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How Big Is That Emu In My Window? -- (HAMBURG, Germany) - An escaped emu caused confusion in Hamburg after a woman called police to report what she thought was a bare-chested man with two big white dots on his forehead staring into her window, police said on Friday. The large, flightless, Australian bird resembling an ostrich has been on the run from a local zoo since Thursday. "The woman heard someone tapping at the window at night and when she looked out she saw a head with two big eyes and a bare chest," a Hamburg police spokesman said. Officers said they knew there was an emu on the run and put two and two together after they found no one suspicious. "We're still looking for either a naked man with huge eyes or an emu," the spokesman added. The bird has escaped twice in two weeks. Last week it ran away and frightened a horse, but was eventually captured.
Lady I'm An Emu by mousethief
(Tune: Baby I'm a-Want You by David Gates/Bread)
Lady I'm not what you
Thoughtta when I seen you
You're the only one to think that I'm a naked man
Maybe you're a-crazy
Or you've lived too long without
Some lovin' and affection
When you gazed in my direction
You were blinded by my giant eyes' magnetic power
Maybe you'd been prayin'
That some man would be a-stayin' beside you
Used to be my life was just a showpiece in the zoo
Then I got away and I ran all the way to you
Ich bin Emu
Lady I'm no honcho
Lady I'm an Emu
Tho' I look just like a naked German
Lady I'm no honcho
Lady I'm an Emu
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