The Great Emu War of 1932
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Emus are native to Australia, and as everyone knows, nearly everything in Australia seems capable of killing you. If the sun doesn’t do it, there are still redback spiders, funnel webs, and Taipans, and others to contend with. It should come as no surprise, then, that the emu-part ostrich, part velociraptor-is also an annoyance bent on making the lives of people living in Australia miserable.
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Sounds like Texas' war on hogs.
"Don't fuck with emus"
-Sun Tzu
Juan Collazos "Damn nature, you're scary."- Tsun dai
I personally knew him and that is in fact how he would tell you about some animals.
Hilary Manuel, how old are you? Are you a vampire?
"Avoid a land war (against emus) in Australia." --Aborigine wise man
"Don't fuck with emus." Sun Zhu said that, and I think he would know a little bit more about emus than you do because he invented them!
Emus: 1
Australia: 0
That is until the aussies """""tested""""" nuclear weapons on the Emu Fields.
Vanessa Tan wait till the next war!
Emus = Australia
Didn't that result in huge flocks of 50-foot-tall, radioactive birds with ginormous teeth and eyes that could shoot lasers?
+Doug Hicton Cool!
Where are the Veteran Emu graveyards? True Patriots
Hopefully underground
The government is barred from showing the emu graves
The great emu conspiracy
Emu-minati Confirmed
oh say can you see by the dawns early light
Casualties: Dignity
Brutal :D
What are you talking about? Three soldiers with only two machineguns took on an army of over 20,000! Not only did they survive without a single casualty, they took down nearly 1,000 of their enemies. Even noted strategic victories such as the Battle of Thermopylae and the Texian's defence of the Alamo did significantly worse than that. And these were enemies who could obviously take a pounding and keep on coming, fighting in their home territory. They all deserved medals for their bravery and coolness under battle conditions.
Ok, that's a bit over the top, but so is calling this culling expedition a war.
Rod H by
Rod H it was a joke.....
On a real note, during the battle of the alamo. Mexico caused more casualties on it's own side from shelling the wrong coordinates, so that wasn't even a Texan success by far, not to mention they lost anyways. But I do agree with you, 2 Lewis guns and 20,000 enemies, neutralizing 900 of them is some serious hardcore warrior stuff. I can't believe they didn't even suffer from a single injury.
As an Australian, I can confirm that the emu is on our national emblem, so they won.
Embrace your new masters.
Why couldn't they just feed them a poisonous food? Like we do rodents? Seems like that might have worked.
Why havent we had a videogame about this one yet?
grand theft emu
because just like battlefront... no one would play it for very long ;)
Midget Penguin Dayum 😂😂 I actually played battlefront quite a lot 😂
Angry Emus :-)
It would be a great mini game or special event for battlefield 1 since it is closely related with WW1, I don't know about you guys but i would love playing against AI emus.
I love how professional Simon is. No over enthusiasm or cringy joke.
Verlocity Brand it just makes it bland and boring too me
Verlocity Brand r u kidding Simon is the King of terrible puns
Verlocity Brand
I agree
Exactly why I hate Dnews/Seeker and Buzzfeed and the like. Bunch of fucking children. (Idk why I care, I'm immature af lol)
I like Simon's excessive hand gestures. Rumour has it, it makes Italian men jealous.
This is all just nothing but emu propaganda.
Yes... they're CIA funded obviously.
Getting Better at Music Don't you mean...ESIO funded? (Emu Security Intelligence Organisation)
You're fake news!
Careful. Nobody is supposed to know these things. I worry about your life now. O.O
Nil lol the likes are 666 the emu's truly are evil
>be Australia
>declare war on birds
>lose
They didn't oil their ground harnesses
Chuck Bradley god I hate a rusty ground harness
>be Australia
>declare war on birds
>Lose, become france
I mean, they did make up the bulk of the forces at Gallipoli and we all know how that went...
keep your incel meme arows in 4chins please
America: "So Australia, what's the most incredible war you've ever been in?"
Australia: "Well one time we took on over twenty thousand bulletproof dinosaurs with just a couple of men and a machine gun"
America: "Never leave our side!"
Boglenight 7
OMG that's the best
Im dead imao 😂
Australia: And yeah, we lost.
