{"id":95152,"date":"2016-06-26T18:41:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T18:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/26\/adulthoodisokay-whitmerule-ever-needed-to\/"},"modified":"2016-06-26T18:41:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T18:41:51","slug":"adulthoodisokay-whitmerule-ever-needed-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/26\/adulthoodisokay-whitmerule-ever-needed-to\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

adulthoodisokay<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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whitmerule<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Ever needed to hear about mad dad birds with enormous feet? Try THESE on for size:<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s that you say? These are clearly the feet of a dinosaur, not a bird? WHY NOT BOTH?<\/p>\n

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This is Australia\u2019s very own dinosaur, the second-largest bird in the world, the emu. Say hi!<\/p>\n

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They roam around Australia making \u2018wonk-wonk\u2019 noises under their breath and glaring at everything. And the dads take care of the babies! They sit on the eggs\u2026<\/p>\n

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They look after the tiny stripey adorable things\u2026.<\/p>\n

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They look after the less tiny less adorable things\u2026<\/p>\n

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And they even look after the great big menacing things that are almost as big as they are.<\/p>\n

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But here\u2019s the catch.\u00a0All emus look pretty much alike. Especially when you are a tiny stripey adorable thing. All you can see of your dad is is great big dinosaur feet (see picture #1). So there is one very unrealistic thing about all the adorable terrifying dinosaur family photos above:<\/p>\n

I have never seen an emu family in the wild where all the babies are the same size<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Here is the reason!<\/p>\n

Emu dad and his emu babies are roaming about wonking and glaring at everyone. Suddenly emu dad sees another emu dad! A threat!<\/p>\n

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Emu dads do some display threats with dancing and bouncing and fluffing and\u2026 look, it\u2019s very serious business, okay?<\/p>\n

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If this does not work to see off one emu they might progress to actual fighting.<\/p>\n

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Oops, sorry, you wanted the dignified version. Here, have some ART:<\/p>\n

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MAGNIFICENT.<\/p>\n

Either way, this encounter will end up with one or both adult emus zooming away as fast as he can run. This is very fast.<\/p>\n

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This is the other thing they do besides wonking and glaring, by the way. They run. Fear the running emu.<\/p>\n

Anyway, this leaves all the tiny and medium-sized and semi-large stripey things milling around making confused tiny \u201ccheep? wonk?\u201d noises and basically just following whichever pair of large feet they can find.<\/p>\n

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HI DAD<\/p>\n

And so mostly when you see a male emu with a gaggle of youngsters at heel, they are all different sizes. Who knows whose they are? Not him! But he\u2019s going to look after them anyway.<\/p>\n

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Fear him<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

i love these giant dinosaur birbs<\/p>\n

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adulthoodisokay: whitmerule: Ever needed to hear about mad dad birds with enormous feet? Try THESE on for size: What\u2019s that you say? These are clearly the feet of a dinosaur, not a bird? WHY NOT BOTH? This is Australia\u2019s very own dinosaur, the second-largest bird in the world, the emu. Say hi! They roam around … <\/p>\n

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