Wildlife rehabilitator <a href="https://foxloft.com/about">Foxfeather Zenkova</a> keeps lots of various birds, including a male emu that <a href="https://www.neatorama.com/2022/06/28/Male-Emu-Hatches-Barnyard-Eggs/" alt="hatches eggs and cares for chicks of other species" class="on">hatches eggs and cares for chicks of other species</a>! There are quite a few emus on the farm, and they love getting sprayed with a hose.

They also love to ring the doorbell. Something had to be done about that.

And they do some things that are just inexplicably eerie.

Other Tweets mention the emus trying to eat burning embers. They sometimes have to be saved from themselves. Keep up with the emus, owls, yaks, vultures, dogs, and other animals on the farm <a href="https://twitter.com/foxfeather">at Zenkova's Twitter feed</a>. -via <a href="https://www.metafilter.com/196880/Cute-emu-content-without-the-racism-or-the-cavalier-approach-to-disease" alt="Metafilter&nbsp;" class="on">Metafilter&nbsp;</a>​ #emu

How to Make Emus Grow Big and Strong

Knuckle Bump Farms in Florida bills itself as <a href="https://www.instagram.com/knucklebumpfarms/?hl=en">a miniature cattle farm</a>. But there are a lot more animals who live there, like the deer you see above, several emus, pigs, geese, goats, ducks, and a cantankerous black swan. Owner Taylor Blake has achieved notice for her <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@knucklebumpfarms?lang=en" alt="wonderful TikTok videos" class="on">wonderful TikTok videos</a> in which she expresses her love and vents her frustration at all those needy critters. Some of them have developed a hobby of videobombing her. They are even funnier when compiled together.

Blake's fans love how each animal has a name and a personality. Her extensive collection of TikTok videos are well worth perusing, for getting to know each animal, and for some occasional extra nonsense, too.

You can keep up with Knuckle Bump Farms and all the animals at <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@knucklebumpfarms?lang=en">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Knuckle-Bump-Farms-102969702279157/">Facebook</a>, or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/knucklebumpfarms/?hl=en">Instagram</a>.&nbsp;#emu #videobomb #KnuckeBumpFarms

The Hazards of Videography Around Farm Animals

We know what you're thinking—terrible picture. Right?You're right. But this was the only picture known of an emu that had gone loose in Virginia. Five days ago on February 16th, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Frcovaanimalshelter/posts/6932771936793223">the Franklin County Animal Shelter</a> posted this picture on their Facebook page in an effort to find the loose emu's owner.Reported sightings suggested that the <a href="https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/02/16/mystery-emu-on-the-loose-Franklin-County-Virginia/8361645040108/" alt="emu had gone loose" class="on">emu had gone loose</a> for at least two weeks, but shelter officials said it could have been longer. Cindy Lamb, manager of the shelter, said that animal control officers were actively searching for the emu. They hoped to locate the emu's owner somewhere from Ferrum College to Crossroads.#Emu #LostAnimal #VirginiaImage source: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Frcovaanimalshelter/posts/6932771936793223">the Frankly County VA Animal Shelter on Facebook</a>​