karen is a feathered TRex! I love her and sweet Stanley. I wonder if dinosaurs danced around like Stanley?

[@tipsfedora3714]

long have i waited for this episode, it has finally come. thank you clint and crew, you guys are the best

[@JamJestKesh]

my girlfriend's aunt has a ranch, where those things are together with chicken. Feels otherwordly to see those dinosaurs just feeding together with common fowl. Rooster is the biggest threat there though, emus are chill, while that chicken is very violent.

[@neogoo123]

The idea of militarized Emus is something I didn't know I'd think about today... I can't help but imagine them being like War Elephants, though I don't think one could ride one but perhaps they could be armed with weaponry attached to a harness that allows for the weapons to be placed on the sides: Wing Weaponry if you like

[@wailingalen]

2:19 the way that emu “kneeled” down flat footed looks so funny

[@Subtletext]

As an Aussie, I really appreciate you calling it an emu not an emoo

[@thickquinkly1560]

Emus are cool. While touring around we’ve frequently come across wild emus in many parts of Australia and we recently encountered a pod/herd/flock/bunch of eleven in outback Queensland that were in a sufficiently remote area that made it likely that they may not have seen people (or a car) before. We just stopped in the middle of the track as they passed in front of us, then they propped, checked us out, ran off, turned around, ran back, propped, re-checked us out, did it all over again, several times, and eventually walked off into the bush. They were both scared and curious at the same time. Wonderful. Big kudos for correct pronunciation, and even bigger kudos for giving the world ‘emlets’. Not sure how we get that officialiseationated, but it’s going into my vocabulary from here on in. I still think cassowarries are the most dinosaur-like. Been up in their part of the world 20 times or so over the last 40 odd years, but have never been successful in seeing one in the wild. Only ever seen them in captivity.

[@aurorasurrealis1032]

Emus have a cool call, but cassowaries have the best calls of all birds, also the lowest in frequency. Sometimes so low we can't hear it. But it just sounds sooo coool

[@Internetpurge]

Thank you for not pronouncing “emu” as “ee-moo” 😂 so many people here in the US and Canada are so insistent that it’s not pronounced “ee-myoo” despite what the Aussies tell them

[@mariahsart]

Sorry I learned it as Eemooo as a child and it won't end after 30 years lol

[@feuilletoniste]

@@mariahsartAs a child, I learned “I before e, except after c” but that’s no reason to spell weigh, sleigh or caffeine weirdly, neighbour!

[@fariesz6786]

American dialects usually have what's called yod dropping - they don't *have* the _y_ sound naturally in that position. as much as it aches me: their pronunciation isn't _wrong_ ..it's just ugly

[@mariahsart]

@@feuilletoniste 🤣

[@peristerasp3]

I have 3 of those dinosaurs and they are amazing

[@Nefville]

My grandfather fought in the great emu war and despite what people think it wasn't just a bunch of veterans getting paid to drink and shoot machine guns in the bush. The entire 7th Heavy Artillery was sent to recapture the town of Merredin, which had been overrun and was being held by the emus. My grandfather told me there was nothing worse than seeing the man beside you in the trenches, your best friend, being pecked, kicked and clawed. They were deep into emu territory when they were outflanked and captured. The emus sent them to a POW camp where the men were put into stacked cages so small they couldn't even turn around and had to warn the soldier below them when they needed to use the bathroom. Behind the scenes the prime minister was working on a diplomatic solution and after 4 months the soldiers were released. While there may have been no casualties, many brave men came home scarred and feathered.

[@fariesz6786]

oh here we go again with the anti-avian propaganda! ( ò)く -we made sure the cages were big enough for humane treatment of prisoners and we did offer nappies with cute owls on them-

[@fleachamberlain1905]

I love these birds. They're such cheeky characters. I had the privilege to look after them when I was a zookeeper, including chicks from time to time (I especially loved that). This is an interesting video. BTW thank you so much for pronoucing the U in Emu correctly.

[@RealShebang]

This went WAY better than I had expected.

[@curtiswfranks]

I like that this is being posted for Dino December because it reinforces the point which you always make that birds are dinosaurs. This, though, does so on a more intuitive level.

[@catmus1506]

Yes.... I'll start that argument again! Thank you for pronouncing emu correctly. 😘

[@lucusrose]

There is a small zoo near the town I grew up in and they had emus in a pen with a wire fence. As Clint mentioned, they like to explore their environment with their beaks. There was always children who turned their back on the fence and would get pecked on the head. There was also teens that would deliberately lean their back against the fence to see who could stay the longest while getting pecked.

[@thejubala1444]

Hey Clint, of course ts dinosaur december, but id be super interested on a video on the synapsids and other extinct reptile groups which people confuse for dinosaurs, ive just discovered your channel and i think its great!

[@AveryG-b9b]

Love your channel Clint. The way you say things is always so polite, informed, and Interesting, and every video you make I learn something new and learn to love animals even more.

