Why it's awesome: The southern cassowary is one of the most prehistoric-looking birds on Earth. They are often likened to a modern-day dinosaur due to their massive size, vivid colouration and ...

Cassowaries are massive flightless birds, second only to ostriches in weight. Standing up to 6 feet tall, they can weigh up to 160 pounds! Instead of flight feathers, they have unique, hair-like ...

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The southern cassowary is often called the world’s most dangerous bird. While shy and secretive in the forests of its native New Guinea and Northern Australia, it can be aggressive in captivity. In ...

Whoever came up with the age-old riddle "Which came first: the chicken or the egg?" failed to consider the world's most dangerous (and Australia's largest) bird — the cassowary (Casuarius). New ...

There lives in the heart of the Australian and New Guinea tropical rainforest a bird that would seem like it belonged in a dinosaur movie: the cassowary. The bright blue face, helmet-like headpiece, ...

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Southern cassowaries are not from Louisiana. They come from the tropical rainforest of Northeast Australia and New Guinea. They look like a combination of a dinosaur, emu, ...

Locals call the cassowary the “murderbird”, and seeing one might remind you of something that escaped from Jurassic Park. These animals are the “most dangerous birds” in the world, so it’s best to ...