"If you encounter a cassowary in the wild, first thing is put your hands behind your back," he says. "Be as boring as you can be, so you're not attracting that cassowary's attention. Move behind a ...

These birds can run up to 50 km/h and jump 1.5 metres high, making escape nearly impossible during an attack. The cassowary is a perfect blend of beauty and danger — a reminder that not all ...

But a cassowary is not your regular garden bird ... make funny whistling-peeping sounds as they run about. He mostly stays silent—but from time to time clacks his bill, making a loud banging ...

While a human who runs into a cassowary might feel the urge to run screaming in the opposite direction, that’s actually counterproductive. Like their cousins the emus and ostriches, cassowaries ...

It's said that cassowaries are timid and typically difficult to spot. There aren't very many birds around the world that humans are afraid of but Cassowary stands out. Known as the "world's most ...