In this episode of Brain Blast, we’re diving into one of history's most bizarre conflicts: a full-scale military operation against flightless birds where the birds actually won!

Episode Summary

Join hosts Jordan and Alex as they travel back to 1932 Western Australia. During the Great Depression, farmers were struggling to protect their golden wheat fields from an invading force of 20,000 hungry emus. The solution? Call in the military.

We explore the hilarious and humiliating details of the Great Emu War:

• The Invaders: Meet the emu—a 6-foot-tall, 30-mph "feathered velociraptor" that turned out to be biology's perfect dodging machine.
• The Military Strategy: Major G.P.W. Meredith and his soldiers arrived armed with Lewis machine ...