Posted on 01/05/2015 1:59:32 PM PST by goldstategop
HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) - Israeli traffic this weekend was really for the birds.
In the central Israeli town of Herzliya near Tel Aviv, an escaped emu ran through traffic Sunday on a main road between cars in the rain. Local authorities say the bird escaped from a private farm.
Passer-by Iliya Zelser filmed the bird's run. He says the experience made him feel like he was in a cartoon.
Zelser says he expected to hear the "beep beep" of the cartoon Road Runner.
The 27 year old told The Associated Press: "I said to myself in a second, a coyote will appear from behind. This was a really absurd situation."
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The problem is that there are no separate road signs for emu’s (I added a hyphen because otherwise, well anyway).
I thought it was an escaped emO....
I’ve seen them at a bamboo farm nearby in a cage; truly if you get close to one, with their talons, they’ll gut you. I kid you not...they ain’t friendly. I’d eat them, though. Wonder if they’re red meat like ostrich.
The great theological question one must ask themselves in Israel when driving a car behind an emu, “Is it kosher”?
Long Answer: http://greenash.net.au/thoughts/2011/07/kosher-and-the-land-that-g-d-forgot/
I find it odd that most of the Jews I know would think nothing of eating bacon wrapped prawns.
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