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    Oops bought emu hatching eggs

    Long ago, before my backyard fences were removed -- the real estate loves the emus/I bribed them with red wine -- Eric's chicks would occasionally get a fence between them and their Dad. It was heartbreaking to watch their panic mount. They'd headbutt the fence. You can't rush in and rescue...
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    Oops bought emu hatching eggs

    And here she is! This is Greedy Emu. There have been, over 15 years, only two 'double alpha' emus here. The first was the legendary Eric the Emu, who ruled the house-clearing with an iron fist for years. The second was his daughter, Greedy, whom I have seen attack a dozen wild emus at a time...
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    Oops bought emu hatching eggs

    It’s been my privilege to see most every type of emu conflict, including Greedy Emu sailing past me with her head about nine feet off the ground the day she ‘deposed’ Eric The Emu by knocking him on his *ss about fifteen feet from where I was standing. Now, you’ve likely seen that moment when...
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    Oops bought emu hatching eggs

    'They sure run around like a group of raptors lol' I bet that readers don't know that a clutch of chicks will lead the charge against 'an intruder.' It's fantastic to see a clutch of knee-high chicks charging wildly towards birds ten times their size. But they pull up short, to let Dad do the...
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