Locals call the cassowary the “murderbird”, and seeing one might remind you of something that escaped from Jurassic Park.

Seen up close, her feet looked huge. The ranger was visibly upset, and talked in a steady stream about local cassowary politics, explaining how some groups want to fence off the roads and build ...

A cassowary can charge up to 30 miles an hour and leap more than ... There have been plenty of close calls since: people have had ribs broken, legs cracked and flesh gashed. In Mission Beach ...

The dark shape moving through the water was a cassowary, a large flightless bird ... Strange and Fascinating' Deep-Sea Creature Washes Up on Beach in 'Very Rare' Sighting The Department of ...

The close encounter occurred in South Johnstone, a rural town on Queensland’s Cassowary Coast, about one hour from where the attack took place in Cardwell. The adult cassowary appeared to be ...

Standing up to 6 feet tall ... the humans got too close to the bird, which was likely defending itself or its nest. This YouTube video shows a tourist filming a cassowary on the beach.