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After video of the the cyclist-chasing emu of the Cotter went viral this week, Tim the Yowie Man tweeted a more sedate photograph of the big birds, showing not all of them are into road rage. The photograph, taken by Dave Walter, shows a mob of emus "obeying the road rules at the Cotter" by using the pedestrian crossing. Well, as another wag on Twitter pointed out, they were "basically on the zebra stripes - typical Canberrans". The ACT Government has also put up signs warning people to take caution during emu breeding season when male emus will chase away potential threats to their young. The Environment Directorate says there are two populations of emus in the ACT, at Tidbinbilla and the Lower Cotter Catchment. It advises if people feel threatened by an emu, or uncomfortable near an emu, or see an emu moving towards them, they should move quietly away. They shouldn't wave their arms around or do anything to otherwise provoke the emu. Also don't feed them.

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