Wouldn't these blokes have fun here.

As a kid my grandmother loved on Foxwell Rd Comera QLD. There was an Emu that used to walk onto the road with passing cars. It pecked the windows and you would have to feed it to get past. We always had to remember to take food to get past the emu, it was like a toll. I suppose that was its main food supply. Anyway it was all pretty normal at the time, looking back I doubt a situation will ever happen like that again. Anyway, some Ftard ran it over after nearly a decade of memories feeding the thing.

Promts the question, what other cool/unique aminal stories are floating around out there?

You're dead right Footy emu's have absolutely no sense, be it road or otherwise. Have a look at the body mass to brain size ratio, it's worse than a chook and they're downright stupid.
The worst part about emu's on the road is their centre of gravity. Everything is above bonnet level for most vehicles.
All you do is take the legs from under them and they arrive at the windscreen horribly peeved! Have you ever tried to explain to a peeved emu if he only sat still you'd open the door and let him out?

As to other strange animal stories, years ago my mate and I did an overnight run from Mitchell to Gladstone in my old FJ40.
Pete was driving and I was asleep at the time, all I remember leading up to it was a lot of swearing and braking.
When I opened my eye's, here is this bloody great Brahman bull standing in the middle of the road with a pipe framed gate stuck on his head!!
Stupid bugger must have shoved his head throught the gate and got stuck. So he did the only reasonable thing for a Brahman bull, pulled the gate clean off its posts and left the scene of his crime with the evidence!!

Geoff.

Since when do yanks have Emu's ???

The copper would need a full magazine out my way.

Saw a program on TV a while back with this researcher talking about the humble emu. She had just come from Africa and a study of Ostriches. Her comment was along the lines of....."the Ostrich is a big bird with two very big eyes in a small head, doesn't leave a lot of room for brains. The emu has a smaller head and bigger eyes."

That said I love the big dumb birds, even got one painted on the Patrol. Photos of Eric coming soon.

Duncs

Emu's make me laugh, except when the run into the side of the cruiser...and leave a big dent....there is a SA winery called Four Emus, their wines are named after each of the emus, the label on the bottle states that "Emus are the rockstars of the outback. Emus are berserk. The run fast, play hard and to be honest we admire their insanity" they are nuts...

Lyn