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@Nortisverikool

2 жыл бұрын

Keep up the Good Work!

@Nortisverikool

2 жыл бұрын

No need to spam, Bruv.

@CrazyJaketheTerrible

2 жыл бұрын

Hi ExtraCredits! Thank you so much for ypur excellebt productions on all sorts of interesting pieces of history! The workers at HelloFresh are organizing a union to address thier concerns over low pay and unsafe working conditions. Since you are sponsored by Hello Fresh, would you be ok acknowledging or discussing these workers and thier organizing?

@margaretkairu7418

2 жыл бұрын

your videos are awesome.

@monkawae896

2 жыл бұрын

Ngl I think White Serpent really wants subtitles. Just a feeling, though.

"Machine guns are plenty humane, we invented them to use on people!"

@questionfor9502

2 жыл бұрын

My opinion is if it isn't banned by Geneva I'm gonna use it

@freakymoejoe2

2 жыл бұрын

@@reosavant5769 same

@thatonefriendiii2827

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao 🤣

@thatonefriendiii2827

2 жыл бұрын

@@reosavant5769 yeah same lol

@sayantanm2

2 жыл бұрын

@@reosavant5769 Depends on where you are shot, if you are shot in the tummy and left uncared for ... the digestive juices in the belly will leak out of their containment zones and begin eating yourself and your innders + blood will be infected. Resulting in a slow painful death.

This war clearly shows the superiority of the Emu intel network. They recognized the enemy was counting on a quick victory by overwhelming force, realized that this was a strategy Napoleon had used, gathered intelligence on Napoleon’s own tactics and victories and implemented a strategy that prevented such a victory: “When they show up, we’ll run away.” Genius!

@arcticlaw9198

2 жыл бұрын

Referencing Oversimplified? There's a tax for that

@TheDiloEmpire

2 жыл бұрын

@@arcticlaw9198 don't make me punish you severely

@Battleship009

2 жыл бұрын

@@arcticlaw9198 Causing me to laugh? There's tax for that.

@thesusposter48

2 жыл бұрын

hey if it worked for the russians and the portuguese why wouldn't it work for the emus

@rafaelzamudio354

2 жыл бұрын

@@Battleship009 dude... Uncool

The most meme’d war ever to exist in warfare history. And reasonably so.

@haventakalou6530

2 жыл бұрын

Uh hello? Bucket war??

@alicorn3924

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, it's WW2

@wyomingptt

2 жыл бұрын

Winter War???

@haikalmiftah2529

2 жыл бұрын

There a war against goat by Equadorian goverment 2 decades ago. And yet it's unpopular comapred to emu war.

@MALEMization

2 жыл бұрын

I wish Extra History does the Battle of Karansebes as a special episode! One episode about it should be enough!

American: “I still don’t see how you could lose to a bunch of emus-“ Australian: “YOU WEREN’T THERE!!!!!”

@samuelademeso9041

2 жыл бұрын

Aussies: I still don't see how u could lose to a bunch of rice farmers America: " YOU WEREN'T THERE!!!!" Aussie: oh actually we were. American: ....oh

@Dude_bruh

2 жыл бұрын

Well they didn't win either so

@Jacob-ge1py

Жыл бұрын

How are you doing with those wild pigs?

@larrychilders6599

10 ай бұрын

​@Jacob-ge1py we didn't wage war on them

@shinybugg9156

5 ай бұрын

Lol we knew better...

The fact that a bunch of birds quickly and instinctively developed effective tactics to deal with machine gun attacks, while the most "advanced" human armies in the world spent four years mostly charging straight into them sure does shine an unflattering light on WW1.

@chakatfirepaw

2 жыл бұрын

The differences are of goals and the overall situation: The strategy of disengaging when attacked works perfectly fine if your goal is survival and you are facing a localized force. It doesn't work so well when your goal is to hold and take territory and you are facing an extended front.

@Dreagostini

2 жыл бұрын

Those emus won't get arrogant. They just want to live. And they don't have superiors who send them to death. Either way around. (Into the enemy trench or into a court marshal and being shot, that is.)

