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[–] [email protected] 70 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I’ll never forget the fall of Australia during the Emu Wars. The siege of Sydney was truly terrible.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

They were dropping bears. It was horrible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Emus? I think you mean cassowaries…

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

The cassowaries were being controlled by the platypus, who were in turn controlled by huntsman spiders. Drop bears fit in there somewhere......

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Emu war was on the other side of the country.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

The First Emu War was. Emu War II was much more devastating.

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