Australia Had a Full-Blown War Against Emus and Lost

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  • @GameTime000
    @GameTime000 3 года назад +1674

    I once volunteered to feed animals at an animal rescue and wild life enclosure. They mainly dealt with injured native birds with a few marsupials. People could pay money and walk around and feed the Wallabies and throw food at the Kangaroos and Geese and Ducks. We were told to keep piles of vegetables around so the local mob of Emus would have something to eat and stay on the premises. The only thing we had to remove was Avocados as they were too big to fit down emus necks and Emus were too stupid to realise they couldn't eat them.
    One day while feeding Emus I saw an avocado roll out of the bucket I had just up ended and before I could pick it up and Emu bent over and swallowed it. You could see the avocado being swallowed until just near the end of it's throat and it came back up again. As the avocado hit the ground , before I could pick it up, another Emu tried to swallow it. I tried to intercept it before it could throw it up again and it ran off and threw it up, and another Emu tried to swallow it. This lasted at least half an hour , me chasing the Emu's as the tried swallowing the avocado, throwing it up and the next Emu trying. It was the hardest thing in my life trying to chase these Emu's down while laughing my ass off.
    They didn't need bullet just avocados.
    As I was leaving one day and the stupid Emus finally realising I was the person that fed them, I had about 30 of them following me to my car so I could drive home. I had to drive out really slow because they didn't realise getting hit by cars hurts. I beeped my car horn and they scattered, I tried driving out at the speed limit 5 km/h (3.2 miles/hour) and one ran in front of me before I could react I nudged it in the bum and it's legs collapsed and it rolled like a big fluffy ball. When it slowed down a bit it stood up again and ran off. After the shock wore off of me thinking I had really hurt the bird I started laughing at funny it looked rolling up the road...Dumbest animals ever.

    • @djmace9029
      @djmace9029 3 года назад +187

      This comment is amazing.

    • @perrypereyra6671
      @perrypereyra6671 3 года назад +33

      dang 😂

    • @taleandclawrock2606
      @taleandclawrock2606 3 года назад +29

      Great yarn!

    • @hydrolito
      @hydrolito 3 года назад +52

      Small deer and some other birds besides Emus will also stand or sit in the middle of the road.

    • @MichaelJP
      @MichaelJP 3 года назад +107

      This just makes the loss in battle to them sound much worse but tbf, it's not like humans haven't choked on food trying to overdo it or walked out in traffic without looking. We're not as clever as we think we are.
      This isn't our only loss to birds either, Japan lost a war to a much smaller but wiser bird in crows.

  • @sofaking1611
    @sofaking1611 3 года назад +2416

    I like to think that there is a universe out there where Australia was the first to develop nuclear weapons in an effort to eradicate emus

    • @belalabusultan5911
      @belalabusultan5911 3 года назад +310

      and still lost to them.

    • @themisterdarknight4722
      @themisterdarknight4722 3 года назад +92

      @@belalabusultan5911 oof

    • @pagliaccisghost269
      @pagliaccisghost269 3 года назад +61

      According to Einstein, and Tesla, it's definitely a possibility......

    • @Bubbleseatfish
      @Bubbleseatfish 3 года назад +8

      @@pagliaccisghost269 yep

    • @AA-iq6ev
      @AA-iq6ev 3 года назад +25

      Or where those emuse was used as battle tank and Australia have conqured the world

  • @jomar_sl
    @jomar_sl 3 года назад +301

    The tall birbs secret is they had a lot of practice through emulated warfare.

  • @DavidBrocekArt
    @DavidBrocekArt 3 года назад +3021

    Why does it feel like Australia is run by animals and humans just happen to live around?

    • @elloco121212
      @elloco121212 3 года назад +89

      Because the GREENS and The ALP are the media supported Party, and the environment is what we have to conserve, Covid19 put the environmentalist out of business in 1 month lockdown Nature recover all the Chemical Pollution generated by men sense the industrial revolution as nature was roaming the Cities all across the world, to make rare-earth for environmentally friendly products, you have to destroy half the earth to save less than a quarter of it, is like burning and chopping all the trees in the amazon to make electricity from wind and we remover the oxygen, now everything dies, but we made wind generators that killed birds in their hundreds, when all we have to do is put intelligent governments, not dead fish that go with the flow

    • @SpartanMoss
      @SpartanMoss 3 года назад +12

      @Adrian Mangini true as

    • @funman5876
      @funman5876 3 года назад +13

      that's what it is

    • @RadenWA
      @RadenWA 3 года назад +8

      So is Africa and India?

    • @WhatisAPaladin
      @WhatisAPaladin 3 года назад +15

      @@elloco121212 that is the deepest thing ive heard for a few years

  • @SeRgEaNt_RaNdOm
    @SeRgEaNt_RaNdOm 3 года назад +3274

    Aussies vs Emus: Emus win
    Aussies vs Nazis: Aussies win
    Conclusion: Emus are deadlier than Nazis

    • @cstephenson3749
      @cstephenson3749 3 года назад +263

      Then maybe the aussies should have captured and shipped thousands of emus to the Nazis

    • @qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm2528
      @qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm2528 3 года назад +23

      @Joe Marley lmao

    • @cstephenson3749
      @cstephenson3749 3 года назад +13

      @Mark Spencer Amerila I still think either a couple of overhead sprays of bird poison on the crops or herding them by plane into shipping corrals like they do the American wild Mustangs would have worked.

    • @iamgroot4080
      @iamgroot4080 3 года назад +37

      Imagine if the Emus had just knives, there would not be even one person standing down under

    • @cstephenson3749
      @cstephenson3749 3 года назад +13

      @@iamgroot4080 or teeth

  • @the_once-and-future_king.
    @the_once-and-future_king. 3 года назад +273

    And this was just against the infantry.
    Imagine if they'd unleashed the cassowary Special Forces...

    • @Crackpot_Astronaut
      @Crackpot_Astronaut 3 года назад +18

      This comment is criminally underrated.
      I think you hit the nail on the head there. Those things are freaking brutal.

