Mar 05 2025 25 mins 10
The Bird is back, and we are back looking at a bird with a reputation for being the world's most dangerous. Maybe in a shock twist the bird with the badass reputation is a giant fruit eater from Papua New Guinea, the Cassowary. But is this reputation deserving? Well in this episode we will find out just how dangerous they are, but also what else makes them especially cool.
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Notes:
- Southern Cassowary: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/soucas1/cur/introduction
- Northern Cassowary: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/norcas1/cur/introduction?lang=es
- Dwarf Cassowary: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/dwacas1/cur/introduction?lang=es
- Kiwi: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/episodes/13777746-kiwis-fruit-people-birds
- Emu: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/episodes/11406903-the-great-emu-war
- Cassowary 1926 fatality: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/175730542
- Ostrich lethality: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4323753/#:~:text=When%20attacking%20a%20person%2C%20ostriches,wild%20ostrich%20populations%20%5B2%5D.
- Keystone species: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb1bbIyF9OU
- Casque: https://tetzoo.com/blog/2022/4/9/inside-the-cassowarys-casque-updated
