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In the dry, sunburned fields of Western Australia in 1932, a strange war was brewing. But this wasn’t a battle between nations or soldiers. It was a war between humans and birds—a war against the emus.

After World War I, many Australian soldiers had returned home to become farmers, granted land to cultivate wheat. However, just as the farmers were preparing to harvest, an unexpected army descended upon them—thousands of emus, towering flightless birds, sweeping across the plains. Drawn to the ripe crops, the emus trampled fields and devoured the wheat, leaving devastation in their wake. Desperate to save their livelihood, the farmers called on the government for help. The solution? Declare war on the birds.

In November 1932, Major G.P.W. Meredith and a few soldiers were dispatched with two Lewis machine guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition. Armed for battle, they ventured into the fields to face their feathered foes. At first, the soldiers expected it to be easy—a simple extermination of some oversized birds. But the emus had other plans.

The birds were fast and agile, scattering in all directions the moment the guns opened fire. They moved in flocks, sprinting at speeds that left the soldiers in their dust. Day after day, the soldiers chased the birds through the bush, but the emus proved too clever and resilient. When the guns jammed or the terrain got too rough, the emus simply outran their attackers. Even when the soldiers managed to hit their targets, the emus often kept running, as if unfazed by the bullets.

Despite their best efforts, the soldiers found themselves outmatched. After days of pursuit, they had barely made a dent in the massive emu population. Major Meredith famously remarked, "If we had a military division with the bullet-carrying capacity of these birds, it would face any army in the world."

By early December, the operation was called off. Only a few hundred emus had been killed, and the birds continued to roam the wheat fields, victorious. The Great Emu War, as it came to be known, had ended in defeat—for the humans, at least.


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See meat...

If it were today, all they needed would have been to invite some Nigerians and soon they would be begging the Nigerians to leave the few remaining emus alone.

Damn! See how they just waste good meat.

safarifarms:
If it were today, all they needed would have been to invite some Nigerians and soon they would be begging the Nigerians to leave the few remaining emus alone.

And Tinubu will take glory for the successful mission.

Make them declare war on fowl for my street.

Australia is a strange land

They have more animals occupying lands than humans.

Anyways, are these emus still a threat to them, they should airlift few Nigerians into their land and give them basic tools like axe and Cutlass, these animals will go extinct in few months 😎😎

I don't know what's wrong with this particular country. From rabbit overpopulation to insects, then frog, to emu.

Them no dey chop

safarifarms:
If it were today, all they needed would have been to invite some Nigerians and soon they would be begging the Nigerians to leave the few remaining emus alone.

Their mind go touch ground 💯🔥

Man versus animal.

Yes. The great Emu war. First time mankind lost a war against animals.

Australia Very strange country.

The population of kangaroo in that country is greater than that of human

If children of Israel, during the time of Moses this thing happen, Dem for put am for their bible talk say na good send am as food for them or to attack them.

Woke generation dey believe nonsense

Bebold:
I don't know what's wrong with this particular country. From rabbit overpopulation to insects, then frog, to emu.

Them no dey chop

You forgot to add snakes cos the country also has a high population of pythons

Kobicove:
You forgot to add snakes cos the country also has a high population of pythons

Forgive me.