@ginoclaves

2 жыл бұрын

"Tactic": Run at 30 mph and be a roving collector beast of that size

@joshuanishanthchristian5217

2 жыл бұрын

@@ginoclaves I think he may be referring to the fact that the soldiers and farmers seemingly noticed that the emus kept sticking to smaller and smaller groups with some even supposedly keeping lookout. As ridiculous as it sounds, similar things have been scientifically noticed and recorded amongst other species, so it may very well be possible the emus actually did it as well.

@rinzzler366

2 жыл бұрын

Military goals were much different in WW1 than they were here. Both sides couldn't afford to scatter or run away.

Australian military: *Rolls in with machine guns and soldiers* Emus: Look at what they need to mimic a FRACTION of our power!

@fightingblindly

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@bernardoheusi6146

2 жыл бұрын

Invincible funny meme

You know, putting the absurdity of men fighting emus aside, this is actually a textbook example of how a powerful nation loses a war against a technologically inferior foe: 1. Constantly underestimating the enemy; 2. Over-reliance upon rare & expensive technology; 3. An inflexible command structure; 4. Comparative lack of mobility; 5. Comparative lack of recruitment; 6. Lack of adequate funding; 7. Failure to press on in the face of of set-backs; 8. The end of a valid strategic goal in maintaining the war. This whole damned thing reads as a dress rehearsal for Vietnam & Afghanistan.

@mckayleepugmire9947

2 жыл бұрын

Great point. I want to say at least we can say that the Vietnamese and Afghanistanese (that's not right I know) are smarter than birds, but it's still a case of death by hubris.

@daniellin1726

2 жыл бұрын

And political turbulence? Where the war effort is "not serious enough" to warrant unity, so opposing forces still sees the war as a tool for political sabotage internally.

@Lazarus1095

2 жыл бұрын

@@daniellin1726 Oh, don't even REMIND me...

@iapetusmccool

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about Herodotus's description of the Scythians, and the failed attempt of the Persians to conquer them.

@ThatGeezer

2 жыл бұрын

Not really a dress rehearsal for Afghanistan, since the British had shown the futility of trying to impose order by military force there almost a hundred years earlier.

The greatest defeat in Australian military history

@crabobserver

2 жыл бұрын

The only defeat in Australian military history

@crabobserver

2 жыл бұрын

The only event in Australian military history

@pube66

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha and they lost to birds 🤣🤣

@nileshkumaraswamy2711

2 жыл бұрын

Gallipoli who?

@blaisedw

2 жыл бұрын

All hail the great overlords of Australia!

“At this moment of despair, a moment at which one comes to believe in the existence of an Emu commander and intelligence chief… that Meredith and his men were ordered back home.”

"Though this made no difference to emu morale and the birds continued their devastation of the fields." A brilliant aspect of the emu population that proved to be a greater foe than the largest armies in the world.

Including the depiction of emu soldiers made this series ten times better.

The real heroes are the Aussies for having a good sense of humor about the whole thing. /salute

@Ggdivhjkjl

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate.

Most people are afraid of aliens or machines taking over the world. But Aussies are afraid of emus taking over the world.

@moonprincess500

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

@dylanclarke1498

2 жыл бұрын

Truely terrifying

@chameleoncove

2 жыл бұрын

Planet of the Emus

@ecurewitz

2 жыл бұрын

They should be thankful it wasn't cassowaries

@hangebza6625

2 жыл бұрын

I for one would welcome our new avian overlords

As an Australian, I just want to give you folks an absolute, bottom of my heart, thank you for doing this series. Most of us seem to know that there was an Emu War and that we lost. The running gag is that "And the Cassowaries stayed neutral" (google them, they're basically velociraptors). But we weren't taught about it in school are unlikely to get a homegrown series of this depth. Especially one that's so ready to call us on our racist history (seriously, there was an immigration policy called the White Australia Policy and a referendum held to see if everyone could agree that our indigenous folk were even people and not "local fauna"). So again, thank you, this has been a joy.

@pablotomasllodra4423

Жыл бұрын

If the natives were considered “local fauna”, wouldn’t the other Australians plus everyone else from outside be “invasive fauna”. Because humans are animals, after all.

@shonklebonkle324

8 ай бұрын

​@@pablotomasllodra4423 by all accounts this doesn't make sense.

@Darkgun231

7 ай бұрын

@@shonklebonkle324 Racists don't make sense. Expecting them to do so is asking for disappointment.

