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Storify: Missing emu inspires puns, concern, fake account for bird

Published Wednesday, March 19, 2014 6:52PM PDT
Lucy the emu

A photo of Lucy, a 150-pound emu, who recently went missing after escaping his enclosure at a Nanaimo farm. March 19, 2014. (Courtesy Tim Genner)

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