Cute emu content without the racism or the cavalier approach to disease

October 19, 2022 6:07 PM

For people who want cute emu content without the racism or the cavalier approach to disease, I recommend this twitter account. More links to specific emu posts inside.

Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather
Artist, falconer, yak-wrangler, beekeeper, owned-by-emus. Licensed wildlife rehabilitator and educator, focusing on vulture conservation http://Vultureconservancy.org

They take preventing the spread of bird flu very seriously, not least because they're a wildlife rehabilitator.

Emus enjoying being gently sprayed with a hose. (Something the emus frequently beg for: "No matter how stealthy I try to be, doing washing chores outside summons every emu instantly. I penned myself away from them and they all flopped right outside the fencing, begging for baths.")

Baby emus

The emus and the doorbell

Yak baby on the wrong side of the fence, being chased by emus

The emus are performing arcane summoning rituals in the backyard again

posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (14 comments total)

I find this slightly eponysterical and I won't be convinced otherwise.

Thanks for the good and timely post!
posted by SaltySalticid at 6:11 PM on October 19, 2022 [8 favorites]

Are most emus racist? Do you mean Imus?
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 6:13 PM on October 19, 2022 [6 favorites]

Are most emus racist? Do you mean Imus?

Abehammerb Lincoln, Taylor Blake, who is a completely different person who posts about emus on social media, is currently being discussed a lot for her very recent cavalier approach to bird flu, and her less-recent racist posts.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 6:24 PM on October 19, 2022 [7 favorites]

A search for emus and racism also turns up stuff about a university abbreviated EMU.
posted by aniola at 6:40 PM on October 19, 2022

No hipster emus were harmed in the making of this video.
posted by y2karl at 7:32 PM on October 19, 2022 [1 favorite]

Would enjoy her being taken down by a flock of mad Emus...

WHERE IS YOUR CONSTITUTION NOW LINDA?
posted by Windopaene at 8:32 PM on October 19, 2022 [1 favorite]

Liberty Mutual Emu: The History Behind the Beloved Bird
posted by clavdivs at 8:51 PM on October 19, 2022

link to previous emu-related post on the blue
posted by oceano at 12:38 AM on October 20, 2022

That's less milkshake duck and more dumb teen shit.
posted by Panjandrum at 7:41 AM on October 20, 2022

The original doorbell link (which may have been Instagram, as I can't find it) was painfully hilarious. Emus have weaponized peskiness, and they never give up.
posted by scruss at 7:51 AM on October 20, 2022

Emmanuel is a pet, right? He's a pet. If someone told me I couldn't cuddle my sick dog or I had to kill him to save humanity and that not doing so was cavalier... Look, we're not Vulcans.
posted by pelvicsorcery at 9:38 PM on October 20, 2022 [1 favorite]

Well I found some racist EMU content but I don't see the relevance?

"Eastern Michigan University investigates after racist images were painted over student speech wall"
posted by etherist at 2:26 PM on October 21, 2022

I had many friends and family attend EMU.

Perhaps you should read the Story.
posted by clavdivs at 3:28 PM on October 21, 2022

Meanwhile….


Emmanuel the Emu Never Had Bird Flu
posted by blue suede stockings at 3:41 AM on October 25, 2022