This sounds awfully like a lot of counter-insurgency operations throughout history.

@MI-yy2cg

2 жыл бұрын

we have nothing to say about that and neither does MI5

@kestrels-in-the-sky

2 жыл бұрын

We also have nothing try someone else

@ItRemindMeOfHome

2 жыл бұрын

@@kestrels-in-the-sky, and I'm sure your American counterparts have nothing to say either?

@kestrels-in-the-sky

2 жыл бұрын

@@ItRemindMeOfHome no don’t believe so

@PlebNC

2 жыл бұрын

@@MI-yy2cg What about the reports that between movies James Bond's main duty is fighting emus?

A military lesson from the mongols: A fast, mobile force where every individual is a threat, is the one heck to deal with. I think the emus are underrated to this day.

@thegreenrose147

Жыл бұрын

Any time the Mongols are mentioned, my mind goes straight to John Green and the Mongoltage 😂😂😂😂😂

We didn't just lose a war over land, but a war on our species. Well played Emus.

@TremereTT

2 жыл бұрын

Australia lost two cities in on going punitive raids executed by the emus coordinated by Emu HQ. The Emu nation has anexed two Australian cities! By the way. Better fences would have helped.

Australian kids be like: Grandpa when you were soldier who you fighted against? Grandpa:......against.....some.....stupid.....birds.....(embarrased)

@DJl3iohazord

2 жыл бұрын

Other Australian grandpa suffering from ptsd: “fucking emus, the trenches where better than that campaign. I still have nightmares of those…things…”

@jasonitaliano8631

2 жыл бұрын

Pffft...this happened in WA. Most people in the country didn't care.

@lait3967

2 жыл бұрын

“fighted” lol

@gaymermoment

2 жыл бұрын

@@lait3967 its a kid

Those machine guns were great for trench warfare since you needed to cut down an advancing enemy or pin them down for your advance. Emus had no territory to protect and didn't shoot back. They just ran away at 30mph. Unless they had the manpower to defend every source of food and/or water to starve the emus out, the birds could just leave. High bounties would probably be more useful or perhaps they could use the birds as a "training exercise" for the military. Is using bullets on emus any worse than using them on a rifle range?

@kevingriffith6011

2 жыл бұрын

I think the only real long term solution to this issue would be to give these communities the ability to defend themselves... if the birds run away when you start shooting, the machine gun should be able to keep them out. Naturally, that opens an entirely different can of worms when it comes to loaning military-grade equipment to civilians, though, not to mention cost of ammunition. (They're just farmers, after all. I don't think they could afford to keep the guns loaded) Really the best solution would be "Just build a better wall" but that's just not exciting.

@andrewsuryali8540

2 жыл бұрын

As already pointed out in the first episode, the machine guns were brought in because bounties and individual marksmen didn't work. People tend to underestimate how catastrophic the emu plague was due to the memes and because similar wildlife outbreaks elsewhere have been much easier to deal with. Meredith's initial strategy was actually very well thought out and was EXACTLY the kind of strategy you would have used to deal with usual wildlife outbreaks like deer or boars in, say, North America. The reason why it didn't work is because NOWHERE in the Australian outback has there ever been enough human population density to corral 20k emus the way North American farmers and hunters could with their local wildlife. Australian population today is 26 million occupying 3 goddamn million square miles.

@fakjbf3129

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewsuryali8540 Individual marksmen weren't working when they were relying on farmers and hunters. I wonder how it would have fared if they had sent a few dozen snipers to help coordinate. if they had sent say 20 marksmen and they were each able to take down 2 emus a day, that right there would have been more effective in the long run. And since you could just pick emus off as you went instead of having to spend time corralling large numbers of them together, I doubt they could have performed worse than the plan they actually used. The real question is whether that increased effectiveness would actually have made a difference or it still wouldn't have been enough.

@draco84oz

2 жыл бұрын

The bounty system would have probably worked - they had a bounty for Dingos in effect around the same time (which would attack sheep and cattle), and I'll bet you can guess which one of the two species is currently threatened...

@reallyFrogman

2 жыл бұрын

They did solve it through bounty work.

I like how historians felt the need to add great to the name of the war

@Pyrian

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, apparently there were three soldiers, total.