😂🤣😂😂🤣😂
I am a devout Emu fan from now on.
"The middle of Australia is largely uninhabited by anyone with, well, sense"
An Australian politician said something like this a few years back and the controversy it caused was incredible.
Yeah, Aboriginals don't like hearing facts... it's against their "culture"
I'd suggest you google Alice Springs.
ThatAussieGirl lot of aboriginals live in rando towns in the middle of nowhere
Old Mate yeah yet Aboriginals have been living all over Australia for millennia with no problems. Fuck you you racist shit
@@RoyalKnightVIII agreed
they declared war....on a bunch of birds...............
only IN Australia!!
And LOST!!
Well It's better than a war on drugs.
I think a war on pests that destroy crops is more reasonable than a war on deciding what people can and can't put in their body. It just depends on how you look at it, but Seb I guess you are extremely anti-drug just based on the way you responded to Xavyr.
Seb belicki pro-drugs people don't understand why people want some drugs are illegal. They think it is a victimless crime but it isn't.
It's Australia. Everything there wants you dead. It's a miracle humans were even able to survive on that continent of death.
Batman... Meh. Wolverine... Yawn. Emuman... Awesome!
Emuman!
+ Runs fast.
+ Can take several bullets without dying.
+ Big feet with claws at the end.
+ Expert at camouflage.
+ Arid survival specialist.
+ Works well in groups.
+ Can call on the help of Emus.
- Dies if run over.
- Will only do battle if there's water or tasty plants in it for him.
Bruce Dunn i
Bruce Dunn he's emune to bullets
there was one casualty on the Australian side: dignity.
funny how we never learned this at school and im Aussie
ikr
it's not exactly a war they would be proud about lol...probably better to be forgotten, also on a less serious note The great emu war is like the most australian thing ever
History is written by the winners. Maybe the emus have this stuff in a cave somewhere.
Sorta like how American students are not taught about the US military's indiscriminate slaughter of two hundred thousand Filipinos in the early 20th century.
If the Emus just ran a bit slower, you'd probably hear about it in school. Much like in the US how History teachers wont stop talking about the slaughter of the Buffalo. If those damn Buffalo would just run faster.
10.000 bullets against 20.000 emus...
Sounds like a great idea...
Basic math is hard.
What really disturbs me is how there are so many people who think a bullet is good for taking down a bird...
Birds are birds, the world over. And any hunter worth his salt can attest that a shotgun is the weapon of choice. Bullets do piercing damage. Shot does crushing spreading damage and lots more trauma. That's how you put the bird down... It's like using a rapier where you seriously need an axe or hammer...
Besides that, you have the shear numbers... AND even in the day, shotgun rounds were (and still are) generally cheaper than rifle ammo'... The spread of shot is also to great advantage with regards to vehicular combat, as it allows (at range) a "point in the general direction and spray" tactic. Then you're only stuck with recycle rate.
Recommendation? Against 20K birds on foot (high speed)... Reasonably ten to twentyfive rugged vehicles and at least as many mountable ten or twelve gauge shooters with either box feeds or belts (if such could equitably be fielded)... With regular patrols and a little field tactical effort, that should do it, give or take the ammo allotment(s)...:o)
Maybe they thought the emus would stand in single file for them.
Shoot down the line, two or more died for one bullet.
Well they didn't want the birds to go extinct, just halve the population & keep them back. It's not like we must use every single bullet.
ww1 vets on farms, no doubt they were ex-light horse personnel, maybe they should have given them horses & bayonets to chase them down instead of machine guns to mow them down. Then again, maybe it should have been the Agriculture Minister responsible for developing a plan not a military commander!
A Michael Bay movie waiting to happen
The great emu war.
This is a story of a man named Jack BBQ who was conscripted to the army. After fighting in WW1 he returned only to be pulled into another war, a war against the evil birds of Australia.
Too many artillery pieces m8.
A veteran-
Thrilling, So many explosions.
A "professional" critic-
Did you say I could get rich if I rate 5 stars, I acce-
A hobo.
@lcyw20 bullet hit emu -> nuclear explosion
Truck swerve off the road hitting fence -> multiple explosions with shockwave leveling the bushes and blowing people away.