[@ArinJager1]

imagine a miniature emu bird that doesn't grow much from the _emulet_ stage (no taller than knees high)... I also love how the emulets have the same kind of stripes like the wild boar piglets or baby tapirs ^^

[@MisterPerson-fk1tx]

Get a turkey. They're ridiculously friendly if hand raised and the size you want

[@ArinJager1]

@@MisterPerson-fk1tx nah, I want a genetically modified miniature emu, turkeys are gross looking and balls of anger and feathers... and I live in a flat and already keeping a turtle (and a snail), they'd not appreciate a new sibling, let alone a turkey one

[@angelgreen3532]

They are actually VERY cold tolerant and do not require heat. There are emu farmers in the upper peninsula of Michigan who do not offer supplemental heat, and even lower Michigan experienced temps below zero every year.

[@CrazyDavid69]

I had a male about 20 years ago. I paid $6 for him at a poultry auction he was small enough to put in a cat carrier. He was a great bird and then one day i came home from work and he decided it was time to move on. He was seen from time to time roaming the woods in pike county GA. Rumor has it he still eats corn from the deer feeders to this day.

[@argosime]

20 years ago in central-ish Texas, an Emu wandered onto my Grandma's property and has been their pet ever since. Later found out an Emu farm had just released all their birds after going bankrupt or something, and he has ended up being a pretty fun pet. Definitely has a personality but he's not aggressive or dangerous. Loves neck scratches.

[@lizzyrbits1283]

My favorite running joke at the San Diego Zoo bird show is the emu who knows 1 trick (running on stage, grab treat, run off stage) and he does it PERFECTLY, but that is the only one "give it up for (insert name) the emu" *crowd cheers*

[@tobiasware]

Although not related to keeping an emu as a pet, they are very tasty, too, and produce a fantastic oil when rendered. The eggs make excellent omelettes, obviously huge too. As a Queenslander who travels the state extensively, I get to see these magnificent dinosaurs frequently in their natural habitat.

[@MonographicSingleheaded]

14:30 ok that was probably the closest we will ever get to a large scale fight between human riflemen and large dinosaurs lmao. Basically, they were lucky those were modern emus and not anything ancient. personalities and behaviors may not be to far off but emus arent equipped with teeth or bigger bodies, they also arent what we typically call predators so they r far less likely to actually fight back I d say. still, from those descriptions, humanity made a folly. XD underestimated species of super organisms.

[@risel56]

I still remember getting bitten by an emu at an ostrich farm during a family road trip. The owners allowed us kids to freed the emus, but I couldn't get the feed bucket through the gate. I decided to just scoop some in my hand and slide it between the bars, and sure enough, that bird bit me right on the thumb. Thankfully they don't have crazy bite forces like parrots and cockatoos, so after the initial shock we managed to hit the road again, thumb still very much intact. 😅

[@johnoleary5293]

Emus that are socialised to humans can become very affectionate, in a hilarious and more than a bit creepy way. As for the Emu War, that part of West Australia was opened to farmers in 1922. My grandfather bought some of that land and the whole family had to clear it by hand, with the help of a few horses. Absolutely backbreaking work. They planted wheat but the land was of borderline quality. There followed some bad growing seasons and the predatory banks started foreclosing. Of course the emus were suffering too so whatever wheat was there was much desired by them as well. The idea of bringing in the army seems crazy to us today, but it came out of the life and death desperation felt by the farmers. Of course the ‘war’ failed and by 1935, many farmers had walked off their land, and one of those people was my father. The land remains with another branch of the family, and they have been hugely successful, but my father never got a cent. It was from other family members that I learned about that part of my father’s life. For all that he spoke a lot about his early life, that part he never talked about.

[@Zappy1210]

We do a mix of regular dog food and ratite pellets for our emu's diets, they are very healthy and they actually prefer the dog food.

[@choirmeyer]

Rewatching. (Because the algorithm wants to show me older YT videos, sometimes over new ones and I love emus. . . ) Emus are amazing. A sanctuary I follow is near to opening later in Florida this year took in a pair of chicks that were quite young (and an adult this week/they just posted their first pictures). The young ones are both female, and super comfortable around people and many of the animals. We'll all see soon how comfortable the new lad is. As for the young ones, as far as handibility goes - they are food motivated, super cuddly, (with each other, and their humans), and get along great with their dogs. They'll come up and nuzzle up to humans, and put their necks/heads in your lap/against your lap. During their vlogs, the emus are allowed about the whole fenced sanctuary, and tend to stick with the humans/dogs - even so far as getting zoomies with the dogs. The caution I would add would be females during breeding season. They'll get the boomies (you and everyone will know) and be more worked up in general, during that time. Then, it would be good to follow their voice and body language, and give them space.

[@zozzleberryfin1735]

3:04 THIS HIT ME SO HARD I HAD TOTALLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS BIT

[@miriam3848]

I know a guy who keeps emus. Love them! They are goofy, friendly and great to interact with!

