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View submission: Just Putin this out there
It's not just a meme. It was a real 'war' in 1932, and the emus won.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
Comment by chekhovsdickpic at 01/06/2017 at 14:22 UTC
70 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Boo, they changed it. It used to list casualties.
Comment by spanishgalacian at 01/06/2017 at 17:16 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Boys we've been training you for years to defend your homeland. Now it's time to put those skills to the test and kill some Emu's.
Comment by ICannotHelpYou at 01/06/2017 at 18:52 UTC*
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I still don't think the emus won. They killed 200 in the first go, and then when asked to help the farmers again, they killed 968 and wounded 2500 which died due to injuries later. The got pretty good at it in the end, only using 10 rounds to kill each bird.
Comment by cinnamonbrook at 01/06/2017 at 13:39 UTC
-16 upvotes, 2 direct replies
It was literally just the Australian government attempting to cull the population of emus in that area.
People going "ommmgggg dae emu war? tru faks!!" is basically a meme at this point, since it hits TIL so goddamn often.