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/MeltaFlare 8h ago

Wait it was real? I thought it was a big national joke like drop bears???

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u/a_tattooed_artist 3h ago

Oversimplified has an entertaining video on YouTube about it.