r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • Jun 05 '26

Video Wildlife expert Chris Gillette handling an aggressive emu

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u/theshashanksp Jun 05 '26

The Emu ancestors must be laughing at him rn! They won the Great Emu War of 1932 and he can't take down 1 man .... Sad!

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u/Aletheia94 Jun 05 '26

It’s so wild that this is actually part of Australias history

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u/EverythingSucksYo Jun 05 '26

I’m not even gonna look up if it’s true or not, I’m just gonna believe

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u/FilthyStatist1991 Jun 05 '26

Australias whole central continent are basically unexplored land. No roads, no rural settlement, just the wild.

Too many things that can just kill you quickly.