Australia against Emus: Not the winner you're expecting.

Hey guys, it's Adventure Van here with a blog about Australia against Emus.You may have heard of it, because it was so... funny. Farmers were having a problem with emus, those annoying birds that would rip holes in fences to get crops, and were also vicious little buggers with an attitude problem and claws the size of your forearm. So, the farmers complained to the government, who sent in a group of three soldiers with two machine guns. It was the start of a... weird war against the birds. See, even when shooting a large amount of bullets every minute, the Emus were agile, and could keep running even after being struck. And the emus learnt, having some birds look out for the soldiers. It got to the point that even having machine guns mounted onto trucks didn't work, as the jeep just couldn't keep up. And so, after a month, the soldiers crestfallenly retreated, with only somewhat less then a thousand dead emus under their belts. And seeing how many emus there were, this wasn't an accomplishment.

A bit later, farmers required government assistance again, where the government agreed and sent in more soldiers then 3. It was more successful, and they culled a large amount. And then, shortly, Emus came back. The farmers wanted help again, but the government simply threw up their hands in annoyance with the whole situation and began putting bounties on the emus so that the farmers would deal with the problems themselves. This was the best strategy yet, as they managed to kill 57,034 emus in just 6 months. Better then the government could do. And even then, Emus were still a problem until better types of fence were invented. But, until that happened, Australia had officially lost a war against birds, which gave almost everyone involved a nickname about it.

Adventure Van, being annoying.