@jon-paulfilkins7820

2 жыл бұрын

Ironically so in most cases ;)

@mckayleepugmire9947

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe it was one of those higher ups trying to make it sound cooler.

@colinmerritt7645

9 ай бұрын

3 humans, but 20,000 emus. The greatest single army in emu history! (Well, except for the Emu/Koala war of 1879-80, but we don't like to talk about that.)

Unrelated to the emus but I wondered why Hello Fresh has been promoting a lot lately, turned out their workers are fighting against the company due to poor work environment/conditions and injury, and insufficient pay. They're not on strike as of yet but they're organizing and have called the NLRB in to vote on unionization. Just FYI

@mikeandnike123

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have anywhere I can read more about the workers complaints/demands?

@exeggcutertimur6091

2 жыл бұрын

I don't like being 'that person' but do you have a source to back up that claim?

@andreboden1437

2 жыл бұрын

@@exeggcutertimur6091 Mate, always be that person, no matter the claim.

@yoremothra9838

2 жыл бұрын

@@andreboden1437Maybe not always. Sometimes, it's easier to be the guy who types "hello fresh" and "strike 2021" into their browser, not difficult to find the information at all.

@DarkElfDiva

2 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who's noticed that all, and I do mean ALL, in-video sponsors are really shitty companies?

There’s a story out there where emus get human level intelligence and fully wipe out the Australian Army, artillery, gas, and all

@withersoul3480

2 жыл бұрын

Please tell me where I can find this

@tesstickle6974

2 жыл бұрын

Link?

@johnmurphy5689

2 жыл бұрын

We are waiting for the answer of where you found it Connor McLernon.

@jhonshephard921

2 жыл бұрын

not cool dude, you can't just say that and not provide a link

@connormclernon26

2 жыл бұрын

@@jhonshephard921 KZread deleted the link 5 times. wtouc fihcr fbriu hghsd mggjr xkgvl i is what you want to search for (parsed through an enigma machine, enigma m3, reflector ukw b) as for link, it’s ejlfa tilrj wfnxh eogl

It's worth noting that their sponsor, Hello Fresh, is currently engaging in wide-spread efforts to repress worker protests and unionization attempts in the US. I, personally, am standing by the workers in boycott. I don't hold that against Extra Credits, because they're likely unaware of exactly what their sponsor is doing, but I think you all have a right to know

@artrobinson9310

2 жыл бұрын

Here here!

@kentchamberlain5720

2 жыл бұрын

I'm boycotting Hello Fresh because I know how to cook for myself for cheap. But if I didn't, I'd still boycott them after hearing this. No crossing picket lines.

@Vendavalez

2 жыл бұрын

And, even if they have become aware of it, they probably signed the sponsorship agreement a couple of months ago and, now that they are signed, there is no backing out without a massive penalty so a double loss.

@user-bi7xd8ry5p

2 жыл бұрын

Nah that's just typical KZread channel behavior. They go on and on about leftist ideals while being in bed with some very shady companies. PS. Before anyone calls me a conservative I dislike capitalism as much as the next guy but I dislike hypocrisy even more.

@philip8498

2 жыл бұрын

Just out of curiosity, any links for that? Like anything thats a bit more official than a youtube comment?

Can we all take a moment to appreciate how truly awesome Matt is as a narrator? You don’t often get this kind of dynamic narration on KZread! And little his efforts at an Aussie accent in this video are cute ☺️

Most worlds national birds: Are said to be strong (virgins) Australian national bird: A true Chad, and with the military capability to take down the country they represent. Can take 5 shots and can still run at top speed. Not even metal wire fencing can stop them. Pees on the crops of their enemies after they are done eating so only the emu and his Bois could enjoy the fruits of his raiding prowess

@santiagovazquezvilarino6791

2 жыл бұрын

Our national bird is an architec. Seriously, horneros's nests are awesome

@foam3132

2 жыл бұрын

@@santiagovazquezvilarino6791 tru

@foam3132

2 жыл бұрын

those are some beautiful nests

@rosiehawtrey

2 жыл бұрын

Why am I hearing the training montage from Mulan in my head. ...

