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To: Red Badger

The pub owners have forgotten that humans only live in Australia because the Emus let them...

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-1932-australia-declared-war-on-emus-and-lost


14 posted on 07/29/2020 10:47:00 AM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: GreenLanternCorps
The ensuing Emu War has been summarized thusly by ornithologist D.L. Serventy:

The machine-gunners’ dreams of point blank fire into serried masses of Emus were soon dissipated.

The Emu command had evidently ordered guerrilla tactics, and its unwieldy army soon split up into innumerable small units that made use of the military equipment uneconomic. A crestfallen field force therefore withdrew from the combat area after about a month.

Hilarious!................

15 posted on 07/29/2020 11:04:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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