    • @nathanbrooks4546
      @nathanbrooks4546 2 года назад +3

      @@Crackpot_Astronaut Yes they are deffinetly...

    • @yoholup19
      @yoholup19 2 года назад +10

      Or the kangaroo cavalry

    • @LottoWavy
      @LottoWavy Год назад

      @@yoholup19 j min

    • @smiledon77
      @smiledon77 2 месяца назад +1

      Cassa even worst

  • @Katsi7
    @Katsi7 3 года назад +472

    As an Emu I can confirmed my grandfather boasts all day of how he got 9 bullets shot up his ass but still ran away in valiant manner

    • @josephinekoy3837
      @josephinekoy3837 3 года назад +48

      Did your grandfather know Gary, by any chance?

    • @carcas3d
      @carcas3d 3 года назад +52

      @@josephinekoy3837 Is it Gary four feathers? Damn that lad is a legend

    • @josephinekoy3837
      @josephinekoy3837 3 года назад +44

      @@carcas3d that's him!
      That was my mothers uncle. Damn I miss him.

    • @taitano12
      @taitano12 3 года назад +28

      Wow! Your grandfather was Sir Robin?? The British did a movie about him... Well, loosely based on him, anyway. And I believe that they got a few details wrong - like setting the story in 10th century Britain, for instance.

    • @josephinekoy3837
      @josephinekoy3837 3 года назад +18

      Indeed he was!
      My grandmother Lady Susy finds that movie outrageous. We try to calm her down but to this day, she insists it was not even close to the truth.

  • @daltontaylor8830
    @daltontaylor8830 3 года назад +1412

    “You know, I fought in the Emu wars”
    “Yeah, that’s nice grandpa, now let’s get you back to the nursing home”

  • @pameladowe2492
    @pameladowe2492 2 года назад +31

    As an Aussie girl living in the bush we regularly made contact with emus. We had two who would stroll up to the back gate each morning for their slice of toast - not bread - it had to be toast. They took it from our hands and wandered off to their shady tree. Loved watching them shimmy along in front of the Landrover, they can shift!

  • @Paladin327
    @Paladin327 3 года назад +2257

    Reminder that Emu’s have never been defeated by humans in warfare

  • @bittersweet7145
    @bittersweet7145 3 года назад +326

    If you're looking to disrupt your enemies food supply, releasing a vast flock of emu's on your enemies fields may not be a bad tactic

    • @KertaDrake
      @KertaDrake 3 года назад +17

      Yeah, but good luck using the enemy territory yourself afterward.

    • @jasper4251
      @jasper4251 3 года назад +7

      Biological warfare is forbidden according to the Geneva convention.

    • @xaivierallen4020
      @xaivierallen4020 3 года назад +14

      @@jasper4251 then pay the emu as soldiers and send them to eat the enemy crops they're soldiers in your army not weapons

    • @alisonjones7747
      @alisonjones7747 3 года назад +9

      @@jasper4251 Tell that to the CCP.

    • @lordsiomai
      @lordsiomai 3 года назад +5

      this should be a thing in war lmao

  • @Sanakudou
    @Sanakudou 3 года назад +241

    Nothing encompasses “Australia” more than the great emu war. We’re a little different down here :’) 🇦🇺✨

    • @diesel4417
      @diesel4417 2 года назад +5

      Why do you still live in Australia? Seriously... Why?

    • @nathanbrooks4546
      @nathanbrooks4546 2 года назад +10

      @@diesel4417 Its better than everywhere else

    • @nathanbrooks4546
      @nathanbrooks4546 2 года назад +6

      @@diesel4417 Much better than America. We are much more Democratic and safer

    • @nathanbrooks4546
      @nathanbrooks4546 2 года назад +7

      America still uses the stupid ass electoral college system which is rigged, btw, Trump one with less votes than Hillary, then when he lost he said the election was rigged and nearly started a fucking civil war all over again

    • @nathanbrooks4546
      @nathanbrooks4546 2 года назад +13

      @@diesel4417 So don't say "why do you still live in Australia", because why do you still live in America?

  • @monochrome2838
    @monochrome2838 3 года назад +801

    "A bounty system was introduced"
    Bounty:
    Kill 35 Emus
    3500 gold
    2500 exp

    • @baddragon7057
      @baddragon7057 3 года назад +19

      I farm xp

    • @Offline-Pirate
      @Offline-Pirate 3 года назад +6

      lol you such a gamer

    • @cgt3704
      @cgt3704 3 года назад +23

      Mission: FAILURE
      A "number" of Emus
      +0 XP
      -200.000 gold
      -1.000.000 bullets
      - infinite dignity

    • @amesky4589
      @amesky4589 3 года назад +4

      Your funding an impossible quest

    • @f1shyspace
      @f1shyspace 3 года назад +8

      @@amesky4589 when you accept a random side quest and realize it’s actually part of the main story and it ends in a boss fight

  • @TRAVELLEROFWORLDS
    @TRAVELLEROFWORLDS 3 года назад +455

    “And on *that day* in November of 1932, we realised that reality is not a simulation, but rather an *emu-lation.* “
    -Professor C. Dundee 🦘

  • @EmeraldEyesEsoteric
    @EmeraldEyesEsoteric 3 года назад +240

    We need an American version of this: alert: US losing the war against Bigfoot.

    • @thewanderingartists
      @thewanderingartists 3 года назад +11

      US didn't stand a chance.

    • @catesbros1
      @catesbros1 3 года назад +16

      Wild hogs

    • @scotthedick25
      @scotthedick25 3 года назад +1

      Mosquitos . Milaria someone lost that war I suppose .
      and three soldiers doesn't make a war .the EMU and kangaroo is on the Australian coat of arms neither can take a backward step .
      This joke is as old as why did the chicken cross the road and just an embarrassment to anyone who tells it

    • @Josh-gb4vo
      @Josh-gb4vo 2 года назад +2

      SJWs and Influencers

    • @Ninjersey1
      @Ninjersey1 2 года назад

      Lantern fly

  • @spock686
    @spock686 3 года назад +1078

    The emus obviously had a spy within the Australian armys ranks.

