Seriously, though!
If a security system contractor is offering you three different systems, and one of them is a laser tripwire
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Assuming similar price-points, it's not going to be the emu.
Edit:/b]Okay, let's say it's a different choice. A surly Kung Fu guy and an Emu are going into a steel cage match. Even considering that Kung Fu is generally associated with splay fingered, open handed strikes, that seem more vulnerable to emu bites, my money is still on the guy. The emu might win, but he is clearly the underdog.
Now, which one of those guys do you want guarding your house from ninja terrorists, who have no goal in life other than to blow up your armory, with its shelves full of automatic weapons? Maybe the emu is better equipped to detect ninjas, maybe not, but once he's found a ninja, the guy has the best chance of saving your guns.
--as opposed to having his skinny emu neck snapped by a ninja.
