Australia’s ‘dinosaur’ bird, the fearsome cassowary, stares down extinction
If they go extinct, rainforests will suffer With legs like a velociraptor and a striking neon blue neck, the southern ...
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The bird in question? Casuarius casuarius, the southern cassowary, fruit-eater-in-chief of Australia’s rain forests. Cassowaries are large, flightless birds related to emus and (more distantly ...
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Dubbed A Living Dinosaur, This Flightless And Prehistoric-Looking Bird From Australia Is At Risk Of Extinction, With Less Than 5,000 Left In The Country
The future of the endangered southern cassowary is at stake ... The last part of the plan includes conducting more surveys to figure out exactly how many cassowaries are left in the wild.
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The only animal Australians are afraid of? A bird. Here’s why
It’s not just any bird that strikes fear into the heart of Aussies. The cassowary is one of the world’s largest birds, and it looks like a relic from another geologic era. It’s as tall as a ...
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Giant 'Dangerous' Bird Emerges from the Ocean and Shocks Beachgoers — Watch!
The dark shape moving through the water was a cassowary, a large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia known for its territorial and "dangerous" behavior, per the Department of ...
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Tourists stumble upon 'elusive' find along Aussie road: 'Moment of shock'
Initially startled, they stopped to figure out what it was and were quickly ... we came across a male cassowary with a chick," he told Yahoo News. While Far North Queensland is known cassowary ...
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Cassowary carnival: Queensland town celebrates a famous flightless bird
take place. Held at Mission Beach in Far North Queensland, the festival is the biggest local event of the year, and the biggest of any dedicated to the cassowary in the world. This year will see ...