00:00In 1932, Australia started a war that was not against a country or a group, but against an innocent bird, named Emo.
00:14But Australia could not defeat this bird in any way.
00:18This bird smashed the Australian military in the battlefield in a way that the Australian military had never even dreamed of.
00:28Friends, in the year 1929, after the First World War, there were a lot of bad conditions in the world.
00:35The price of everything had fallen and because of this, the prices of crops had also fallen a lot.
00:42Due to the decrease in the price of crops, farmers stopped farming.
00:47The Australian government knew very well that if farmers do not farm, there will be a shortage of food in their country.
00:55Therefore, the government here promised its farmers that we will buy your crops at a good price.
01:02In addition, we will also give subsidies on seeds and fertilizers.
01:05Hearing these promises of the government, all the farmers were ready to farm.
01:09And the seeds were sown and farmed.
01:11And very soon the crops were ready.
01:14Now the rest was just to cut the crops.
01:17But as soon as it was time to cut the crops, the government broke its promise.
01:22All the promises made by the government to the farmers were refused.
01:27After hearing this, the farmers got very angry and then they decided that until the government does not give them the right price for their crops,
01:37the farmers will not cut their crops, as if there was a war going on between the government and the farmers.
01:43But then a bird entered this story, which is known as Emo.
01:48Friends, this is such a bird that can't fly.
01:51Apart from this, its legs and neck are quite long.
01:54Friends, apart from Australia, you will only see this bird in different birdhouses around the world.
01:59The speed of this bird's flight is quite fast.
02:02In 1932, a flock of this bird was going from the coastal areas to the inland areas.
02:09Friends, this was their breeding season.
02:11This flock is not small, but it has more than 20,000 birds.
02:16When this bird came to the inland areas of Australia, it saw the cooked crops standing here.
02:22Seeing these crops, to satisfy its hunger, the bird entered the farms.
02:26Entering the farms, it terrorized the farms and destroyed the entire crop.
02:33The farmers made a boundary around their farms to protect themselves from the birds.
02:38But it was made for small animals.
02:41The Emo bird is so big that it easily jumped from that boundary and entered the farm.
02:47And destroyed the entire crop of the farmers.
02:50Because of which the farmers had to suffer a lot of loss.
02:53Friends, as soon as it entered the Emo, it broke the entire boundary with its wings.
02:58Because of which the rabbits and other small animals also entered inside.
03:02Seeing all this, the farmers complained to the government about this.
03:05After hearing about this incident, the government was also very upset.
03:09Because on one hand, the government was sympathizing with the farmers.
03:12But destroying the entire crop was a very big issue.
03:16Because if this happens, there will be a need to starve.
03:19To deal with this problem, the Australian Defence Minister, Sir George Pearce sent his army.
03:26So that the army can completely destroy this bird.
03:29The army thought that they would clean these birds in a few days with the help of a machine gun.
03:35But no one knew that the task they thought was so easy, was not so easy.
03:42In October 1932, the war began.
03:46All the soldiers of the army went to kill the Emo with two machine guns and 10,000 rounds of bullets.
03:52But the army could do something, it rained before that.
03:55Because of which this war had to stop here.
03:57Before the rain, these birds were gathered in one place.
04:00But because of the rain, they spread throughout the area.
04:03Now the army felt that this work is very easy.
04:07And by killing these birds, their target will also be practiced.
04:10After the rain, the army and the Emo met for the first time in November.
04:15First of all, 50 Emo were seen in the town of Campan.
04:19Seeing these birds, the army reached them to kill them.
04:23But these birds immediately started running.
04:25The army wanted to follow these birds.
04:28But because of the mud, mud, and mud, these soldiers of the army could not aim properly.
04:33In addition to this, the Emo could not be aimed properly with a machine gun.
04:38Friends, the soldiers of the army kept running here and there to kill these birds all day.
04:42And many bullets were fired.
04:44But only 12 Emo could be killed in the whole day.
04:48After two days of this incident, the army tried again.
04:52It was found that there is a dam near the Thaniya river, where thousands of Emo are gathered.
04:57Now, as soon as this news was received, the soldiers of the army immediately reached to kill these birds.
05:02But unfortunately, their guns were jammed.
05:05And before these guns could be repaired, these birds once again succeeded in running.
05:11For the next few days, the army tried continuously.
05:14But despite so much effort, the army could not succeed.
05:18Even after firing a full 10,000 bullets, the army was able to kill only a thousand birds.
05:24In this war, the soldiers were only 10% successful.
05:28And on the other hand, the number of Emo, which was more than 20,000, did not decrease much.
05:34As soon as this news began to spread, people started to have their own opinions on this war.
05:40Some people said that it is wrong to kill an innocent bird.
05:44At the same time, some people were upset that the entire army could not kill a bird.
05:50People gave different reasons for not being able to kill this bird.
05:54Many people said that the skin of the Emo is very thick, which is not affected by the bullets.
06:00When the Prime Minister of that time, Joseph Lyons, was asked about this issue,
06:03that should we leave our army and give this bird a medal?
06:07And this bird should be admitted to the army?
06:10Seeing such a big insult from the government, the army was called back immediately.
06:15After that, despite a million attempts, no one was able to defeat the Emo.
06:19This bird continued to work and the crops of the farmers continued to be destroyed.
06:24The farmers once again spoke to the government on this issue.
06:28But the government still had no answer to this.
06:32Once again, the government tried to kill the Emo.
06:36And once again, the army was sent to fight the Emo.
06:40The result of this war also came like the first war.
06:43Friends, in this second war, the army must have been a little successful.
06:47Because this army had already killed 40 Emo in the first day.
06:51The final result of this war was that from 1933 to 1948, the army wanted to kill the Emo four times.
07:00But every time the army was unsuccessful.
07:03The population of the Emo was increasing instead of decreasing.
07:06When this method did not work, the government came up with a new method.
07:11Now the government has awarded this innocent bird with a medal.
07:15Guns were distributed to the farmers.
07:16And the more Emo the farmer kills, the greater the reward will be given to him.
07:22This method of the government proved to be effective.
07:25And in about six months, thousands of Emo were cleared.
07:29But when the Wildlife Protection Agency found out about it,
07:32then a voice was raised against it.
07:34And the government had to remove this reward on the head of the Emo.
07:38Friends, the result of this war was that such a powerful army of Australia was kneeling in front of a bird.
07:45And this war ended here.
07:47And in the end, this method of dealing with the problem was found.
07:50That people made a strong boundary of stars all around their farms.
07:55Because of which the Emo reduced the damage to the crops.
07:58Today, the number of these birds in Australia has reached about 7 to 8 lakh.
08:04So friends, that's all for this video.
08:06We hope you liked the video.
08:08If you liked the video, then do like this video.
08:11And if you want to know why China is leaving rabbits in its deserts,
08:16then do watch this video on the end screen.
08:19We will meet you there.
Comments