Mankind may think it’s the dominant species on the planet, but oftentimes it’s not. Here are three tales of man’s lost battles with animals.
Attack of the Killer Bunny. In 1979, US President Jimmy Carter was on a canoe fishing trip when a rabbit starting approaching him with what appeared to be bad intent. President Carter had to scare the rabbit away with an oar, a seemingly harmless encounter that was nonetheless dubbed a “Killer Rabbit Attack” by the media and astoundly became one of the most memorable moments of Carter’s presidency.
Attack of the Killer Bunny Pt. 2. After successfully invading Russia, Napoleon decided to celebrate by organizing a large rabbit hunt. Hundreds of rabbits were kept caged up prior to the hunt, but when finally released they turned to and attacked the hunting party rather than running away. Napoleon and his men were forced to retreat while being relentlessly bitten.
Man vs. Emu. In 1932 Australia went to war. With the emu. 20,000 of the birds were wreaking havoc on one of Australia’s farming districts, trampling crops as they walked through fields. The government called in the army to gun down the birds with 10,000 rounds of ammunition, but when the bullets started to fly the birds broke up into small packs and managed to run away unharmed. Machine guns were later mounted to trucks in an attempt to chase down escaping emu, but after thousands of rounds of spent ammunition more than 19,000 emu remained, so the Australian government eventually gave up.
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