11/10/2019
Hello, researchers!✨
Did you know that Australia military force was defeated by birds? The Emu bird to be exact which is bird originated in Australia. It may sounds like a joke, but it happened!
It was all started in 1932 where Emu population kept increasing in Central Australia. Then because they ran out of food, about 20.000 Emus migrated to Western Australia. Lots of corn fields and wheat corps of local farmers were ravaged by the Emus. The farmers then eventually petitioned for military aid from the Minister of Defence, George Pearce, to help them get rid of the Emus. The petition then soon approved by him.
On the 2nd of November 1932, Autralia military force arrived in Campion district, Western Australia with two Lewis automatic machine guns and 10.000 rounds of amunition. After saw 50 Emus, they immediately chase them as shot them, until there were only a dozen out of the thousands were dead by the day’s end. This war were lasted for 6 days. In the end, the Australia military force retreated because roughly 2.500 rounds had been fired and only killed somewhere between 50-200 Emus.
Australia military force were defeated due to Emu's agile motion and their strong body. Not only those two things, Emus is also very smart. They use guerilla tactics which made the military force distracted.
Isn’t it interesting? What are your thoughts on this war? Can you analyze The Great Emu War with IR perspectives? Comment down below😄
Sc: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2016/10/on-this-day-the-emu-wars-begin/