@ecurewitz

2 жыл бұрын

and when they are done, the will try to sell you car insurance with some guy

Option 1 - sell bolt action rifles to farmers, provide training and use sensible tactics to ward the emus Option 2 - HEAVY MACHINE GUN

@uberdice

2 жыл бұрын

Option 3, which ended up working, was putting a bounty on emus and letting local hunters sort it out.

@kx4998

2 жыл бұрын

Arming people who are looking to break away from you seems like a horrible idea as well...

@jacobnugent8159

2 жыл бұрын

Or you can give farmers machine guns

@heavystalin2419

2 жыл бұрын

Option 3: MORE GUN

The greatest and most decisive conflict in human history.

@gabiedude

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@chrisclark6161

2 жыл бұрын

It's the final proof that humans aren't the top of any food chain. Birds will replace us. After they extinct us

@wbrennan2253

2 жыл бұрын

Gonna toss a couple of grenades here. Congratulations to the emus, drugs and poverty for winning their wars.

“Peck around and find out” is something I’m gonna remember for a long time.

Australia effectively feels like nature's very own version of an "enter at your own risk" sign, and that's with just the more homely looking wildlife. Add things like funnel web spiders, blue ringed octopi and all the venomous snakes, and you have a sign lined with barbed wire and several armed guards.

@ferretyluv

2 жыл бұрын

Octopodes. Not octopi.

@greensteve9307

2 жыл бұрын

@@ferretyluv Correct.

My Great Grand Father served in this war. He was in the 5th Regiment. Tragically he was shot and killed by those damn humans.

“When they start shooting, we run away”

@gavinsmith9871

2 жыл бұрын

"Sir. You're a genius."

@jacobnugent8159

2 жыл бұрын

An absolute genius

@chriscollins9298

2 жыл бұрын

A man of culture.

Really depressing how those 2 farming towns withered and died due to negligence. Half of those farmers probably starved to death. but it ended on a pretty jolly note.

@erikrungemadsen2081

2 жыл бұрын

And that was their payment for fighting in WWI, nothing funny about this, just veterans getting screwed over.

@charliefarmer4365

2 жыл бұрын

@@erikrungemadsen2081 On the bright side, the Government just put profitable bounties on the Emus and the farms became profitable again.

@hkchan1339

2 жыл бұрын

I’d think they move to another town in search for work, not stave to death

"Good news, mate, we're sending the Army to deal with your Emu problem." "Brilliant! So, how many batallions?" "Two light machine guns, a truck, and a film crew" "Um, mate, have you seen just how many bloody Emus we're talking about?"

@sjonnieplayfull5859

2 жыл бұрын

Twenty thousand emu. How many bullets? Ah right, ten thousand....

@pforgottonsoul

Жыл бұрын

@@sjonnieplayfull5859 not to mention bullets for a machine gun which aren't exactly precise.

emus after the war: Two towns have been destroyed, what's next? Peace.

@InhalingWeasel

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah right. Next stop - Canberra!

Birds are basically dinosaurs. Obviously, emus evolved to take on "bullets" with their thick hide in an abstract sense. Not including human populations targeting them with arrows but also if they run 30mph their predators must reach a similar speed to attack. The claws, fangs, and talons of their opponents are probably the size of high caliber bullets, and the force when moving really fast concentrated to a point like a bullet tip or a fang would probably be similar.

@robertjethrogallano1053

2 жыл бұрын

Emus, cassowaries, and even ostriches are worthy successors to the prehistoric dinosaurs...... Soooo....anyone wanna genetically modify them for war? XD

@CeeJMantis

2 жыл бұрын

Modern cladistics says that birds ARE dinosaurs. They just happen to be amongst the most dino of living birds.

@robertjethrogallano1053

2 жыл бұрын

@@CeeJMantis nice

@AverageAwesomeDude

2 жыл бұрын

It’s less about their hides and more to do with them having very compact internal organs, so a lot of shots they took were literally “just a flesh wound”. So yeah a very small area of an emus frame was actually worth hitting with a bullet

Just stopping to marvel at this new word that is 'emusculated'. I laughed very hard.

"So nobody would be getting new hats after all" Nice Oversimplified reference

@deamon6681

2 жыл бұрын

Not a reference, earlier in the video it was stated that they where ordered to bring 100 hides to make hats.

This conflict reminds me of the classic Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote struggle. With the humans being Wile E. Coyote, and the fast bird representing the fast birds. And it had more or less the same ending.

