Drop bears are scary right?

That smile on Svalbard, tho XDDDDDDD

@Maris Definitely an epic troll face.

Uh oh.... Australia gets emutional....

Should have used the American Firing Solution: If you can't hit the target you are not sending enough down range.

@Ugwump Yeah. But since the Australian government limited the amount of ammo available quite heavily, the Finnish solution could have also worked: Actually hitting the targets.

@Ugwump They actually did just that--the first group sent down was armed with Lewis guns.

@zxczxczbfg I'm pretty sure they tried the Finnish solution described as well, I recall reading a summary that described birds who were just running around with holes in them like it was nothing.

@zxczxczbfg The Lewis is .303 cal. ... OK. American Solution Pt. 2, Break out the .50 cal.

Not only they did went to war against glorified chickens, they loose :P

@Schattensturm It was like 3 guys against a few thousand emus and they didn't get anywhere close to enough ammo. It wasn't really a "loss" in the way you lose other wars, they just sort of gave up because they ran out of ammo.

Don't mention the war

If I remember right, the "Great Emu War" was something akin to three guys in a jeep who rapidly found out that an Emu is a surprisingly robust bird that is too stupid to die when shot. It definitely wasn't some Grand Undertaking that the word War makes it out to be.

@Asheram Three guys in a jeep with *government funding.* It was *hilarious.*

Nice to see Svalbard again.

Dude, emus are scary. Not as scary as cassowaries, but still.... emus don't fuck around. They'll kick your spine to pieces.

my australian friends love to joke about the emus war! not even they know how the australian military lost? i have so many questions that are unanswered

@alfralien It wasn't the military, it was 3 guys who were given nowhere near enough ammo, and they just sort of gave up when they ran out.

@BobaTea OHHH ALRIGHT THANKS

@alfralien a friend of mine is a descendant of the guy who gave the order to start the emu war. He makes fun of it a lot

"You don't know what you're talking about! You haven't seen the birds I've seen!"