Main character trying to meet the emu king to discuss a peace treaty -> insert gratuitous sexy emu princess in bikini
@lcyw20 You make that sound like a bad thing
They failed because they did not apply the combined arms doctrine. They needed to have armored tracked vehicles, close air support, medium and heavy artillery, chemical and biological warfare units, special operatives behind the lines dressed as emus, as well as Ghurka's.
That would be fucking hilarious... Soldiers dressed as Emus, HHHHAAAA!!
I thought it was New Zealand - you know, the place where the Hobbits and Orcs live.
Hidemi Sakamoto agreed, close air support absolves a multitude of sins. :)
Or they could ask the Kiwis for a Job Semple Tank, if extinction of the emu species is deemed an acceptable outcome.
"One of us... is an Australian in disguise"
"Squawk"
"Squawk"
"Squawk... mate. ...shit."
Battlefield 1 Australia: The Great Emu War DLC confirmed.
We need Call of Duty: Emu War!
yes!
YESS!!! WE NEED THAT!!!
retsz but name it Emu Warfare
Call of Duty: Avian Warfare.
Humans first "recorded" inter-species war and we lost 😂
😂😂😂👌
Nah. We fight wars against la cockroach. Very select few have won
As a NZer, the great emu war is one of my favourite stories to (lightheartedly) mock Australians about
As an Aussie I'll take that as Karma for all the mocking we do to you Kiwi's.
3:32 That, sir... is an _ostrich_.
Wait, how can you tell?
Shape of the eyes, shape of the beak, position of the nostrils, plumage... Just confront two pictures of their heads and you'll find out yourself. ;)
Magnus Danger Magnus thats what I was thinking
I agree. Emus have pointy beaks and ostriches have roundy beaks. Easy innit?
Also just their general size if you have something to gauge it.
But that's the whole body of course.
Meep Meep!
That's how I imagined it went between the solders and the emus, very Wil E Coyote x Roadrunner style.
🤣🤣🤣
And I quote from a former veteran of the Emu War;
“We were on patrol one afternoon, deep in hostile territory. My team leader, whom we were all close mates with, had been with us from the start. This particular afternoon we were patrolling down Feather Valley when the bastards ambushed us from two sides. Our left and right flanks were hit hard by the feathered devils. One Emu had impaled my old mate of thirty years right through his chest with his long head, and looked at me with an evil stare. It squawked, a terrible screeching sound. It sounded like that of a banshee. I grabbed my other mate by the leg as he was being dragged away by his arm from what I remember seeing as a giant black ball of fur. It’s eyes were red and Satan like. It looked like the embodiment of all that is evil. I yelled “FUCK OFF YA CUNT” and gave my mate one last pull on his shoes and got him free of the monsters grip.
Shortly after our ambush, reinforcements arrived, eventually the Emu’s withdrew from the area. I found my old mate, our team leader, dangling upside down from a branch in a tree. His body was clawed and bloodied. I swore to myself I would kill every last one of those cunts...”
1. The thumbnail for this video is an ostrich and not an Emu (apologies if this has already been brought up already, my attention span will only allow me to go so far into the comment feed)
2. At 3.30, again you have used an ostrich image to get your point across.
3. I am Australian and did not know this and I have to say I'm amazed.
4. Love the channel guys, keep it up. ;)
This is one of the greatest reasons why Emus are my favorite animal
losses:
Emus
Thousands of rounds
Shame
An Kaz How exactly did they lose shame? Rather they gained it.
An Kaz
DIGNITY you nob
They gained shame
I thought this was going to be a joke.
One day the emus will reclaim Australia!
Kyle Towers they had already claimed Australia. Australia is right now run by the council of emu republic.
LOVE THIS CHANNEL! Thanks for helping me toward my goal of learning at least several new things (regardless of the topic) each day. You guys are great, and Simon's narration is always spot-on. Cheers!
Emus are no joke, lost my right eye to one of these fucking birds (seriously not joking).
woah
Call of Duty: Emu Warfare coming November 2018
Where is it
Okay, I don't often comment, but HUZZAH!! I love history and everything random so the Australian Emu War of 1932 is one of the best tidbits ever!! But no one talks about it! This is even cooler than Australia's rabbit-proof fence! It's so... Weird and interesting! But my history professor didn't even know about it; he thought I was pulling his leg until I showed him various articles. So I have endless gratitude it's having this moment in the sun. More people should know about this! So weird! Anyway, I adore this channel. I always recommend it to the other lifelong learners and endlessly curious in my life. Keep on making knowledge interesting and easily digestible! Kudos!
i can feel the effort he is putting in to pronounce emu correctly. it is greatly appreciated.
do they still sing songs of the great emu war.
