Emu facts: dorky but deadly | Animal Fact Files

On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover a goofy looking bird who waged a war against humans and won! You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/animalfactfiles/ --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license*, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Youtube: mdbamedia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4l8LYR4e1o Nick Higgins - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE8ubX8dsvM Credits via Flickr: Orin Zebest - https://www.flickr.com/photos/orinrobertjohn/9167017439 Rob Bixby - https://www.flickr.com/photos/scubabix/16664029132 Heather - https://www.flickr.com/photos/heatherw/83684300 Harry Metcalfe - https://www.flickr.com/photos/harrymetcalfe/8313792884 Mertie - https://www.flickr.com/photos/100780486@N02/17263938768 Peterichman - https://www.flickr.com/photos/145489125@N03/30234239410 Cafuego - https://www.flickr.com/photos/cafuego/30003609758 Rexness - https://www.flickr.com/photos/rexness/4717012234 Karl Baron - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kalleboo/5952666285 sirvonrohr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sirvonrohr/11110589814 Katsujiro Maekawa - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hjppo/25310297678 Bernard DUPONT - https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/16508573061 Credits via Wiki Users: Pristurus - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxyothespis_nilotica_-_2017-02-20.webm Calorgero Muscarella - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pseudoyersinia_lagrecai#/media/File:Pseudoyersinia_lagrecai_Cozzo_Bomes_RNO_Bosco_di_Granza.jpg Other attributions: kangarooindaloo - https://freesound.org/people/kangaroovindaloo/sounds/147636/ soundbytez - https://freesound.org/people/soundbytez/sounds/111031/ theolm - https://freesound.org/people/theolm/sounds/427327/ Websites used for research collection: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Dromaius_novaehollandiae/ http://www.waza.org/en/zoo/visit-the-zoo/ostriches-and-relatives/dromaius-novaehollandiae https://www.arkive.org/emu/dromaius-novaehollandiae/ http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/common-emu-dromaius-novaehollandiae https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/ https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/physzool.57.1.30155970 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2258615?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents http://jeb.biologists.org/content/207/4/597.short https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378432098001109 https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/stl/apbr/2007/00000018/00000001/art00001 https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=702579 https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/emu https://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/322194/emu4.pdf https://www.australiazoo.com.au/our-animals/birds/ratites/emu https://www.peo.gov.au/image-library/the-australian-coat-of-arms/204.html http://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.2/November/Behavior%20of%20Emu%20bird%20(Dromaius%20novaehollandiae).pdf https://australianmuseum.net.au/emu http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2000/08/01/2689167.htm https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/native-animals/native-animal-facts/emu *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original Transcript: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/AnimalFactFiles

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