Emu making noise

There is a blueberry farm about 45 minutes north of Wellington in the Hutt Valley - they also have emus.

This is a video that captures an emu while he is making his low frequency rumbling noise.

I also passed the sound through a low pass filter that cut off everything above about 650 Hz - that removed an annoying hissing sound.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• emu
• noise
• rumble

[cottreau]

TheMrBlinx - cool, thanks. I appreciate the comment. I have never heard of that before.

[cottreau]

worldsBESTcellest97 - I hear something at 3, 5 and 9 seconds. It's a low frequency rumbling sound.

[MrRadoiactive]

@worldsBESTcellest97 u obviously dont live in australia

[robertxisxhxc]

It sounds creepy to walk by an emu at night not knowing that the noise came from the large bird behind the fence. Crazy stuff. Awesome vid.

[JoeyDeBird3]

almost sounds like growl

[TheMrBlinx]

It's called "booming" - it's a male mating thing.

[worldsBESTcellest97]

u cant here anything

[EratiCManiaC]

i think i have worked on that blueberry farm as a kid. and i remember the emus making that noise and thinking it was the quad coming. they sound similar from a distance :)