Image: “Exclamation Yellow Flat Icon [Referral Icon],” by Tomybrz, 14 June 2018, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exclamation_yellow_flat_icon.svg … public domain
This video is a good chance to learn what the voices of Emus sound like. In this video it seems to me that one of the Emus is saying, over and over again, to the other Emu: “Girl, I love you.” And the other Emu, in response, tips its head downward and back up again, as if it were respectfully nodding …
Video: “The Sound of the Emu,” by Nigel Harris, 29 April 2016 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkg7_6iaPdY&t=19s ..
Now then this next video is a little more complicated. It seems to me that the attacking Emu is saying: “You go away!” … “Go away” … and …”Go away now!”
Video: “Extended Hostility Version – Cleaning with Karen,” by Useless Farm, 25 April 2026 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU5b0iZM_qs ..
Here’s another Emu video. In the rumble lingo, the Emu is saying: “I think she may want me” … “She doesn’t want me” … “I want you” … “I want you” … “I want you now.”
This Emu is real bad at taking ‘No’ for an answer. In the hissing lingo, when she fends it off, the Emu is quite aggressively calling her a derogatory name. Then at the end it hisses twice, “Get out!”
Video: “More moves than a box full of worms,” by Useless Farms, 7 August 2026 … https://youtube.com/shorts/GjxXDhluGj0?si=yIVOK7wlIUEICBBK ..
Here is an interesting one.
- At timestamp 0:16 the Father Emu says to Baby Emu, in English: “Stay!”
- At timestamp 0:20 the Baby Emu says, “A-a-a-all right.”
- At timestamp 0:30, when the person whistles and Baby Emu turns in that direction, Father Emu pecks Baby Emu’s back and says in a deep voice: “No.”
- At timestamp 0:47 Father Emu says, “Now” and nudges Baby Emu towards the person …
Video: “Emu Dad Communicating with His Chick,” by Life of Shannon, 7 August 2020 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36h7YGMF4SE ..
By the way, here is a camera-shy Duck. He keeps saying: “I don’t like that camera.” Can you hear him?
Video: “He’s the head of HR he’s been through a lot,” by Useless Farms, 28 July 2026 … https://youtube.com/shorts/ng0edNl8K5Y?si=X0oMHfPTKhrtsW39 ..
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Io lux et pax nobiscum.
Joy, light and peace be with us!
Alice B. Clagett
Written and published on 10 August 2026
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