Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emu Swallows Diamonds
Emu Swallows Diamonds
By Jamie Hanson
05 September, 2018
Emus are known for swallowing stones to help digest their tucker but Eddie the emu has more expensive tastes and ­decided to go for a couple of rocks — diamond earrings, to be exact.
Wildlife carer Mel Pope is minus a very expensive pair of earrings after Eddie pecked them straight out of her earlobes last month.
Eddie came to Ms Pope’s Kobble Bird Shelter as an ­orphan several weeks ago after his father was run over in western Queensland.
“He’s attracted to anything shiny and as I was picking him up to move him from inside to outside, he grabbed one of my earrings,” she said. “He was lightning fast and the back of the earring just dropped and fell to the floor. As I was trying to recover from the shock, he got the other one, too.”
Ms Pope took Eddie to the vet to determine if the emu might pass the jewels anytime soon. But X-rays revealed they were lodged firmly in his gut and were not going anywhere without surgery. 


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