{"id":5259,"date":"2025-07-19T07:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/5259\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T07:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:15:14","slug":"perth-group-capture-rare-moment-emu-joins-them-for-photo-while-on-holiday-in-donnelly-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/5259\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth group capture rare moment emu joins them for photo while on holiday in Donnelly River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Quokka selfie out. Emu selfie in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A group of Perth friends captured the rare moment an emu joined them for a photo while on holiday in Donnelly River.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The group was in the State\u2019s South West relaxing over the school holidays with their children, and while out on a walk near the general store, they had a wild, feathered friend making sure it was a trip they won\u2019t forget.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Emily Lyons said the \u201camazing\u201d and \u201chilarious\u201d moment was her first interaction with an emu.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bcecf12776cf2125e12dc9b388aec1fc7ba74df1.jpg\" alt=\"The emu photobombed the group\u2019s picture.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconThe emu photobombed the group\u2019s picture. Credit: Tristan Kinnane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThe ladies had just gathered for a lovely group photo, just friends, smiles, and serenity. That is, until a local emu decided it was its time to shine,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIt strutted in front of us like it owned the place, paused, turned to the camera and absolutely photobombed the shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIt was the funniest thing and we all just cracked up \u2014 I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever laughed so much!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Lyons said her friend Tristan Kinnane was the one who managed to snap the incredible image and \u201cit all happened so quick\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">She added that emus are known to be quite cheeky but \u201cnever sit still\u201d, so made the photo all the more special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quokka selfie out. Emu selfie in. A group of Perth friends captured the rare moment an emu joined&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1313,64,63,44,128,45,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-5259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-wa-news","14":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}