    • @wayneharrison
      @wayneharrison 3 года назад +56

      Yes, it was a..............." STOOL PIGEON!!" 😁

    • @Ryomen_Suluna
      @Ryomen_Suluna 3 года назад +16

      We should have known

    • @narutohuntmendemon6354
      @narutohuntmendemon6354 3 года назад +13

      The long necks in the army

    • @illinoisman417
      @illinoisman417 3 года назад

      Oh holy shi

    • @schiz0phren1c
      @schiz0phren1c 3 года назад +17

      Surely you don't suspect Sir Christopher Beakson!?! the only member of the Horse Guard to outrun his own Horse regularly?

  • @K_ingh16
    @K_ingh16 3 года назад +650

    This is what we should be learning in schools

    • @A_Prius
      @A_Prius 3 года назад +11

      I agree Mr. Morgan

    • @jayalbertcastigador9274
      @jayalbertcastigador9274 3 года назад +12

      Arthur my boah!

    • @jimboonie9885
      @jimboonie9885 3 года назад +11

      How is the TUBERCULOSIS going arthurr?

    • @SW_Sarah
      @SW_Sarah 3 года назад +1

      had a history lesson a couple of years ago entirely dedicated to the emu war
      i'd already watched about 15 youtube videos on it so i was bored the whole time

    • @K_ingh16
      @K_ingh16 3 года назад +7

      @@jimboonie9885 found a cure which is why I live in 2021

  • @Jayken96
    @Jayken96 3 года назад +87

    As an Australian, I am impressed how well you pronounced Australia.
    Also, the emu war is our biggest meme

    • @staceyd8397
      @staceyd8397 2 года назад +3

      I wonder if he’ll cover The Drop Bears 🤔😉

    • @DementedDaedric
      @DementedDaedric Год назад +1

      @@staceyd8397 are those the australian wildlife version of paratroopers

    • @staceyd8397
      @staceyd8397 Год назад +3

      @@DementedDaedric that they are, crafty buggers that move with great stealth

    • @HorseshitDetectionAgency
      @HorseshitDetectionAgency Месяц назад +1

      cope

  • @comments.are.turned.off...
    @comments.are.turned.off... 3 года назад +184

    PLEASE SEND HELP!
    I'm being held captive by Emu's just outside of Perth, Western Australia.
    The War never ended. Don't believe what the birds tell you. They're not what you think.

    • @A_Stereotypical_Heretic
      @A_Stereotypical_Heretic 2 года назад +14

      @@Kiddos77 dude you're talking to an emu...don't fall for it.

    • @corrinflakes9659
      @corrinflakes9659 2 года назад +9

      @@A_Stereotypical_Heretic Unfortunately yes their account was compromised by the Emus.

    • @mmadmic
      @mmadmic 3 месяца назад

      @@corrinflakes9659 They are the best at faking computers, who do you think had invented EMUlation ?

  • @Commenter26
    @Commenter26 3 года назад +481

    The fact that Australia went to war with a bunch of flightless is birds is not just emusing its *HYSTERICAL*

    • @SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1
      @SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 3 года назад +32

      Gonna have to emulate that pun 🤣

    • @dylanguignion2036
      @dylanguignion2036 3 года назад +6

      wait, i watched a video stating austrailia and canada were the only countries not to be defeated in war. so only canada?

    • @RictusHolloweye
      @RictusHolloweye 3 года назад +2

      @@dylanguignion2036 - It was a draw.

    • @lilybean9585
      @lilybean9585 3 года назад +7

      As an Australian I have to agree with you

    • @rajatbose893
      @rajatbose893 3 года назад +9

      And the fact that they lost to the birds makes it terrifying

  • @Dezaxis
    @Dezaxis 3 года назад +44

    This is why I have so much respect for Emus

  • @Tony32
    @Tony32 3 года назад +118

    "The enemy advances, we retreat;
    the enemy camps, we harass;
    the enemy tires, we attack;
    the enemy retreats, we pursue" - From the Emu Warfare Handbook

    • @SimonSenaviev
      @SimonSenaviev 3 года назад +11

      will run - they will hunt me in vain
      I will hide - they'll be searching
      I'll regroup - feign retreat they'll pursue
      Coup de grâce I will win but never fight
      That's the Art of War!
      - Emu

    • @thomasblanchard6778
      @thomasblanchard6778 3 года назад +5

      Sun Tzu would be proud

  • @v.i.pflame7607
    @v.i.pflame7607 3 года назад +352

    Imagine if it was the great cassowary war, no man would get out alive.

    • @Moreththerogue
      @Moreththerogue 3 года назад +28

      That's because the cassowaries have drop bears and huge spiders for shock troops.

    • @Peridolin
      @Peridolin 3 года назад +16

      Their Bunyip assassins are legendary.

    • @sirandrelefaedelinoge
      @sirandrelefaedelinoge 3 года назад +9

      @@Peridolin ...and Yowees...

    • @TheMichaelStott
      @TheMichaelStott 3 года назад +15

      Cassowarys are Emus that past SASR selection

    • @randomuser847
      @randomuser847 3 года назад +5

      I really don’t want to imagine that because I live quite close to Queensland

  • @r3gret2079
    @r3gret2079 3 года назад +15

    That lil bunny with the grenade is one of the most adorable things I have ever damn seen.

  • @LovePeaceBeer
    @LovePeaceBeer 3 года назад +282

    This story was very... emusing (slowly walks away whistling).

    • @howardstites2145
      @howardstites2145 3 года назад +14

      Excellent pun! Did not even think of Emusing, which is emusing to me...

    • @ihaveeatencheese8878
      @ihaveeatencheese8878 3 года назад +11

      GET HIM!