[@absotivelypawsilutely]

I met emus as a wee kid, they investigated my hair but they were gentle about it and it was funny. I even got to have a little piece of egg from a hatching. They're also really nice to touch if they feel like letting you (I was very lucky).

[@ruthbowen2530]

Growing up, my dad would take my siblings and I to a local park to play tennis. At this park was a small trail to walk. At the top of a decent, slightly sloped hill, and off to the side was a wooded fenced-in area with a small group of emus living in it. You can imagine our surprise seeing them for the first time! It was so neat because they were super friendly and came to the fence to say hi, but not close enough to be within reach. This was 20 years ago now, so my memory could be a bit fuzzy, but I want to say the fence was just a regular chain linked fence. Maybe 6 foot high at the most. There was a small shed for shelter, and that was it. I assumed their owner came to feed them early in the morning, because we never saw anybody in there with them and we went to that park frequently in the summer, almost daily (at least weekly) for maybe 6 or 7 years.

[@Torero2901]

I was just thinking "seems like a cool theropod for my balcony" (it's quite big for a balcony) when you said "they need a lot of space to run around" and then the clip of the hilarious run of the emu and in my head I saw it running here down the hallway, don't think my neighbors would appreciate that sight, though in my head it was incredibly funny. So, how are they with elevators, don't we need special emuvators, to properly treat our feathered bipedal friends ? only more questions after this emucational episode, thanks !

[@periplanetamissionary]

Emus are pretty level headed birds, im definitly getting some when i have space.

[@radishinglad998]

Emus are fascinating. I learned about them through another florida farm, Knuckle Bump Farms. If you ever come back to mammals, I'd LOVE a video on guinea pigs. Along with rats and chinchillas, they're probably the most kept pet rodent. Ive recently had the pleasure of pet sitting four of them and they were more cuddly, if dumber, rats.

[@JCtheMusicMan_]

I love this series! I would love to see an episode, “do humans make the best pets” in this style 😅 I bet you could make it informative and entertaining 😁❤

[@ClintsReptiles]

It already exists (at least for juvenile humans). Worst score we have ever given!

[@kenmorris2290]

@@ClintsReptiles That was an epic episode! Should be required viewing for high school kids.

[@QueenofTNT]

I’d love to see a video in this format about Rheas, if you ever feel interested in talking about irl dinosaurs again!

[@juliepac]

THANK YOU CLINT!! WE NEED a video about the CASUAR as a pet!!!!! ❤️

[@nicolesnaturalpath8010]

My best friend has had emus for years ! I just got some from her because I got land. I was soooo excited to see this video when looking more into the ratite genus

[@magiliangaming]

you seem so very happy to talk about these big birds. a fun watch :)

[@josephvanas6352]

my sister hand raised an emu for the county fair one year. When hand raised they are usually very friendly. He would come up to us and just want to be pet. he would lay down in front of you, put his head in your lap and just want to be pet.

[@patriciaaturner289]

I used to love the Aussie comic Rod Hull. He interacted with a large emu puppet, and it was hysterical !

[@HunterSimmons-w7n]

I would love to see a Rhabdophis tigrinus video someday! They're such unique animals, and would be a great place to talk about the difference between venom and poison.

[@keithpayne9776]

For the "Emu War" it was 4 guys ( 3shooters, and 1 camera guy) vs ALL the emus

[@samarnadra]

more like 1000 guys

[@rolandjohnson4064]

I gotta say, those Cassowaries have some wickedly rad Megalodon tooth shaped mohawks!

[@conmom1825]

My grandparents had emus on their farm and so I actually grew up around emus and honestly, they weren't too bad very Skittish. Definitely Didn't want anything to do with you, and my dad made it very clear that if I messed with them they would hurt me very badly. So we didn't really bother Them too much. But we got to feed them everyday. And we incubated their eggs and we sold their eggs and we had on for omelets. It's pretty cool.

[@Lewis-me2yj]

Emus are my favorite birds. I've been waiting for this video for so long! ❤️🥰

[@rugeramerican308]

I was expecting you to bring one into your studio

[@fburnsDubstepEnderFox]

I'm sorry.. I know this is about emus but I think about Kevin the Unhinged (a rhea) every day. 😂

[@vernonfridy8416]

0:52 At least in terms of species diversity, I would not say that palaeognaths are primarily large and flightless: there are 46 or 47 species of tinamou versus 13 “ratites”.

[@filip.herman]

How could you declare war on this beauty?

[@chrislangstaff]

Handleability: Stanley - 5 Karen - Negative Infinity

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

I think the reason they say don't say emlet is so they don't confuse baby birds with what happens when instead of making birds you make a taco from the egg

[@Arimmus]

I came here to see if he would mention that thing that happened in 1932, and Clint delivered. Thank you

[@PianomanKY]

Do Cassowaries next! They are horrifying and I love them!