Police in Horry County, South Carolina, said this week that they are searching for two missing emus that have been evading capture for months: "We are not emu-sed."

Thelma and Louise are out on the town at the same time officials work to collect the 11 remaining escaped Alpha Genesis monkeys.

There was animal mayhem in South Carolina as two emus went on the loose – while eight escaped monkeys were already at large. Reports of two large emus running riot in the city of Loris, in Horry County,

The CEO of a South Carolina research facility where dozens of monkeys escaped said the employee connected to the incident has not returned to work. FEMA is opening a disaster recovery center in Jefferson County to provide one-on-one help for Georgians affected by Hurricane Helene.

Artie Morace, 71, said two of his three emus got loose during two incidents earlier this year in June. His first emu jumped a 6-foot fence, and when he tried to grab her, all he caught was a handful of feathers.