#emus

[foxloft]

Emu catching snowflakes

#emu #emus #mememu #funny birds

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

pt II australia but i've never been there

I didn't even have to wait for y'all's responses on part I to make this because Australia is WILDING. As per usual, salutations to Arthur's grandmother's boyfriend Brian.

Everything remaining that I know about Australia:

There was an emu war. There were many emu casualties, and no human ones, but the emus won anyway. Sun Tzu is making way for the emus.

That was the only research I did on the emu wars, but as someone who met a few emus once, they were very lovely to me and very soft to pet. They also were very jabby. One of them looked deeply concerned as they looked at me, I believe they thought I was a deformed emu. I am on the winning side of the war.

During Christmas, Santa does not have a sleigh. He has a surfboard, and he does slay.

There are a lot of animals. Many have no placenta, as I recall from biology. Due to the nature of the continental drift and geographical isolation, Australian marsupials evolved separately from placental mammals, and were not wiped out by invading species. Due to convergent evolution, there are also analogous species between the placental mammals and the marsupials.

What just happened I'm sorry deep science trauma was unearthed. The point is, a lot of animals. A kangaroo is probably in your backyard. A koala just stole your girlfriend. An alligator murdered your classmate. It just happens.

KOOKOOBURRA SITTING ON THE OLD GUM TREE MERRY MERRY SOMETHING SOMETHING idk I was 3 when my mum sang me that.

The internet is awful. Rumours are that the local snake ate it.

Australia is very very pretty, I know this because of an Australian Tourism Department ad that I saw when I was 12 and had cable TV.

You must not forget your Hat. It's like the three little kittens song, but with the Hat instead of mittens.

The Wibbles are a thing. I thought they were a band. Spotify said no. I no longer know what they are.

Crocodile Dundee is a thing. I saw him in Snoopy/Peanuts.

Steve Irvin met his wife in an animal area and his daughter met her husband in an animal area. I don't know anything more these lovely folks, or what the animal area was, I'm afraid.

There is a cake with white stripes that is the Best for Birthdays.

The accent is beautiful, but I admit for years I couldn't differentiate it from British and American accents as a child because to me it sounded like the lovechild of them both and it made me very confused.

Uh, Australia exists.

Yeah, no, that's all I've got. Love to the Australian maggots.

#good omens mascot #now in the uh #Australian fandom #australia #australia memes #australia funny #ig idk #crocodile dundee #steve irwin #wibbles #australian accent #biology #convergent evolution #placental mammals #marsupials #emu war #emus #i don't know #how do i tag this #IDK #maggots #mascot #weirdly specific but ok #asmi

[asteroidtroglodyte]

I will never get over this.

Hilarious

#the great Emu war #Australia #emus #but why won’t they line up in front of our machine guns!?

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Birds

Apterygiformes. This order is made up of kiwis, small nocturnal flightless birds of New Zealand. They have hair-like feathers and poor eyesight.

Casuariiformes. This order is made up of emus and cassowaries, large flightless birds of Australia and New Guinea.

#animals #biology #polls #poll tournament #zoology #kiwis #birds #tetrapods #emus #cassowaries #Apterygiformes #Casuariiformes #0x77v0x88 #animal tournament #Animal Tournament Round 1

[branchflowerphoto]

A daddy emu and his chicks

I see more emus on my road than cars

(C) @branchflowerphoto 2024

#photographers on tumblr #original photographers #australia #lensblr #western australia #wildlife #emu #wildlife photography #off-grid #birds #bird photography #bird #emus

[antiqueanimals]

The Quizzer Book of Knowledge: Nature. Written and edited by George Beal. 1978.

Internet Archive

#birds #cassowaries #kiwis #rheas #penguins #emus #ostriches

[forestshadow-wolf]

Today's bird is the Emu (@queermentaldisaster)

Big flightless birds, one of the biggest

Native to Australia

....so the Great Emu War... 1932 lasted just over a month.... they won

They can run up to speeds of 30mph (50kmh)

They eat grasses, wild plants, fruits, and insects

They can live up to 30ish years

And given enough space they can make great pets

And they can jump like 7ft high

Next up: chickadees

#emus #bird facts #i like birbs #el rambles

[dsabian]

Nope, it's cool, I'll wait.

