As an Australian, what I find amusing is how many people in the world do not understand emus or Australia (I do give you credit for knowing how to say, "emu"). Emus are a migrating bird and Westen Australia is a very large state with a big desert in it. When the emus find it had to find food in the desert they migrate towards better food, and in this case, to paddocks full of wheat and some very unhappy farmers. What a lot of people also seem to not understand is that when you shoot an emu in the body, it will just run off. So, what people then do is shoot the emu some more which then kills them, but you are now using up a lot of bullets to kill a small number of emus, which is what happened. But the last thing people seem to not understand is that farmers are still fighting with emus, and they can be a pest when you are feeding livestock or growing grain crops. Emus might look stupid, but they live in some very dry environments, and they will take advantage of a grain crop if they see one.
@anthonyj7989 Thanks for sharing your insights! Emus are definitely fascinating creatures, and it's interesting to learn more about their behavior and the challenges they pose to farmers in Australia. maybe is nature's way of reminding us that sometimes, the simplest creatures can cause the biggest headaches. Who knew agriculture could turn into a real-life game of "Duck, Duck, Goose"?
@@HistoriatorsIf you look into agriculture in Australia and you will find that farmers are battling with over animals as well, such as cockatoos, kangaroos, mice, camels and the list is just getting bigger. It is just that emus are the most well known one but not the only one.
As an Australian, what I find amusing is how many people in the world think it was the entire army fighting against emus, when in reality it was only three people.
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As an Australian, what I find amusing is how many people in the world do not understand emus or Australia (I do give you credit for knowing how to say, "emu"). Emus are a migrating bird and Westen Australia is a very large state with a big desert in it. When the emus find it had to find food in the desert they migrate towards better food, and in this case, to paddocks full of wheat and some very unhappy farmers.
What a lot of people also seem to not understand is that when you shoot an emu in the body, it will just run off. So, what people then do is shoot the emu some more which then kills them, but you are now using up a lot of bullets to kill a small number of emus, which is what happened.
But the last thing people seem to not understand is that farmers are still fighting with emus, and they can be a pest when you are feeding livestock or growing grain crops. Emus might look stupid, but they live in some very dry environments, and they will take advantage of a grain crop if they see one.
@anthonyj7989 Thanks for sharing your insights! Emus are definitely fascinating creatures, and it's interesting to learn more about their behavior and the challenges they pose to farmers in Australia.
maybe is nature's way of reminding us that sometimes, the simplest creatures can cause the biggest headaches. Who knew agriculture could turn into a real-life game of "Duck, Duck, Goose"?
@@HistoriatorsIf you look into agriculture in Australia and you will find that farmers are battling with over animals as well, such as cockatoos, kangaroos, mice, camels and the list is just getting bigger. It is just that emus are the most well known one but not the only one.
As an Australian, what I find amusing is how many people in the world think it was the entire army fighting against emus, when in reality it was only three people.