Spiders, Wolves, Solfugids... Oh my!

[J.Bates]

Went for a walk a few years ago with parents my sister while we were on a holiday. Anyway it was in the late afternoon and all the wildlife was coming out, kangaroos, wombats, possums and emus.
Anyway we walked past a few emus and one had caught its eye on my belt buckle (the low sun must of reflected the light off it towards this bird) that I was wearing.
At first I didn't notice it but had come straight up along side me and started to move its head towards my buckle.
My sister screamed and I jumped as I saw this darn bird started to peck the living day lights out of me. I basically just reacted and kicked this emu away and ran for it.
Nasty thing ripped my jeans and put a nice little gash in my thigh. Thank god it didn't do anything worse...

Another encounter I had was a kookaburra stole a full sandwich out of my hands as I was about to bite.

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