Noah Wyle battled an emu attack, and it was not as brave as one might imagine. Wyle’s love for animals is well known to his fans. The actor and his wife, Sara Wyle, have several animals, including goats, chickens, and other rescue animals, on their ranch in California.

Apart from the sociable animals, the actor shared that he also had emus. And although Wyle is familiar with handling animals, he ended up in a dangerous and bizarre situation during an emu attack. However, it was nothing like a superhero movie, as Wyle revealed.

During Noah Wyle’s appearance on the Good Hang podcast, he spoke about his farm animals and shared that he had emus and shared that the birds are not very friendly. He revealed that the birds became aggressive after giving birth and recounted a scary yet hilarious incident in which he was attacked. What makes the story even more interesting is that he had only a trash can lid to protect himself. This was enough to spark Amy Poehler’s imagination, as she humorously suggested that it sounded like Captain America fighting against the bird.

“Not quite, more like coward America,” Wyle responded.

Before that, he shared how strong the attack was, recounting how the emus kicked using their feet, and compared that to velociraptors. While it was quite a scary incident, the actor was more worried about his reputation. During the podcast, Wyle shared that he was concerned about a headline that seemed more frightening to him than the emu attack itself.

“And I was crouched down thinking about all the headlines I would not want to read about how I was killed by an emu. So, I kind of bumrushed them and got past them and thought, ‘Uh, that's it,’” he said.

So, that eventually motivated him to put up a bigger fight. While the actor has spent plenty of time around cattle and different animals on the ranch that his grandfather once bought, Wyle is clearly not an expert when it comes to handling an emu. However, there is one household chore that he claims to be quite good at.

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He even called himself a maven at the household chore in question.

Noah Wyle has recently claimed PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive title. But it seems that this one title is not enough for the actor, who has another title at home. When speaking about his life at home with PEOPLE, the actor shared that he helps with household chores, and his area of expertise is the sink.

“I am the dish maven. The sink is my domain,” Wyle said.

But it is not just about helping with household chores, as the actor also described it as therapeutic. He joked that it gives him the feeling of having made a massive contribution while allowing him to zone out and take a brief mental break. And perhaps this might be a better and less scary option than battling against emus.

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