    • @prepperjonpnw6482
      @prepperjonpnw6482 3 года назад +2

      And here I thought only 42 could spin a pun as good as that! lol
      That’s almost as corny as a “dad” joke lol or even a “granddad” joke lol

    • @yourflyisopen
      @yourflyisopen 3 года назад +3

      Haha.
      😊👉🚪

    • @urick15
      @urick15 3 года назад +6

      Thankfully i have full...emunity to such puns...

  • @chuckyhatchet4397
    @chuckyhatchet4397 3 года назад +337

    I have to say, thank you for the emu puns. They cheered me up, I was feeling kind of emu-tional today.

    • @adampaul454
      @adampaul454 3 года назад +21

      You beat me to it, eggshellent work.

    • @123yuechris123
      @123yuechris123 3 года назад +22

      Stop, it makes you look emuture...

    • @mint_gd4633
      @mint_gd4633 3 года назад +6

      I despise all of you with a hatred only comparable to that of the hate between the Pope and the devil.

    • @DamienPaceGaming
      @DamienPaceGaming 3 года назад +11

      I’d say I found this video pretty emusing

    • @soloauditor
      @soloauditor 3 года назад +3

      @@mint_gd4633 LOL... I hope you are enjoying that!!! Have fun! LOL...

  • @YurLocalBomber
    @YurLocalBomber 2 года назад +24

    being australian, i am proud of our funny history.

  • @ignauciowitherspoon1618
    @ignauciowitherspoon1618 3 года назад +380

    Basically they failed so badly at killing the Emus that they decided to call it a war

    • @mhosman8792
      @mhosman8792 3 года назад +39

      not just a war but a great war

    • @plaguemaster308
      @plaguemaster308 3 года назад +5

      This means war

    • @leightonsappleton4354
      @leightonsappleton4354 3 года назад +11

      @@mhosman8792 soldiers : please leave our land
      Emus: no
      Soldiers: very well then I hereby declare war on you all the first great emu war

    • @batmitesolos7097
      @batmitesolos7097 3 года назад +1

      @@leightonsappleton4354 wait, first? When's the second!!!

    • @Icon5150
      @Icon5150 3 года назад +4

      Can't be worse than the french.

  • @vallisdaemonumofficial
    @vallisdaemonumofficial 3 года назад +281

    1920s-30s:
    Australia's violent war against Emus
    Mid 2000s:
    *Australia's culture war against Emos*

  • @joeshmoe6930
    @joeshmoe6930 3 года назад +24

    "I'll stop now, I promise."
    I believe it when I see it. You're a pun fiend. You're addicted.

  • @AntiDecepticonCampaign
    @AntiDecepticonCampaign 3 года назад +211

    This NEEDS to be a movie. Several movies, maybe a docuseries.

  • @angrydragonslayer
    @angrydragonslayer 3 года назад +533

    At least the birds were respectable
    The chinese lost to sparrows
    And had ~40k casualties

    • @TheKenchanx
      @TheKenchanx 3 года назад +27

      Wonder if he'll do a video on it?

    • @Ranadinn
      @Ranadinn 3 года назад +36

      Also the 45 million civilian casualties that happened because of it.

    • @juhbell
      @juhbell 3 года назад +12

      Wait what?

    • @angrydragonslayer
      @angrydragonslayer 3 года назад +63

      @@juhbell they proclaimed war on the sparrows
      the sparrows didnt eat the bugs they usually eat
      bugs ate a lot of crops
      like 10k chinese people died trying to kill sparrows and this directly contributed to one of the larger chinese communist famines
      and then the sparrows returned

    • @juhbell
      @juhbell 3 года назад +13

      @@angrydragonslayer how the heck did so many people die trying to kill birds?

  • @bigdirtyfo5658
    @bigdirtyfo5658 3 года назад +14

    I love how he casually mentions emus turning up from a random abyss but fails to mention where tf they came from or been hiding lmao Are emus like cicadas and randomly show up every 20 years 🤔

  • @akirablade5538
    @akirablade5538 3 года назад +286

    When your military can kill thousands with a few tank rounds but loses when they see big bird from sesame street.

    • @madensmith7014
      @madensmith7014 3 года назад +16

      You should see the memes of Big Bird commiting war crimes. Dark side of sesame street

    • @toastWs
      @toastWs 3 года назад +4

      Well heres the thing they didnt use tanks

  • @frogpalpeeper4249
    @frogpalpeeper4249 3 года назад +216

    Note to self: If I ever find myself in a disagreement with an an emu, I will just let the bird win.

    • @andrewotaku1679
      @andrewotaku1679 3 года назад +6

      "I suggest a new strategy, R2: let the emu win."

  • @kvas6255
    @kvas6255 3 года назад +8

    Imagine getting outsmarted by a bird when you two machine guns 😂😂😂 never gonna live it down 🤣

  • @Koala1203
    @Koala1203 3 года назад +252

    "When they approach, we run away."
    -Some Emu leader's war speech, 1932

  • @DamonNomad82
    @DamonNomad82 3 года назад +573

    Sings in Australian: "I fought the Emus and the Emus won!"

    • @jerrychianciola717
      @jerrychianciola717 3 года назад +5

      L

    • @shinyjirachi272
      @shinyjirachi272 3 года назад +21

      I wonder who else got the reference, and also knows Australian is just English.

    • @rodney1818
      @rodney1818 3 года назад +5

      I did it was hilarious

    • @justwilliam4802
      @justwilliam4802 3 года назад +7

      Is there an actual Australian language? Like Celtic for the Irish and Anglo Saxon for the English? It’s something to think about. I’m prolly just being a dunce tho

    • @rodney1818
      @rodney1818 3 года назад +3

      @@justwilliam4802 no they meant accent i did not correct them because im not petty

  • @BlueCanary434
    @BlueCanary434 2 года назад +10

    Nature: We have laws of evolution and rules of what’s possible
    Australia:

  • @jstone247
    @jstone247 3 года назад +63

    I am Australian. And over 60 years old. I have never heard of this. They on our coat of arms!

    • @jstone247
      @jstone247 3 года назад +5

      And I am from West Australia.

