- Nov 9, 2013
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I'm not back! Just gonna post this one thing:
it's unique in seven years of observation. Never seen anything like it.
There are four emus 'in orbit' at present: Eric and his chick, Uno; Number One -- tame-wild; and 'DarkWild,' a lovely sassy wild bird.
The pecking-order has been:
Eric at the top
Wildbird second
Number One third
And I note that little Uno is just tryin' to figure out the aggression thang, has been sidling up to adult birds (and being hissed off)
Well, campers, two days ago -- while I was watching -- Number One overthrew Eric, which is not the strange part. The crown passes from time to time from bird to bird. The freaky part is that Number One remains subordinate to DarkWild.
It makes for strange strange behaviour if you throw down a few handfuls of wheat at small distances:
DarkWild will attack Eric (while Uno runs about, trying to figure out how s/he fits in . . . ). Eric will retreat, and attack Number One, who will find DarkWild in her path, so DarkWild will retreat, and perhaps run up against Eric, who will retreat.
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it's unique in seven years of observation. Never seen anything like it.
There are four emus 'in orbit' at present: Eric and his chick, Uno; Number One -- tame-wild; and 'DarkWild,' a lovely sassy wild bird.
The pecking-order has been:
Eric at the top
Wildbird second
Number One third
And I note that little Uno is just tryin' to figure out the aggression thang, has been sidling up to adult birds (and being hissed off)
Well, campers, two days ago -- while I was watching -- Number One overthrew Eric, which is not the strange part. The crown passes from time to time from bird to bird. The freaky part is that Number One remains subordinate to DarkWild.
It makes for strange strange behaviour if you throw down a few handfuls of wheat at small distances:
DarkWild will attack Eric (while Uno runs about, trying to figure out how s/he fits in . . . ). Eric will retreat, and attack Number One, who will find DarkWild in her path, so DarkWild will retreat, and perhaps run up against Eric, who will retreat.
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se
