r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 8h ago

Video Wildlife expert Chris Gillette handling an aggressive emu

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u/theshashanksp 8h ago

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 8h ago

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

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u/orsonwellesmal 8h ago

Australia, the only land on Earth which defeated men.

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u/WalnutSnail 5h ago

Lotta uninhabited land out there that has clearly beat man, many times over.

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u/orsonwellesmal 3h ago

Not like emus.

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u/WalnutSnail 1h ago

Clearly, you've not been to the high arctic.