    • @ferengiprofiteer9145
      @ferengiprofiteer9145 3 года назад +8

      Well, you wouldn't shout this from the roof tops now would you?

    • @tictoc3148
      @tictoc3148 3 года назад +5

      I'm waiting for the great rabbit war to be leaked, I can imagine how that went for u lot lol

    • @moscow9394
      @moscow9394 3 года назад +6

      It's probably because the dang government covered up this Emu war to not boost any confidence with the animal rights activists lol

    • @howardstites2145
      @howardstites2145 3 года назад +5

      This is Kevin from the U.S.. Checked out the Australian coat of arms and an Emu is prominently displayed. Wonder if Australians then were not all together happy about the attempted wiping out of the Emu population, save the farmers of course. Understandable that farmers would not be thrilled with crops being eaten, which apparently also rabbits were responsible for. Thoughty 2 seems to have opened up an interesting topic that many were not aware of. Fascinating...

  • @lukebmx4lyf
    @lukebmx4lyf 3 года назад +196

    as an Australian I am proud to bow down to my flightless bird overlords! Such magnificent creatures

    • @adamtrueman3306
      @adamtrueman3306 3 года назад +1

      Covid. Could this be their payback? Hhhhhmmmmmm

    • @UlexiteTVStoneLexite
      @UlexiteTVStoneLexite 3 года назад +2

      They are the best!

    • @davideaston6944
      @davideaston6944 3 года назад +3

      Well, someone has to act as translators for your language!
      {%^)

    • @abbyiswatching2046
      @abbyiswatching2046 3 года назад

      Sounds like you'd better sign up as a henchman before all the good jetpacks are taken.

    • @jamesdutton4517
      @jamesdutton4517 3 года назад

      Agreed fellow Australian

  • @Crackpot_Astronaut
    @Crackpot_Astronaut 3 года назад +4

    I've heard the great Emu War referenced plenty of times, but I had no idea it was this legit and ridiculous.
    What a fantastic part of history.

  • @devilinblack1251
    @devilinblack1251 3 года назад +75

    The Emu's taught those men the true pecking order. I shall run along now after that terrible pun.

  • @alpurl
    @alpurl 3 года назад +283

    This is comical as h*ll...
    Sad thing is, emus are not known for being intelligent creatures.

    • @loremasterlizard2839
      @loremasterlizard2839 3 года назад +39

      One might even say they are a little bit bird brained.

    • @alpurl
      @alpurl 3 года назад

      @@loremasterlizard2839 aye, they are.

    • @philidor9657
      @philidor9657 3 года назад +1

      @@loremasterlizard2839 beat me to it :-(

    • @anthonycoca2202
      @anthonycoca2202 3 года назад +3

      Neither are most people...

    • @nooneimportant2591
      @nooneimportant2591 3 года назад +1

      @@philidor9657 the emus probably will

  • @moegardner1
    @moegardner1 3 года назад +3

    I remember from the times I used to hunt turkeys, their feathers were something else. We were taught to always shoot for the head, something never done in any other species. The reason, the composition of the feathers and the way they were layered. After picking up a shot bird , you could shake it and the shotgun pellets would rain off them . The pellets that hit the head and neck were often the only ones to do damage. I imagine emus were much the same.

  • @ricksanchez5845
    @ricksanchez5845 3 года назад +167

    “Spiders the size of you head” - 42
    Realistically spiders the size of a screaming head

    • @elloco121212
      @elloco121212 3 года назад +7

      The Huntsman spider is a house spider in the suburbs is no bigger than 3 fingers Max look it up NOW you get the same spider in the outback and this thing becomes bigger than a salad Plater a good 40cm wide, as it kills mice and other small animals you can google it up,. I am in Australia and once I put my sun visor and I had it right in front of me I jumped to the passenger sit, where my brother was sitting, and he said you meant to be driving hahaha, but when you kill them they are no bigger than your little finger, they have long legs thus they are good jumpers.

    • @ricksanchez5845
      @ricksanchez5845 3 года назад +2

      @@elloco121212 ya I have seen videos of the huntsman spider. Big and fast and proof that I will never visit anyplace tropical

    • @Obscurai
      @Obscurai 3 года назад +3

      Got out of car in Brisbane that was parked under a mango tree, heard a loud thump, turned around to see a large huntsman. I ran so fast out from under that tree...

    • @ricksanchez5845
      @ricksanchez5845 3 года назад +2

      @@Obscurai that’s the spiders car now, I would have passed the keys to it and told it to have a nice day. No spider should make a thump sound when landing on a car

    • @jantschierschky3461
      @jantschierschky3461 3 года назад +2

      @@ricksanchez5845 huntsman are great housemates. They get rid of lot of creepy crawlies.

  • @revert6417
    @revert6417 3 года назад +83

    Aussie here,
    Too soon guys, still too soon.
    Peace.

  • @StephenJ0
    @StephenJ0 3 года назад +3

    Emu's are native animals in Australia. The real wars we lost are to cats gone feral. Horses that went feral and of course rabbits.

    • @rowdy5697
      @rowdy5697 3 года назад

      Don't forget the bloody camels.

  • @peterpandawhacker9236
    @peterpandawhacker9236 3 года назад +155

    Australians: * own farms *
    Emu's: Its free real estate!

    • @Moreththerogue
      @Moreththerogue 3 года назад +5

      Look! The farmers were nice enough to put fencing to keep out the predators!

    • @billwagschal6014
      @billwagschal6014 3 года назад +3

      Private property is theft. EMU First philosophy.🤠

  • @larcberger1559
    @larcberger1559 3 года назад +210

    Imagine youre some poor soldier and you run out of emmunition and a gaggle of bulletproof satan geese roll up on you like 2:16

  • @DorianTheReaper
    @DorianTheReaper 3 года назад +7

    Had a great time laughing at all the emuzing puns, thanks dude!