@Angus Paton how's the song coming
I wish they taught us about this war in school
I want to thank you for getting me started with Audible. my family has been trying to get me to do similar things for nearly 2 decades and failed. This single episode of your show succeeded. You made an Excellent case that appealed to my senses. Thank you! Oh, and I got the book you recommended. :-)
Simon Whistler is a really cool guy. Great voice, great personality, great fashion sense.
I love this story, particularly as I know some of the areas... So funny, only war ever declared on our soil and we lost it... ;-}
To birds
Miss Amanda's world but to be fair, these are *Australian* birds. We all know Australia is a Death World where everything is trying to kill you! ;)
lol I'm west aussie this is so .... freaking normal and aussie lol
Yer. Just 5 bullets!
That was a weak Emu!
Normally I never look at UA-camrs recommendations for audible but I am definitely checking out this one! I love this channel I look forward to the video everyday :)
Thank you for saying emu correctly. Also it's really good to see that audible is still supporting youtube channels.
The Official Podcast!
Simon in Australia we have a saying/curse that is
I hope your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down
phrase wishing ill luck upon someone
And it is true the best way to make use of them is farm them for meat,
and one of the best anti inflamitories out their Emu Oil
mmmm Emu Salami ......
I love how information this is. Everytime I've listened to his videos they've been well done.
My Dad had Emus on the farm when I was a kid, they are definitely part velociraptor.
Audible is fantastic. I just finished The Last Days of NIght that tells the story of Edison, Tesla and Westinghouse.
This was very Emu-zing
Thanks for being honest about the adverts and not just saying you've read something, as would be so easy. You're a cool guy, Simon.
"Emu; part-ostrich part- velociraptor"
This is the best description of the emu that I have ever heard!
Also, anyone who wonders how the emus won had never encountered one of the grumpy bastards. I'm pretty sure that they're indestructible...
Should've come out a few hours ago on ANZAC day, a day to commemorate our soldiers.
They fought well.. they died well.. sorry.. talking about the Emu's.. Hugs to the Aussie soldiers too.. but Emu's were ANZAC before they were.
Well.. We still got along without a nuclear war!
This channel is fascinating. Thanks.
For anyone wondering: at 4:23, the "dum dum" bullets the man talks about reffers to the old time nickname for hollow point rounds.
Why is the thumbnail of an ostrich?
Every color known to man kind no that's an ostrich. The image he showed with the wreaths is also an ostrich.
i will create an army of emu's and conquer the world
I am mildly disappointed in one thing. Having a machine gun jam, I had envisioned dozens of emu charging the silly humans like a bunch of murderous feathered psychopaths.
Every word of this story is amazing!
Do an episode on the Drop Bear!
Hath this video no shame? To humiliate the Australian Military on ANZAC day?
Update 27 April 2017, 12:24 pm AWST: This comment has gotten a lot of attention, I just want it to be known that whilst I do believe ANZAC day should be highly respected, I do also believe that this video does not bring shame to the militaries of either Australia or New Zealand and my original intention of this comment was intended to be a slightly interesting acknowledgment of the coincidence that this video was uploaded on ANZAC day.
I would like to apologise to anyone that thought that I was insulting this channel, I would also like to apologise for not adding anything about New Zealand and I would also like to apologise to anyone else I may have offended, irritated, annoyed, displeased, upset, hurt, aggravated, pissed off, peeved, miffed, rankled or narked, and I would most of all like to apologize to anyone that read through this long only half-serious apology that was made only to put greater emphasis on the fact that the original line was supposed to partially be taken lightheartedly and in jest.
Your honour, I rest my case.
Ramen, pleased be his meatballs.
P.S Whilst the above two are attempts of humour, ANZAC day is a serious occasion and memorialization of the brave Australian and New Zealand men (and women too when looking at modern wars) that fought and continue to fight in wars both past and present. To anyone that does not know what ANZAC day is I would be appreciative if you followed this link: www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anzac/anzac-tradition/, and may you have a wonderful day.
