Early humans may have eaten late-stage fertilized eggs, known as balut, or raised the chicks for feathers and meat.Arjan Haverkamp via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0
Early humans may have eaten late-stage fertilized eggs, known as balut, or raised the chicks for feathers and meat.Arjan Haverkamp via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0
“And this is not some small fowl, it is a huge, ornery, flightless bird that can eviscerate you. Most likely the dwarf variety that weighs 20 kilos (44 pounds).”
I was thinking the Dodo Bird. One of them damn near took down the plane that Fred was taking flying lessons in.
“Most likely the dwarf variety that weighs 20 kilos (44 pounds).”
I recall the sign at the entrance to the walking paths about what to do if you see a Cassowary. One of the items was “Raise your arms above your head so as to appear larger than the Cassowary.”
I looked at my buddy - “Wait, ‘appear’ larger? That means they are STILL larger!” (No - they aren’t THAT big).
Has Left wing and Right wing and both wings are on one bird …. Reminds me of our congressional bird being all the same kind of bird
The worlds deadliest bird?
A sparrow in a tree with a machine gun.
Maybe the modern birds are so ornery because they are descended from the survivors of a Cassowary Revolution?
In high school I had a girlfriend with a pet chicken. It friendlier than most cats. I wonder if she could have tamed a Casowary?
Had a guy killed near Gainesville two years back on his farm.
Like raising gators, you better know what your doing, and never turn your back. https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20190415/florida-man-killed-on-his-farm-by-cassowary-he-owned
Everybody’s now heard about the bird.
Fun fact... New Guinea Cannibals reported that Long Pig does not taste like pig. It tastes like cassowary.
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