Emmanuel, an Australian emus living on a farm in Florida, United States, regularly embeds himself in videos of his owner to become a real star on the social network TikTok. Since mid-July, whooping cough has garnered millions of views on the platform.

Emmanuel wasn’t just anyone. This huge Australian emu, the second largest bird in the world after the Ostrich, entertains Internet users on TikTok. Living on a family farm in South Florida in the United States, whooping cough has become a bad habit embedded in a video made by Taylor Blake, his breeder.

In every video posted on social networks, the scenario is the same. As the 29-year-old presents her daily life and knowledge of animals, the sequence is quickly interrupted by Emmanuel’s sudden appearance up close.

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“Emmanuel, don’t do that” (Emmanuel, don’t do that), he said with a half annoyed, half amused air. A phrase that quickly became a meme that Emmanuel never listened to.

“fun and light” content

In an interview given to washington post, Taylor Blake said she was “overwhelmed” by the success of her video. To explain this success, the young woman attributed it to the fact that people need distraction and a reason to smile at a time when the world lives in the shadow of the war in Ukraine and the ongoing health crisis. .

According to him, the content is “fun and light, where you don’t have to worry about politics, or all the bad things that are happening in the world today.”

“The world is dark, and animals bring joy to everyone. They’re funny, they’re entertaining,” he added.