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Daily Mirror
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Katie Weston

Emmanuel the TikTok emu fighting for his life as avian flu kills over 50 birds at farm

Emmanuel the emu is fighting for his life after an outbreak of avian flu wiped out 99% of birds on his owner's farm.

The TikTok star, who shot to fame three months ago for cheekily interrupting his caretaker's videos, came down with the disease at Knuckle Bump Farms in South Florida last Wednesday.

His owner, Taylor Blake, has been treating him "around the clock" ever since by hand-feeding him all his food and administering him subcutaneous fluids every two hours.

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