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Dingoes try to kill the emu by attacking the head. The emu typically tries to repel the dingo by jumping into the air and kicking or stamping the dingo on its way down. The emu jumps as the dingo barely has the capacity to jump high enough to threaten its neck, so a correctly timed leap to coincide with the dingo's lunge can keep its head and ...
The Emu War (or Great Emu War) [2] was a nuisance wildlife management military operation undertaken in Australia over the later part of 1932 to address public concern over the number of emus, a large flightless bird indigenous to Australia, said to be destroying crops in the Campion district within the Wheatbelt of Western Australia.
An emu feeding on grass near a dam. Taken in Victoria, Australia in February 2009. Original was shot at 1080p @ 41,000kbps; downsampled to 720p @ 9600kbps to make it more friendly for upload/viewing.
In 1932 many emus moved into farm territory in Western Australia, with the army called in to dispatch them in the so-called Emu War. Some attacks noted include in 1957 an emu charged a car, [15] in 1904 an emu attacked a dog's owner after the dog attacked it, [16] in 1873 an emu attacked children and a woman at Johnstone Park, Geelong. [17]
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Dingo attacks on humans are rare in Australia, and when they do occur are generally on young children and small teenagers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] However, dingoes are much more of a danger to livestock, especially to sheep and young cattle. [ 3 ]
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