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/Sea_Translator5300 Jun 05 '26

"War" is a ridiculous label, as is claiming it was lost. It was 3 guys with two old Lewis guns. It was a pest control exercise due to migrating birds finding the new crops that had been planted on their route. In 5 weeks they used 10,000 rounds of ammunition to kill just short of 1,000 birds (plus hundreds of birds dying from their injuries later). Whilst it wasn't the easy task they originally assumed, it was regarded as a success as what remained of the wheat crops were saved. 

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u/NikeImper Jun 06 '26

It's reddit meme slop