There are battles fought over land, power, and resources.
But rarely do you hear about a war waged against... birds.
Yet in 1932, Australia found itself embroiled in a peculiar conflict that would become known as The Great Emu War.
It was a confrontation between humans and one of the country’s most iconic animals, the emu, and the results were as unexpecte…
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