  • @eurosonly
    @eurosonly 3 года назад +173

    1930s america: tornados and drought and lack of money
    1930s australia: war on emus

    • @jono4000
      @jono4000 3 года назад

      Haha this is an interesting comment. Like wtf was the rest of the world upto in the 1930s? Haha

    • @strangegreenthing
      @strangegreenthing 2 года назад

      @@jono4000 the great depression

  • @hippiedude2232
    @hippiedude2232 3 года назад +310

    This was very emusing. I’m surprised that the ausies didn’t attack their emune system tho.

  • @William190
    @William190 2 года назад +1

    That image of a rabbit holding a grenade is the cutest thing I've seen in months.

  • @KaasIsLekker
    @KaasIsLekker 3 года назад +166

    *This emu in the thumbnail is a badass*

  • @thung6714
    @thung6714 3 года назад +82

    The true apex on the planet is feathered, and lives in Australia.

    • @joshuasterling2144
      @joshuasterling2144 3 года назад +1

      Too bad the Haste's eagle is extinct, they would have crushed the emu's...lol.

    • @AbhijayAgarwal
      @AbhijayAgarwal 3 года назад +1

      They're just waiting for ww3, so they can take advantage of the situation that would be present

    • @ARatherDapperTapir
      @ARatherDapperTapir 3 года назад +1

      Crabs and gators don't have feathers

    • @Lord_Numpty
      @Lord_Numpty 3 года назад

      Yes... the Magpie truly is a magnificent bird.

  • @WayneCXT99
    @WayneCXT99 3 года назад +7

    "...and eat your face as soon as you look at it!"
    Sounds like enderman to me

  • @howardstites2145
    @howardstites2145 3 года назад +45

    My name is Kevin and I live in the U.S.. This video was hilarious and I was cheering for the Emu's who apparently are most excellent strategists...

  • @ecm84ee
    @ecm84ee 3 года назад +101

    This was hilarious. I'm a kiwi and I'm so giving my aussie mates shit about this! 🤣

    • @jasemac5391
      @jasemac5391 3 года назад +7

      Choice Bro 😎 👍🏻🇦🇺

    • @cahjkgngnksk2009
      @cahjkgngnksk2009 3 года назад +4

      Just so we stop giving you shit about sheep

    • @Euro.Patriot
      @Euro.Patriot 3 года назад +2

      @@cahjkgngnksk2009 We have more sheep than people in our country too though.

    • @robert-brydson-1
      @robert-brydson-1 2 года назад +1

      problem is we love it, and this means eventually the kiwis will try to steal the story ( like Pavlova and now Lamingtons ),,,,,,,,, the great Kiwi war ?

  • @zanemeckel8848
    @zanemeckel8848 3 года назад +1

    imagine the Australian radio at the time:
    We have declared war on another enemy. after the biggest war ever in history, we will be facing another menacing enemy. the military has already been supplying veterans and are enrolling them back into war with the newest technologies. May we wish them luck so we can regain our crops. I repeat Australia has declared another war...
    *People crying*
    Did you tell them who were fighting?
    Oh yes, we will be facing a relentless enemy that has been destroying our crops for years now.
    *people cry more*
    EMUS!

  • @oracleofdelphi4533
    @oracleofdelphi4533 3 года назад +90

    Let's take a different look at this.
    Australian Government:
    I want you to hunt down a thousand dinosaurs.
    I'm only going to give you 2 Lewis guns.

  • @agalah408
    @agalah408 3 года назад +18

    A friend has two pet emus that wander around his house (outside that is). They have been raised from chicks and greet any visitors. While a wedding photographer was trying to take shots one day, they kept on getting in the way of every pic. Mostly harmless, unless you are a snail.

  • @velibrian
    @velibrian 3 года назад +2

    The emu puns were actually kinda funny good work you made my morning with this video

  • @cjod33
    @cjod33 3 года назад +408

    Being an old school ausi, I find this hilarious. We old school ausis love to laugh at ourselves. Unlike our modern day ausis that can't take a joke!

    • @olcraigsen
      @olcraigsen 3 года назад +38

      It's like that all over , nobody can take it. Everybody's way too uptight and cannot relax.

    • @Toastrackman
      @Toastrackman 3 года назад +21

      @@olcraigsen Thank the bloody PC brigade for that, and the woke nannies.

    • @loremasterlizard2839
      @loremasterlizard2839 3 года назад +21

      Is what happens when you put a feminist in charge of the country.

    • @ferengiprofiteer9145
      @ferengiprofiteer9145 3 года назад +20

      Leftists have no sense of humor.
      A life of lacking common sense does that to you.

    • @OlGregge
      @OlGregge 3 года назад +11

      "modern day" Aussies have to put up with Americans laughing at us because they think we seriously lost a war against emus. I personally can't even have a decent discussion let alone an argument because HURRDURR EMUS gets brought up. Maybe I'm just unlucky but it's driving me insane.

  • @dejanr6958
    @dejanr6958 3 года назад +71

    Here is the material for Sabaton’s new song called: "to the last swing of the wings".

  • @tckenyon89
    @tckenyon89 2 года назад +1

    I just want to say you did a great job putting this together. Great editing, funny, and entertaining.

  • @forgedinferno5033
    @forgedinferno5033 3 года назад +40

    Lesson learned, don't mess with the Aussie thunder goose

    • @friedrichgerster1583
      @friedrichgerster1583 3 года назад

      Why u have all to kill what feels?

    • @forgedinferno5033
      @forgedinferno5033 3 года назад +4

      @@friedrichgerster1583 either I'm having a stroke or something isn't making sense here.

    • @friedrichgerster1583
      @friedrichgerster1583 3 года назад

      @@forgedinferno5033 i dont know..controlling population would make more sense than starting a war..

    • @forgedinferno5033
      @forgedinferno5033 3 года назад +2

      @@friedrichgerster1583 well they tried controlling the population by starting a war. Either way, my point still stands.