P.S The first line was indeed posted on ANZAC day, however it was very close to midnight.
If you're humiliated by the truth, that's your problem not the thruth's. ;)
Boglenight Bro, ANZAC day was yesterday, we had a public holiday YESTERDAY!
time zones are a thing. and it would be anzac day in america.
But ANZAC Day isn't a thing the US. No one, aside from Aussies, are obligated to recognize it, let alone celebrate it.
PongoXBongo its a date though. so they are releasing it on the date of anzac day regardless of if they follow it. i dont agree with the orginal sentiment of this comment if anything i find such stories like this just as respectful, we can honour all aspects of our troops. im just saying that saying it being released on anzac day is accurate
amazing video with great production quality
It’s always good to watch Simon Whislers videos
Always interesting and full of life
farkin' hell ...! "bloody birds are *emu* ne to our dum dum bullets"
Lol emune
6 triggered aussies disliked this video
I LOVE OUR EMUS!! YEAH!!!
I wasn't taught this great story in school. What an epic story.
So proud of our wildlife!
A long time coming and a great video!
Today I Found Out that Zulus are immune to bullets
Kevin William Walker Zulu warriors! Trained on thorns, to dismember any emperor's pasty white hordes
It's weird.. my respect for Zulus is only slightly less than the valiant Emus of Australia. And that's saying A LOT ! European imperialism has never been my favourite part of history.
Nice to Emueet you!
keep teaching Simon. good job man .
I really enjoyed this episode. Very entertaining.
The thumbnail is an ostrich.
Been waiting for this episode.
Awesome video!!! thx TIFO, fun video!
why are you talking about my breverin
HAPPY EMU VICTORY DAY which i mad up soo aperently july 16 is emu victory day
HAPPY EMU VICTORY DAY which i mad up soo aperently july 16 is emu victory day
Make a crazy comedy movie!
This had me cracking up, fun neat knowledge generally, but this one was quirky. Keep it up guys
I swear this channel didn't even have 50k subs when i first started watching it several months ago. Good on you TIFO!
emu shoud replace the sas or delta force
We use them in the SASR
Emus> Australians
Thank you for this video 🇧🇷
I've been telling people about this for years. End up having to resort to Wikipedia pretty much every time - no one ever believes me without that.
Doesn't sound like a war. Sounds like people trying to shoot birds and the birds running away. Oh wait.....I forgot France in WW2, never mind. ;)
SRNF Maybe America should release a bunch of emus in Syria. I'd love to see emus defeat isis.
savage
You don't use emus in the Middle East. You use boars. www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/25/wild-boars-overrun-islamic-state-position-kill-3-militants/100876844/
SRNF well, it wasn't much of a "war" on the French front.
ian macfarlane - not entirely true
*OR* don't farm in a desert without irrigation.
writerconsidered , do you mean irrigation or interrogation (for the emus).
They had irrigation before the drought...
"My national bird is the emu, and it's a pest. Also bloody delicious."
your video are all great but this one is also funny... I had a good laugh. thanks much
the thumbnail show's an ostrich. ?
Was their ever a follow up to this war? XD
there were two great emu wars
We don't talk about the second, it ended when they took Steve Irwin from us...
America has a war on turkeys every November, but by the next year, there are thousands more.
Excellent story........thank you.
Loved the video!
you used an ostrich in the thumbnail
first emo here
btw nice vid m8!
You didn't even have time to watch the video, ffs!
i knew his vid was nice becus all his vids are XD
Watching the video before commenting is cheating.
Aight calm down Mr Special
I can't even imagine the stress of that war. The Earth shaking with 20,000 Emu's running over that hill, cross eyed, dumb founded, ready to trample you to death, and only 2 Lewis machine guns.
Thank you Simon.
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This world needs more Emus and less Humans for a Happy Earth. Go Emus!
Ehehe! This was the most emusing story in history.
Even so, I can't believe those farmers spent so much emuniton.
Most definitely, do not emulate their tactics.
Unbelievable, the team you got there.
Unity, free, mutual understanding, and the emulsion of ideas is the way to peace.
Why hasn't this been turned into a gentle comedy feature film yet? I'd DEFINITELY would watch that! :D