I think the most embarrassing moment was when they decided that sticking their heads in the sand and letting people starve was better than waging war on pests.

@lightningstrike5024

8 ай бұрын

yeah except ppl dont starve in australia, which you would know if you were even remotely knowledgeable

Part 2 of the most bloodiest and terrifying war in history

They were lucky the emus didn’t ally with grizzly bears or chimpanzees. An axis like that cannot be beat

@elbruces

2 жыл бұрын

Fortunately all three live on separate continents.

@jjjsalang

2 жыл бұрын

@@elbruces , I hope those 3 species do not get any ideas of forming an alliance ......

Bismarck would have a plan to win this war… Bismarck always had a plan

@jjjsalang

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, Walpole was hired by the emus as a military and logistics consultant. : )

I don't understand how the Australian army didn't start recruiting emos into the army after this If you can't beat em, beak em

@RodExe

2 жыл бұрын

Emos were too busy brooding in a corner

@DragoSonicMile

2 жыл бұрын

Emus would flat-out refuse. They don't want to be downgraded to Australian military level.

@collingira2524

2 жыл бұрын

The real question is if the emus or emos would win

@darter9000

2 жыл бұрын

“I’m surry.”

6:05 this should be the Second Emu War. As the official Australian government officially ended the war then started it afain

@TheDiloEmpire

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought while I was watching the video

@ryanratchford2530

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheDiloEmpire how has this gotten past the memers!?

@TheDiloEmpire

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanratchford2530 two emu wars sound so much more impressive than one big emu war

The ending of the emu war was controversial, since Australia had no casualties compared to the emu’s 1000 losses of troops. However, the emu army was far greater in size compared to Australia’s forces and never even shown signs of weakening throughout the battles. In the end, though Australia claimed victory in the war, the emu legions never stopped their campaign so it felt more like a masked surrender by the Australians. Which is why I considered the great emu war to have been won by the emus.

As an Australian it is nice to see our history being told.

When you hear that Australia lost the emu war, most people don’t know only 3 soldiers were involved. It seems like a company of crack sharpshooters would have been more efficient

Who would win? The greatest power in the Southern Hemisphere, armed with superior weapons and with a brave and hardy people who thrive in the harsh environment and laugh in the face of danger? OR Some *Beaky Bois*

They solved the emu issue by making better fences they now use chain link fences

@sevenguardians7517

2 жыл бұрын

In my travels there was this hillbilly that lived in central Texas he ran an emu ranch the fence was 8 feet tall chain link keep those buggers in his well water smelled like a skunk feral hogs ravaged the country side and the pond was infested with water moccasins A real shithole of a emu ranch no idea how he stayed in business

@johnmurphy5689

2 жыл бұрын

But the towns of Campion and Walgoolan were abandoned as an consequence of the Emu War. Oh and the Great Depression and droughts were factors in the decline but the 30,000 Emu's moving into the region during the 1930s sealed the fate of the towns.

@a50ftfall6

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnmurphy5689 maybe just those towns but let's face it those towns were already kind of declining

@BillMcD

2 жыл бұрын

@@sevenguardians7517 you underestimate how hardy emus are.

@sevenguardians7517

2 жыл бұрын

@@BillMcD no they had to be hardy to live there just wondered how this guy had any business since his land was such a hazard

"Today was the dawn of the Emu War." Which, spoiler alert, they also lost.

Actually, Britain told Western Australia that Parliament in Melbourne would have to approve succession. Perth is still waiting for a reply.

Thanks, I am now going to have dreams about a secret bunker where Emus plan out attacks, with the general smoking and forming an alliance with the ostriches to steal more wheat.

A case study in the result of under or improperly resourcing a fighting force. A platoon of marksmen would have been more effective.

@helenanilsson5666

2 жыл бұрын

Or some really good fence builders.

@jameslmathieson

2 жыл бұрын

@@helenanilsson5666 Build the wall? Sounds familiar...

@herman1francis

2 жыл бұрын

wouldn't it be more efficient to corral them shower them with gasoline and burn them alive?

@helenanilsson5666

2 жыл бұрын

@@jameslmathieson stronger fences is why emus aren't such a problem today.