    • @dylanguignion2036
      @dylanguignion2036 3 года назад +1

      Thunder? Down Under? send in some TNT
      Oi Oi Oi

  • @jingowarrior4285
    @jingowarrior4285 3 года назад +37

    When Arran (Thoughty2) made the joke about Neighbours
    Britts and Aussies: 😂😂
    Everyone else:

    • @zazethe6553
      @zazethe6553 3 года назад +1

      Neighbours was broadcasted since 30 years or more in Belgium as well, and I think most of europe.

    • @gabbyrico4877
      @gabbyrico4877 3 года назад +2

      U.S yep pretty much I didn't get it

    • @scifibri2376
      @scifibri2376 3 года назад +1

      Might as well have made a joke about the TV show The two Ronnies

  • @evasartorius9528
    @evasartorius9528 Год назад +1

    You guys had way too much fun with this one....thanks.

  • @dizzyheather
    @dizzyheather 3 года назад +43

    The emu with the Helmut and cigar had me in tears laughing so hard, I had to pause the vid.

  • @SouperSaiyan96
    @SouperSaiyan96 3 года назад +113

    Damn the ozzies must've been really emutional about this loss. At least now we have the answer to what happens when a powerful military force meets an emuvable object.

  • @cashhegs1573
    @cashhegs1573 3 года назад +1

    as an Aussie myself yes we lost the war against an animal

  • @samo4866
    @samo4866 3 года назад +121

    They may not be known for their accounting skills, but apparently they're good at insurance.

    • @CT--xo4yc
      @CT--xo4yc 3 года назад +3

      Lemu the Emu and doug

  • @SamuelTheAdept
    @SamuelTheAdept 3 года назад +172

    Child: “Mom can we have WW3?”
    Mom: “We have WW3 at home”
    WW3 at home:

    • @primarchkhas726
      @primarchkhas726 3 года назад +2

      Old

    • @yagami1134
      @yagami1134 3 года назад +4

      dude this was BEFORE the second war
      -_-

    • @primarchkhas726
      @primarchkhas726 3 года назад +3

      @@yagami1134 shhhh. They just want their moment with an overused joke. Even if theirs is nonsense

    • @-Rabit-
      @-Rabit- 3 года назад

      Nice one

  • @dogwood5070
    @dogwood5070 3 года назад +2

    *some time in early World War Two:
    General: “wait a second, why are we using tanks when these birds exist? Jimmy, I’ve got an idea.
    Some hearding and training later:
    General: *on emu* WE RIDE TO WAR!

  • @alfandosavant4639
    @alfandosavant4639 3 года назад +30

    This guy's voice is calming. He's a good story teller.

  • @angelsaltamontes7336
    @angelsaltamontes7336 3 года назад +35

    I listened to Emus In The Morning for YEARS. He was tops. I'm not surprised Austria couldn't beat him.

    • @UwU-ok2jr
      @UwU-ok2jr 3 года назад +2

      It wasn't Austria it was Australia

    • @toddkurzbard
      @toddkurzbard 2 года назад

      Neither could Australia.

  • @Paige679
    @Paige679 2 года назад +1

    My great grandfather was an Emu and the general of the 32nd Emu Legsters also known as the squadron Wheat Eaters.
    Before he passed, he said that the government at the time had promised to pay them in wheat if they migrate east towards Alice Springs.
    That promise wasn't fulfilled after they moved closer to Alice Springs.
    On the newspaper Emu Times the next day, Emu prime minister Feathers Featherbrook declared war against Australia and moved Emu population to WA to control the wheat fields.
    Ally to Emu's the rabbit prime minister Bugz also sent foot soldiers to help Emu nation combat the Aussies.
    'Til this day, my great grandfathers Emu scat can be found displayed in the Rabbiton/Emu Museum in WA with his quote;
    "These 9 droppings are for the farmer that shot me 9 times".

    • @tommymarco
      @tommymarco 2 года назад

      damn , that was good !

  • @sigmar2331
    @sigmar2331 3 года назад +250

    The Great Goat War: *"Fortunate Son intensify"*

    • @YeetusCalculus
      @YeetusCalculus 3 года назад +12

      The virgin Australia vs the chad Ecuador

    • @ComeOnGe
      @ComeOnGe 3 года назад +2

      I’m stupid, 😩😞 what does this mean?

    • @sigmar2331
      @sigmar2331 3 года назад +1

      @@ComeOnGe ruclips.net/video/vVWMIsHMQPs/видео.html

    • @QUVO1900
      @QUVO1900 3 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @Theggman83
      @Theggman83 3 года назад +1

      I was in Afghanistan in 2010... I don't think we have a theme song. Hopefully it's not one of those Toby Keith songs... You know the ones.

  • @blackoceancreativeuniverse
    @blackoceancreativeuniverse 3 года назад +58

    The theme song to the war was "I fought the Claw and the Claw won".

  • @jackcook2574
    @jackcook2574 3 года назад +7

    Australians in the middle of a battle:
    “Call in armoured support!”
    Their armoured support:
    Crocodile Dundee on an emu
    The soldiers:
    …we’re saved!

  • @JeanLucCaptain
    @JeanLucCaptain 3 года назад +44

    farming: hard backbreaking work... but we have been diggin trenches for 4 years so it all good mates!

  • @baddragonite
    @baddragonite 3 года назад +23

    War...War Never Changes...
    Australia: Hold my feather cap

  • @irenefraser5635
    @irenefraser5635 Год назад +1

    Our feathered little Emu's are still wandering around our vast country. You video was absolutely hilarious. Didn't realise they tried to eradicate them. Poor Emu. Glad they won🦘🇦🇺

  • @Pensive_Scarlet
    @Pensive_Scarlet 3 года назад +112

    USAmerican conspiracy theories: underground government base has sudden war with mysterious tunnel aliens
    Australian reality: real world chocobos are more horrifying and destructive than mysterious little grey space fellows and their fascination with pranking farmers

    • @SergioLeonardoCornejo
      @SergioLeonardoCornejo 3 года назад +7

      More like dinosaurs. Emus are descendants of the moa. The moa are the connecting species between birds and dinosaurs.

