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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Sources:

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/longstoryshort/the-emu-wars/4681232
http://www.strangehistory.net/2011/07/18/the-emu-war-of-1932/
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2952/did-the-australian-army-once-wage-war-on-emus
http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2013/04/01/missed-in-history-the-great-emu-war/
http://www.emufacts.com/the-emu-egg.shtm

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