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[โ€“] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

I'm glad I missed this.

btw, did you know that the Australian government killed almost 1000 Emus in the Great Emu War and still lost?

The military used over 10,000 rounds of ammunition. that would mean they used around 10 rounds per Emu.

[โ€“] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

They also used actual military tactics to fight the Emus, like mapping their routes and setting up ambushes. In one of these, they managed to get close to a flock of about a thousand emus and attacked them with machine guns only allowing the escape of... lemme check... about a thousand emus.

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