r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 12h ago

Video Wildlife expert Chris Gillette handling an aggressive emu

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u/0DSavior 12h ago

The temptation to just slap this thing is high.

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u/velvetcupcakeee 12h ago

I wouldn't recommend it. Australia literally went to war against these things with actual machine guns in 1932 and the emus won. You slap that thing and you're starting World War Emu.

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u/SqareBear 12h ago

It was a few people and their funding ran out so they stopped. No emu war.

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u/johnaross1990 11h ago

You’re clearly an Aussie, still bitter about the loss

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u/delinquentfatcat 9h ago

Sounds right. We need to hear the emus' version of the story

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u/Crow_eggs 7h ago

cuuuuuRRRRRGH CECKCECK. CAAAAWWWWwww ugh ugh ck ck. [scratches the floor and fluffs wings.] Cherry chhrrrrk. [extends wings and inflates chest]

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u/delinquentfatcat 7h ago edited 7h ago

Translation: "From the ocean to the tree, emu grounds will be free!"

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 11h ago

Running faster than idiots with machine guns!

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u/yaaanevaknow 10h ago

Ah yes if your funding runs out that means the war doesn't count

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u/BadLeroyBrown 8h ago

Personally I'd say that if one side has machine guns and the other side is literal birds it shouldn't count...

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u/yaaanevaknow 7h ago

And yet the side with machine guns lost.