You're in for a surprise when you follow the path into the Australian outback section, called Neighbours at Wellington Zoo. There's a free roaming emu replacing the omnipresent peacocks in European zoos. I was most certainly on my guard while proceeding. Not only because this is for the first time I experience a close encounter possibility with an emu, but also because I've heard about the damage an ostrich can cause when attacking a person. Common ostriches deliver slashing kicks with their powerful legs, armed with paws and long claws, with which they can disembowel or kill a person with a single blow. And an emu is just a small ostrich, isn't it?