    • @user-jp2zw4kw3y
      @user-jp2zw4kw3y 3 года назад +2

      @@SergioLeonardoCornejo birds are actually descends of dinosaurs, and emu is one kind of bird.

    • @SergioLeonardoCornejo
      @SergioLeonardoCornejo 3 года назад +1

      @@user-jp2zw4kw3y that's what I said...

    • @godfreypoon5148
      @godfreypoon5148 3 года назад +2

      I misread that as choco bros.

    • @archimedes2261
      @archimedes2261 3 года назад +1

      The Emus Vietcong were responsible 😀

  • @MrScaramanga16
    @MrScaramanga16 3 года назад +12

    I've been saying for years that this needs to be a movie

  • @GAME-et4ds
    @GAME-et4ds 2 года назад +2

    This was the day us Aussies lost a great battle to our enemies this war is now forever ongoing send us help

  • @peterbuckley3877
    @peterbuckley3877 3 года назад +84

    We never lost, that’s a fallacy we called a truce after the second emu war.

    • @howardstites2145
      @howardstites2145 3 года назад +5

      Lol

    • @nathanhyde2079
      @nathanhyde2079 3 года назад +7

      And now you have a great mice war happening.

    • @nathanbrooks4546
      @nathanbrooks4546 2 года назад +4

      @@nathanhyde2079 Yeah, the fucking mice keep breeding and eating the crops

    • @FunniyMan
      @FunniyMan 2 года назад +1

      @@nathanhyde2079 Your telling me an entire fucking war is happening in my country and I don’t even know about it?
      I guess I should stay more up to date.

    • @yoholup19
      @yoholup19 2 года назад

      Wait second

  • @WestonNey
    @WestonNey 3 года назад +67

    They hadn’t lost a single one of their men. 😆 I’m dead.

    • @pasindudinusha6507
      @pasindudinusha6507 3 года назад +5

      imagine if they could fight back. He'll have casualties then

    • @Jim-dy4wv
      @Jim-dy4wv 3 года назад

      @@pasindudinusha6507 Emus do fight back and thats also why its pretty impressive that no one was injured. and emus have the power in its big ass feet to rip open your intestines. Its rare but they can do it especially since they run up to 50km (30 miles) per hour.

    • @andymanaus1077
      @andymanaus1077 3 года назад +1

      Only because his men had the good sense to keep a distance between themselves and the emus. Emus are dumb and will run away if they can but if cornered they are extremely dangerous and have killed people. Their toes aren't used for kicking, they are used for ripping into your guts if you try to grab them. They are absolutely capable of killing anyone who is stupid enough to pick a fight with one.

    • @blizzard1198
      @blizzard1198 3 года назад

      @The_Jaguar_ Knight you see the thing is he killed them with guns can a man with blades win against a gun no he can't so it's fcking stupid to brag

  • @Akram_El-Masry
    @Akram_El-Masry 3 года назад +2

    Aiming is hard when you're upside down

  • @krisrageboy5543
    @krisrageboy5543 3 года назад +30

    Emu general be like* Send them to gulag boy's lets teach those pesants who's the weat field king!🤣🤣🤣

  • @hilltopboyz3002
    @hilltopboyz3002 3 года назад +88

    The full documentary of this is hilarious. Lol the good old days 🤣

    • @5spec
      @5spec 3 года назад +2

      Fun Fact: I actually didn't find out about the war via this video, but by a RŌBLOX game about it.

  • @Abel0528
    @Abel0528 Год назад +2

    The narration 👏 I couldn't stop laughing 😂 well done.

  • @silvialuzmia
    @silvialuzmia 3 года назад +13

    "A veteran of Emu's War" I take that title and proudly tell story to my childern TwT

  • @HepCatJack
    @HepCatJack 3 года назад +23

    Sounds like the farmers had an emu-tionnal reaction that got out of hand.

  • @quackerdoodle2831
    @quackerdoodle2831 3 года назад +1

    Us: how many emu puns did you use
    Thoughty: yes

  • @LewisOfAranda
    @LewisOfAranda 3 года назад +14

    I still can't get over the fact that Thoughty does all this work all by himself. It's just amazing!

    • @LewisOfAranda
      @LewisOfAranda 3 года назад

      @The_Jaguar_ Knight LOL you're 100% right. I must have been thinking of Lemmino or something :)

    • @officialspock
      @officialspock 3 года назад

      @@LewisOfAranda lemino has a team as well

    • @LewisOfAranda
      @LewisOfAranda 3 года назад +1

      @@officialspock Hmm, by now I'm scared of commenting, but in his latest AMA he said he doesn't.
      I don't know - either way, their videos are better than any garbage you could find on TV, so bless 'em.

    • @Lion-O-Richie2040
      @Lion-O-Richie2040 3 года назад

      Caught in your lies...

    • @LewisOfAranda
      @LewisOfAranda 3 года назад

      @@Lion-O-Richie2040 True. I don't know if lies is the word I'd choose though.

  • @CM_Burns
    @CM_Burns 3 года назад +38

    any country would lose a full blown war against Thoughty2's mustache

  • @liftzfn786
    @liftzfn786 3 года назад

    Our soldiers are
    Front line: EMUS
    air force: magpies
    Stealth: snakes and spiders
    Navy: crocdiles
    That's the Aussie army

  • @juliequiney4078
    @juliequiney4078 3 года назад +42

    I live in Queensland and we aren’t allowed to have rabbits as pets

    • @FraktalPriest
      @FraktalPriest 3 года назад +2

      @Master Of puppets Literally they're running around in my local park. Super cute. Probably full of covid, hahaha!

    • @scottnofrendz3567
      @scottnofrendz3567 3 года назад +2

      * Queenslander walks into living room and shocked to see rabbit, shoots it...
      Queenslander : ahh fuck! Me fucking pet!

    • @j.m3702
      @j.m3702 3 года назад

      From Florida to Texas wild hogs are destroying farm land and woodlands..and they will attack you,,they will eat you gees