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एक पक्षी और पूरी आर्मी आमने सामने | The great Emu War
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एक पक्षी और पूरी आर्मी आमने सामने | The great Emu War
#farming
#agriculture
#documentary
#histroy
#farming
#birds
#birddocumentary
#australianagriculture
Disclaimer- Some contents are used for educational purpose under fair use. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
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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.