History

Which animal lost a war against Australia?

Emus (Great Emu War 1932)

Background

In 1932 Australia fought a real war against emus. The birds were destroying too many fields. The army came in with machine guns but could barely hit the fast animals. After a few days the soldiers gave up. The emus had won.

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