@Bloodlyshiva

2 жыл бұрын

@@herman1francis Catching them is a problem, surely?

Press f to pay respect for the Australian farmers. May we never forget the carnage of the emu 😢

UN: and now a proposition from the security council to create a map highlighting all countries that lost a war against birds China and Australia: *sweats nervously*

I remember reading that they eventually used a bounty program that was a lot more effective at culling emu numbers after the failed emu war

small details like getting lee enfield rifles and lewis guns accurately depicted in thier art style really makes this channel special

Sir George Pearce (to reporters): Good news! I’ve just received a report that those bird-brained buffoons are on their last legs!” Reporter: “To which bird-brained buffoons are you referring to Sir: the ones with or without feathers?”

You could put literally any frame of art from this video on a shirt and I'd probably buy it in a heartbeat.

The Great Emu War, or Australia sings "We fought the Emus and the Emus won!"

The most powerful weapon against emus: a really good fence

@ecurewitz

2 жыл бұрын

except they didn't work

@kayeka4123

2 жыл бұрын

​@@ecurewitz It did, actually, once they started building them stronger and higher. Emus might be very impressive birds, but they haven't yet figured out how to use a ladder.

I stayed up for this.... AND IT WAS COMPLETELY WORTH IT!

Dawn of the Emu War, just makes me glee with the thought of a 40K Imperial Dreadnought dropping on these murder birds.

Gwynydd. A name this long with no vowels deserves more appreciation.

@SmartChannel01

2 жыл бұрын

Y is sometimes a vowel

@nicolasinvernizzi6140

2 жыл бұрын

is that welsh?

@potentialsideeffects1085

2 жыл бұрын

@@SmartChannel01 In Spanish, y is called "i Griega," which literally translates to "Greek i."

@DavidChipman

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicolasinvernizzi6140 It certainly sounds it.

The emus showed heart, determination, passion and grit

I had no idea before learning about the war how tough Emus are, I can see why they were so hard to take down even with a machine gun.

"Heck around and find out" has to be THE greatest line of all time!

It's very American of the Australians to think a pest problem can only be solved with automatic weapons.

@setcheck67

2 жыл бұрын

Americans wouldn't think Automatic weapons. We'd think drone strikes and intervention sniper rifles.

@andyjay729

2 жыл бұрын

@@setcheck67 Well, some of the farmers apparently suggested dropping bombs on them from airplanes (less than a decade before WW2).

@kentchamberlain5720

2 жыл бұрын

The UK wanted to make a new Britain in the Pacific, but only succeeded in making another America, this time on a continent with poisonous everything.

@dovakiin296

2 жыл бұрын

@@setcheck67 Drone strikes are modern military, and only used in countries that aren't our own. Sniper rifles are nice, but probably not on dozens of fast-moving Emu. It's either Assault Rifles, Fifty cals mounted on the backs of jeeps, or a methed-up crack-head with a knife and a dream. As a Floridian, I've seen what all 3 can do.

Declaring premature victory and then having to run away in defeat leaving the place worse off than when they started fighting? Hmmmmmm.

Okay when the enemy comes, we run away.

@GeneralLuigiTBC

2 жыл бұрын

Kutuzov was a genius. Clearly the emus learned of his exploits.

Fun Fact: A location of a British nuclear bomb test in the outback of Australia is called Emu Field. A coincidence ? I think not, ultimate victory was achieved eventually.

So many covered this topic, but your tone and flair is appreciated

I love these Videos, They keep me Educated and Entertained in the Lockdown, the most Amazing war in the world: The Great Emu War, SIGN ME UP!

What if they got a bigger army, and used snipers and shotguns instead of MGs?

@For3xampleJohn

2 жыл бұрын

Why not nuke em

@loke6664

2 жыл бұрын

Still not feasible. Shotguns don't have the range for the job. Snipers do but you only kills one at a time and the emu are smart enough to move out when you kill one of them. So yeah, maybe get better fences instead?

@Carole_Baskin

2 жыл бұрын

@@loke6664 No theyre not. Emus are dumb af. They get over fences by falling over them.

@loke6664

2 жыл бұрын

@@Carole_Baskin They are not that dumb, they out strategized the Australian Army by running into different directions after all and even had lookouts.