#emus #emu dad being a good dad #they have NO ROAD SENSE though #seriously #you come across emus anywhere near the road #slow tf down #or stop completely #because you have no idea which way they'll go #they have no idea which way they'll go #and they'll likely do it at high speed #australia #vid #video

[existennialmemes]

Everything is Impermanent and Uncertain

We are but the Gossamer Wings of a Butterfly

Gliding on the Wind, Unaware of the

Destination We are Driven Towards by Instinct

So no, Your Honor, I can't explain why I stole several emus from the zoo and set them loose in a mall food court

#shitpost #shitposting #silly posting #emus

[planetzoos]

Some of the new animals from the Grasslads Pack :) 

#planet zoo #grasslands pack #caracals #wildebeest #striped hyena #emus

[living400lbs]

“That strange woman who looks like a refugee from Haight-Ashbury running around ordering people to move their tents and waving herbs at people.”

“That would be my cousin, Rose Noire,” I said. “And if you’re not fond of the herbs, you might want to avoid drinking any tea she tries to serve you.”

“And that creepy little Goth girl trailing after those destructive little brats like the wicked witch chasing Hansel and Gretel!”

“That’s our babysitter,” I said. “And if the brats are trying to destroy anything and she doesn’t intervene, let Michael or me know and we’ll deal with it.” Sherry seemed unembarrassed at having called my children brats.

“We’re here on an important mission!” she exclaimed. “But how can you expect people to take us seriously when so many of us are complete flakes!” She threw up her hands in dismay.

“Now, now,” Caroline began. But Sherry clearly wasn’t in the mood to be now-nowed. She took a deep breath, smoothed down the sheets of paper on her clipboard, which might have been knocked ever so slightly askew when she threw up her hands, and strode off.

“They also serve who only stand and keep accurate records,” I murmured.

- from The Good, The Bad, And The Emus by Donna Andrews

#donna andrews #emus #meg langslow

[fabianocolucci]

I was thinking about the Emu War, and my mind realised something: doesn't it make sense that Australia, the country infamous for its variety of wild animals, would have a war against a species of animal, which they lost, as part of their history?

#emu war #australia #random thoughts #shower thoughts #aussie #emus #history meme #history memes #history #zozz is even better than zozi

[alias-sqbr]

A pencil sketch of three emus around a feeding tray based on a photo from caramarie.

#original art #animals #emus #prompts

[silversilva0]

#history #fresh memes #meme #memes #trending memes #tumblr memes #lol #new memes #history meme #history memes #australia #emus

[queerclarkkent]

YOU KNOW HOW like a lot of people are attracted to tentacle aliens?

And how, after humanity, the smartest species is probably octopi, right?

So when we're gone, or we expand to the rest of the galaxy and leave earth be for a bit, it'd make sense that they'd rise and evolve as the next dominant sapient species

That being said, tentacle 'aliens'

So it made me think, are we always destined to be attracted to the next future branch of the sapient evolutionary tree?

That being said, my main point is, would that mean Dinosaurs would have been attracted to us?

Because Emus are, and they're pretty closely related to dinosaurs. There are actually quite a few documented cases

Anyways, I dunno if this thought unnerves me, or makes me feel flattered

Make of it what you will

This has no scientific basis, but please science side give me an answer I can't sleep until I have a reliable answer this idea made me deeply uncomfortable and I can't get it out of my head

#science side of tumblr #emus #ostriches #dinosaurs #gay dinosaurs #? #i am confused and deeply DEEPLY scared #help #i dont want to be attractive to a dinosaur #I dont want to be attracted to a space octopus #but so many people are #it makes me ask questions #i am deeply tired #shit posting #brand new sentence #alien tentacles monster #ah #our lineage #meme post

[garden-of-idiots]

Help my boss doesn't think penguins exist as birds, how do I convince them that penguins are bird. She says they just aren't because they don't fly, as well as Chickens, emus, ostriches and other non flying avians how do I convince her, essays welcome

#penguins #birds #ostriches #help me #avians #emus #other birds