Meet Emmanuel, the emu the internet has fallen in love with.
, along with a video of herself and Emmanuel doing best friend activities like telling each other jokes and eating ice cream.
But Emmanuel is not the only emu on the farm. There is also Ellen, a female emu who was adopted along with Emmanuel in 2015 by Blake’s grandmother, Blake told the Washington Post.comment, “She [Ellen] and Emmanuel hate each other.” In another TikTok comment, Blake wrote Emmanuel"hasn’t fully come out yet but we’re pretty sure he’s gay. We’ve had him since he hatched, he’s very sweet & loves cuddles but he’s also a menace.”
In some ways, though, Emmanuel has become a symbol of standing up to authority. “Become ungovernable," author Deanna Raybournof her kissing Emmanuel on the beak. “Thank you, for everything," she wrote."All I’ve ever wanted was to spread joy like wildfire, I feel like all my dreams are coming true. I can’t wait to tell my future children all about how an emu changed my life.”"I’m starting to think the fame has gone to Emmanuel’s head," she wrote in the caption of a"Emmanuel," she says before ending the video,"we have got to talk off camera.
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