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canetoad

(20,484 posts)
20. Can't remember being terrified
Mon Feb 7, 2022, 12:21 AM
Feb 2022

Interested, curious, trying for a photo.... I knew the car was within reach, so no real problems.

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Emus [View all] canetoad Feb 2022 OP
Puppers are brave! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #1
Emus ARE huge! ShazzieB Feb 2022 #4
Good grief! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #5
Shazzie is correct canetoad Feb 2022 #9
Do you run across roos in the wild? SheltieLover Feb 2022 #14
OMG Sheltie canetoad Feb 2022 #16
Holy hell! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #17
Awwww.... canetoad Feb 2022 #18
I love the wild critters, too, but I just don't want the lizzards SheltieLover Feb 2022 #19
It's cute! StarryNite Feb 2022 #2
I was almost killed by an emu once. Sounds like a WC Fields line Walleye Feb 2022 #3
Yikes! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #6
No it was on a farm. I was photographing the bird and another one got aggressive Walleye Feb 2022 #7
Geese are not a species to take lightly! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #8
Back in the 80s canetoad Feb 2022 #10
That was wise and the better part of valor Walleye Feb 2022 #11
It makes me wonder, Walleye canetoad Feb 2022 #12
You know, I never thought of that but thinking back you may be right Walleye Feb 2022 #13
That had to be terrifying! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #15
Can't remember being terrified canetoad Feb 2022 #20
Glad you escaped SheltieLover Feb 2022 #21
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