Thursday 24 April 2008

The Worlds MOST DANGEROUS Bird!



A few days ago i brought to you, Oscar, the worlds ugliest bird.

Now we have THE WORLDS MOST DANGEROUS BIRD - THE CASSOWARY:

The Cassowary lives in the rain forests of Australia and New Guinea and are actually pretty shy animals if undisturbed, but if you get to close and it thinks you’re a threat you could receive a bone-breaking kick or get sliced by its dagger-like sharp claws. During WWII, soldiers stationed in New Guinea were warned to stay away from these birds, but some of them still became victims.

The Cassowary is also one of the most difficult animals to keep in the Zoo because of the frequent injuries suffered by Zoo keepers that look after them. I like a bird that can take care of itself, but, unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to help it very much against human cruelty and it is on the endangered species list, along with so many others....

2 Comments:

Simple Simon said...

Related to an Emu by any chance? Seems to have a similar structure i.e. strong legs and the head/beak looks similar to an Emu

Joyfalula said...

If im not mistaken Emu's are also know for a pretty mean kick!

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