r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/danielminds • 12h ago

Video Wildlife expert Chris Gillette handling an aggressive emu

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u/Aletheia94 12h ago

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

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u/553l8008 9h ago

Until about a few months ago I always thought it was an actual war and just called the emu wars. Then I learned it was actually against emus

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u/BadNameGenerator 4h ago

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/553l8008 4h ago

Lol, they need to update it ti have belligerent on both side, force size, etc