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The scene at a Whitehorse-area farm earlier this week was like something straight out of a children’s book as a flock of baby emus — awkward-legged and long-necked — poured from a Honda Fit like a clown car.

The comical exit was also a moment of deep relief for their owner, Hilary Obermair. The flock of five birds had escaped from their pen on Annie Lake Road.

“I think the first one was hesitant and had resigned to living in a Honda Fit. But after the first one came out, they kind of just waterfalled themselves out of it,” laughed Obermair, adding she’s learned two important lessons from the ordeal.

“Never underestimate a Fit, and check your fences.”