Emmanuel The Emu Video Bombs Farmworker Taylor Blake On TikTok [Watch]
It looks like an emu and his overall-clad handler in a South Florida farm are TikTok's new favorite duo.
Their hilarious videos have raked up millions of views, with Emmanuel the emu and Knuckle Bump farmworker Taylor Blake becoming Internet sensations.
Blake makes these videos for the farm's social media platforms, which are intended to educate people about the animals living on the property. However, Emmanuel slides into many frames, inspects the surroundings for a few seconds, then walks toward the recording device and pecks at it till it is knocked to the ground.
One of the videos shows Blake talking to the camera about a cow when Emmanuel suddenly appears. "This is a..." Blake says in a montage of informational videos where she attempts to talk about a miniature cow and a black swan. But she never gets around to completing a sentence as the emu struts into view and hogs her attention.
"How did that make you feel?" Blake scolds the bird after he drops her phone and continues to look at his reflection on the screen. "Was it everything that you ever wished for and hoped for and wanted in life?" she continues as the bird looks at her, adding, "Do you feel fulfilled now? hmm?"
Their latest video has raked up 269k views on TikTok at the time of publishing this article.
However, Emmanuel and Blake's fame is not restricted to just TikTok. #EmmanuelDontDoIt made it to the trending list on Twitter on Sunday after Blake shared a new video of her scolding the bird.
"Emmanuel wanted to pop in and say THANK YOU for all of the love and support," she wrote in the caption of the video, which has amassed 4.1 million views.
"Nice to see animals bringing joy in this dumpster fire #EmmanuelDontDoIt #stan" reads a tweet.
"Meant to be writing but instead I’m watching #EmmanuelDontDoIt for the fiftieth time," wrote another fan.
In one of the videos, Blake addressed the bird with his full name, warning him that he was in big trouble for interrupting her.
"Emmanuel Todd Lopez and @hiitaylorblake are a light in the darkness of 2022. #KnuckleBumpFarms #EmmanuelDontDoIt" reads another tweet.
"I just.... love this dumb bird so much. He may not be the hero we deserve but he is the hero we need. #EmmanuelDontDoIt" wrote another fan.