# Rhea terrorizes English countryside. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201 "2014-04-15T20:09:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/1 "2014-04-15T20:09:37Z")
> [@From article](#): > > " the bird is “capable of disemboweling a human.” [Cool.](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/04/15/303324526/giant-south-american-bird-on-the-run-in-the-u-k?ft=1&f=1001) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/2 "2014-04-15T20:10:41Z")
Dibs on the drumstick! ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/3 "2014-04-15T20:11:20Z")
I didn’t know Rhea Perlman was from South America. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/4 "2014-04-15T20:38:35Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > I didn’t know Rhea Perlman was from South America. I think the bird in question is substantially larger and more foul-tempered than Rhea Perlman. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/5 "2014-04-15T21:01:13Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > I think the bird in question is substantially larger and more foul-tempered than Rhea Perlman. Well, larger anyway. Wasn’t “Giant South American Bird On The Run In The U.K.” a song by Paul McCartney and Wings? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/6 "2014-04-15T21:05:54Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Well, larger anyway. > > Wasn’t “Giant South American Bird On The Run In The U.K.” a song by Paul McCartney and Wings? I believe so. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/7 "2014-04-15T21:11:27Z")
Oh, come now. If everyone who was capable of disemboweling someone actually did it, we’d be up to our necks in offal. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/8 "2014-04-15T21:12:10Z")
6 feet tall and terrorising stuff? Yeah, right. My parents used to have rheas, they were under 5’ (maybe they could reach 6 if they stretched their necks straight up and stood on tippy toes) and were scared of everything, including pheasants. I also suspect they’d need to hold a scalpel in their beaks to stand a chance at disembowelling a human, and that’s if the human was tied down. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/9 "2014-04-15T21:18:48Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > 6under 5’ (maybe they could reach 6 if they stretched their necks straight up and stood on tippy toes) and were scared of everything, including pheasants. That’s what they’d _like_ you to believe! ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/10 "2014-04-16T00:10:42Z")
Every house used to have a long bow made of yew and weekly shooting practice was required by the crown. See what cynicism and indifference has done? Just one bird. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/11 "2014-04-16T00:28:52Z")
“Britania rules the seas”, but not the hedgerow. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/12 "2014-04-16T01:05:12Z")
Danny must be relieved that the Mrs. is out of the house. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/13 "2014-04-16T01:25:20Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > 6 feet tall and terrorising stuff? > > Yeah, right. My parents used to have rheas, they were under 5’ (maybe they could reach 6 if they stretched their necks straight up and stood on tippy toes) and were scared of everything, including pheasants. I also suspect they’d need to hold a scalpel in their beaks to stand a chance at disembowelling a human, and that’s if the human was tied down. Look, that rhea’s got a vicious streak a mile wide! It’s a killer! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/14 "2014-04-16T01:32:13Z")
I suppose the authorities should be looking into whether any Argentinian agents were involved in this… ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/15 "2014-04-16T01:47:34Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > … we’d be up to our necks in offal. And that would be truly … unfortunate. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/16 "2014-04-16T15:40:16Z")
No reason to panic. I haven’t heard of thousands of eviscerated gauchos in Argentina, have you? Buenos Aires isn’t locked down, is it? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhea-terrorizes-english-countryside/686201/17 "2014-04-16T15:54:33Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I haven’t heard of thousands of eviscerated gauchos in Argentina, have you? Buenos Aires isn’t locked down, is it? They are keeping it quiet. 😉