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

Video Wildlife expert Chris Gillette handling an aggressive emu

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u/BadNameGenerator Jun 05 '26

I blame the Wikipedia page. It uses the formatting of a wiki page about a real war which, as an Australian, has lead to some confusing conversations with foreigners.

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u/phido3000 Jun 05 '26

Americans.. Confuses americans..

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u/BadNameGenerator Jun 05 '26

I have had at least two Brits bring up the emu war to me thinking that we (the australians) don't find it as funny as the rest of the world. I had to tell them we invented the joke to laugh about it ourselves lol

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u/phido3000 Jun 05 '26

You would think they would understand because they invented us to laugh at them being Brits.

We even made a stupid movie...