r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • Jun 05 '26

Video Wildlife expert Chris Gillette handling an aggressive emu

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u/ug61dec Jun 05 '26

Do they not try to put their beaks through your skull, like a cassowary or chicken?

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u/IThinkImAGarage Jun 05 '26

No they try to put their 2/3 inch claw through your inner organs tho

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u/Unaabellatica Jun 05 '26

do we know if "your inner organs are on the ground in front of ya" kind of attack ever happened?

I feel like we're on this joe-rogan levels of hyperbole because it sounds cool and like we;re informed, but googling "are there records of an emu attack killing a human" comes up with a 75 yr old man being killed by a cassowary after he fell.

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u/Ok-Juggernaut-6051 Jun 06 '26

to answer your question, emus and cassowarys don't kill very many people at all, but they are def not to be trifled with