@loke6664

2 жыл бұрын

@Liam Tran Uh, wouldn't that make the crops radioactive too? Yeah, it would kill the Emus but the main priority was to make the crops safe. Besides, you probably would end up with radioactive mutant emus.

You guys had so much fun with this one and it shows. Love it.

What sad ending to those villages , some of the farmers probably starved to death damn those emus

Did you guys know in all of emu military history, they have a 100% win rate

@inpinksuit

2 жыл бұрын

Oh god

They should have just weaponised the emus honestly EDIT: Oh wait, then the emus would end up weaponising them

0:43 Hearing this I can't help but remember the old "Cows With Guns" animation's last line: The order was given to turn cows to whoppers, enforced by the might of ten thousand coppers. But on the horizon, surrounding the shoppers, came the deafening roar of chickens in choppers

Thank you for the phrase 'emusculated', I love it

Short version: The Emu’s won…

@Scotch20

2 жыл бұрын

short version: it turns out you can kill emus with machine guns, but three guys isn't enough to kill 20000 birds yes the townfolk weren't enough either, but this was supposed to be the short answer

Am I the only one who thought that they should have switched from wheat farming to emu herding?

Really enjoying the art for this series.

If you haven't checked out 'potential history' version please do so. Great channel for modern military memes. But we just cant get enough of this emu war!

I truly feel for the farmers but Goddamn, this is the funniest thing ever.

@sjonnieplayfull5859

2 жыл бұрын

They should have farmed emu meat...

"Drive an entire species to near extinction with high caliber automatic weapons" sounds extremely dramatic. After this whole campaign they managed to kill 1,000? maybe 2,000 birds? In 1934, over 57,000 emus were killed by civilians to collect a bounty.

@anderskorsback4104

2 жыл бұрын

A veritable triumph of privatization.

I've just read an article on IMDb that there are now plans for a film on this incident.

'Can you tell me doctor why I still cant get to sleep? And why the 6 foot avian chills me to my feet?' - Redgum, probably

The Great Emu war is probably one of the only on-record accounts of humans attempting to “fight” against another species. I wonder how many other human v. wars have happened in our history that we just don’t know about.

Australian wildlife defeats humanity once again lol. Thank you for another fun video! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends. :)

*Emu's exist* Australia: "Why do I hear boss music?"

Been waiting for this one

Who's rooting for the Emus?

@anemu3819

2 жыл бұрын

Me

@Menno_3

2 жыл бұрын

I'm rooting for the farmers who were starving to death

@anemu3819

2 жыл бұрын

@@Menno_3 but why?

@inpinksuit

2 жыл бұрын

Me

You know what makes this even sillier: if they'd let the aborigines veterans join the program they could've told people how to deal with the emus in a less embarrassing way.

@LinguaPhiliax

2 жыл бұрын

That is assuming one of them didn't have an emu totem. If he did, he probably wouldn't have taken part.

@mckayleepugmire9947

2 жыл бұрын

@@LinguaPhiliax Fair, though even then surely that person would've known how to prevent or alleviate the havoc on the farms.

@christopherfleetwood5252

2 жыл бұрын

Headshots and kneecapping with rifles would have worked wonders. 😅

“AND TURN THEM ALL INTO FEATHER HATS” *”GASP”*

Well, this Emu war was just the DINOSAURS reminding us humans who is in charge.

You know if this had happened post WW2, someone would recommend nuking the blasted birds.

wonder if y'all will ever cover the other animal-themed wars, the Cod wars, and the Sparrow war.

@rafaelzamudio354

2 жыл бұрын

Or other silly wars, like the pastry war between Mexico and France or the pig war between the US and Canada.

@xessenceofinsanityx

2 жыл бұрын

The...cod...wars...? How...what...why...?

@hurgcat

2 жыл бұрын

FOOOOOOTBAAAAAAAL

@Bloodlyshiva

2 жыл бұрын

@@xessenceofinsanityx England vs Iceland for control of cod waters. Iceland won. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mpp4lcmeptuaaLw.html&ab_channel=HistoryMatters

@pablotomasllodra4423

Жыл бұрын

Please, tell me that’s a joke

In other parts of the world, they're doing the first experiments with armoured cars. They don't have tracked terrain vehicles but people look at increasingly powerful cars and think "what if we put guns and armour on them?"