Photographer's Note
While on a student exchange in Australia I went visiting a relative in Perth. We took a trip out bush for a couple of days and this one day we suprised two Emu's on the road.
Most animals bolt off the road when a car aproaches but these silly oversized chickens kept running ahead of the car for kilometers. We where following them at almost 50 km/h for what seemed like several minutes. Hats off for their stamina but eventually they got smart and turned off to the side.
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odin972
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(34) 2003-11-08 21:22
ahahaha belle photo tu fais une course avec les autruches
par contre cela est dommage que les arbres soient aussi foncé je trouve qu'il manque de la couleur
maciekda
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(19895) 2003-11-08 21:29
funny picture, the composition and the perspective are very good - you took it from a car?? and I like the wide red road and the way those "chicken" run, their legs in motion, it is cool.
mtolloczko
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(201) 2003-11-08 21:30
A great big belly laugh... Yes, an Emu tends to be a little like an Ostrich. It is possible that they have not seen a car in a while. It is not often than one would pass by. In this case I would agree with you. Australian animals have evolved a little differently from the rest of the world's species. Australia is the only place on earth where there are still monotremes - egg laying mammals, the echidna and the platypus - and marsupials. Most animals are not as evolved, nor clever, as their European counterparts. Thus, the chicken would have more sense than an Emu. Thanks for this shot it is very humorous. It allows me to recollect my past 8 lives of near misses.
Liora
(1857) 2003-11-08 23:37
Cool! Looks like a scene from the road-runner cartoon.... Good colors, intersting subject - very well done!
dsidwell
(9783) 2003-11-09 2:39
This is great. The composition and point of view here are outstanding.
Motrem
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(2392) 2003-11-09 7:17
Really funny! Beautiful arrest and I wonder of what these animals thought of you in this running! LOL. Seen well.
Vraiment drôle! Belle capture et je me demande ce que ces bêtes ont pensé de vous dans cette course! LOL. Bien vu.
mitternacht
(1839) 2003-11-14 6:35
Really funny! Nice that you had a chance to take such a good picture from the care. It looks like you had time to compose.
Photo Information
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Copyright: Mattias Backlund (sarastro)
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(590) - Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 1990-10-00
- Categories: Humoristico, Transportes
- Camera: Nikon F-301, Nikkor 50mm
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Tema(s): Road Creatures, Australian wildlife [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2003-11-08 21:13
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