HATCHING TROUBLE.—This emu sat on a “hot egg.” Jessie unearthed a small rusted metal ball near the gate of her pen at the premises of the Australian Bird Company, West Heidelberg, Melbourne. She tried to hatch it for a week, but was quite unaware that it was a fully-armed hand grenade. Eventually the police were called, and the live grenade was taken away for Army disposal.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28620, 24 June 1958, Page 16
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66HATCHING TROUBLE.—This emu sat on a “hot egg.” Jessie unearthed a small rusted metal ball near the gate of her pen at the premises of the Australian Bird Company, West Heidelberg, Melbourne. She tried to hatch it for a week, but was quite unaware that it was a fully-armed hand grenade. Eventually the police were called, and the live grenade was taken away for Army disposal. Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28620, 24 June 1958, Page 16
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