Bindi Irwin and husband reveal the hilarious reason behind the names of two of Australia Zoo’s emus

Bindi Irwin and her husband Chandler Powell have revealed the hilarious reasoning behind two animals in Australia Zoo. 

The happy couple, who work together at the Sunshine Coast zoo, recently posted a YouTube video about native Australian animals. 

Showing off the three emus in the zoo, Chandler revealed that two of them are actually named after his parents.

‘Meet our hilarious, comical, funny emus here at Australia Zoo,’ he said in the video.

‘We have three emus, Chris and Shannen, who are named after my parents, and Richard is our third Emu. These guys are so funny.’ 

The happy couple, who work together at the Sunshine Coast zoo, recently posted a YouTube video about native Australian animals

Showing off the three emus in the zoo, Chandler revealed that two of them are actually named after his parents

Bindi, 24, and Chandler, 26, then spoke about their love for Australia’s tallest native bird.   

‘One of my favourite things about emus is just their expressions,’ Chandler said.  

‘They’re almost as tall as me, they look me in the eye when they’re standing upright and their expressions are just always shocked, questioning everything. 

‘They’re one of the funniest birds on the planet and they really are just dinosaurs. I mean look at their feet, it looks like you drew a dinosaurs foot and put it on a bird.’ 

‘Meet our hilarious, comical, funny emus here at Australia Zoo,’ he said in the video

‘We have three emus, Chris and Shannen, who are named after my parents, and Richard is our third Emu. These guys are so funny’ he added 

Bindi, who is the daughter of the late Australian icon Steve Irwin, agreed with her husband, saying she love’s how dramatic emus are.   

‘They are like a soap opera. When you watch emus, the way they communicate with each other, the dramas they have over who’s going to get the last piece of seed,’ she explained.

‘It’s really funny, but even though they are quirky and hilarious they are so incredibly robust. They have to be one of the strongest animals in the animal kingdom, they can go through enormous drought and still survive.’

The happy couple got married in 2020 and welcomed their first child, Grace Warrior, a year later.

The happy couple got married in 2020 and welcomed their first child, Grace Warrior, a year later