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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-30-03 08:28 AM
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Runaway Emu Briefly On The Loose In Florida
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PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A 6-foot-tall emu led a half-dozen pest control workers on a 90-minute chase through woods and brush before the flightless bird was snared and then gang-tackled.

Gene Ham has caught raccoons, opossums, coyotes, deer, squirrels, foxes and other critters in his job with Jones/Hill Pest Control, but Tuesday's chase was his first encounter with an emu, an ostrich-like bird native to Australia.

"That was by far the toughest thing we've ever caught," Ham said. "It was quick, and it put up a tough fight once we caught it."

The emu, wrapped in a blanket and with shredded duct tape clinging to its clawed feet, was taken to The Zoo near suburban Gulf Breeze after being caught west of Pensacola near Perdido Bay.

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Run Emu Run!!!!!

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/10/30/emu_evades_pest_control_workers_in_90_minute_chase/
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theemu Donating Member (531 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-30-03 08:30 AM
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1. yeah!
run emu run!
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