It’s 1am. I googled emus, ended up on the Emu War page (sorry, “Great Emu War” as it was called). Nobody show James Cameron this page or we’ll end up with another 12 Avatar movies.
@GossiTheDog Australian wildlife likes to make a mockery of our attempts to control it. If we try to hard it tends to take a few of us out to remind us why that's a bad idea.
@GossiTheDog to add to other references, this is a great (old) podcast.
@GossiTheDog There was a film about it released a few years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uI9IjmZ93M -- it's available on Tubi here in Australia.
Apparently John Cleese is also working on an adaptation, but who knows if it will actually get completed.
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@GossiTheDog I grew up on a bird farm that had emus in California. They are truly amazing.
@GossiTheDog great video breakdown of it. https://youtu.be/BXpu6tbFCsI?si=lvvuNoazcDKO-i1L Also recommend looking up the Pig War between Washington State and Canada.
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In case you are wondering, the Australian army were sent in with machine guns.. but they lost the war as the emus just ran away, they’re pretty quick.
@GossiTheDog And the emus didn’t charge directly into machine gun fire as some other stupid bipeds 😏
The Great Emu War is so good.
@GossiTheDog Well, Liechtenstein sent in 1866 an expedition to Austria (Prussia/Austria war) with 80 men. They returned with 81 - legend says...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Liechtenstein
Of note is also the Whiskey War between Denmark and Canada 😁
Fuck me there’s an Emu War cinematic universe
I'm still thinking about the Emu War.
@GossiTheDog I, for one, welcome our new #emu overlords.
@GossiTheDog what did Emanuel do this time?
@GossiTheDog Uhh my brain instantly brings me the liberty mutual ads whenever I see Emu 😂
For the uninitiated: https://www.libertymutualgroup.com/about-lm/news/articles/introducing-limu-emu-and-doug-dynamic-duo-insurance-world-starring-new-liberty-mutual-ad-campaign
@GossiTheDog supposedly there’s a movie about it, but it’s really hard to find outside Australia.
@GossiTheDog I am familiar with all of the words in this statement but remain puzzled by this particular combination
@GossiTheDog can i interest you in a very long video about this from a niche channel (who you may already know if you're a fan of non-chud military history)?
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