Aussies must have seriously FUBAR’d their karma to live on a continent where everything can kill you, they have a mammal with venom sacks for fucks sake. Just exactly WTF do you have to say for yourself Barney you degenerate bastard?!
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Even the birds hate us.............
World's Most Dangerous Bird: 7 Facts About The Cassowary Ellie Griffiths Updated: 9 February 2017
We all know the ostrich is the largest bird in the world, followed by the emu, but what many people are not aware of is the third-largest bird in the world, the cassowary. This endangered animal’s name is derived from two Papuan words –
kasu, meaning horned, and
weri, meaning head (more specifically their prominent casque) – and has been named the
most dangerous bird in the world.
They are descended from dinosaurs Some have claimed the cassowary to look like a ‘giant prehistoric turkey’, but they are in fact descendants of dinosaurs. Looking somewhat like a combination of a turkey and an ostrich, their body features different colours and textures (from feathers to skin) like that of a dinosaur, from their large, black-feathered body to the bluish skin on their head and reddish skin on their neck to blue-grey coloured legs. Their descending from dinosaurs supports the classification of the cassowary as the ‘most dangerous bird on Earth’.
A cassowary with her chicks |
© Tchami / Flickr They are flightless birds Due to their lack of a chest-bone structure allowing the support of muscles necessary to fly, the cassowary, like the emu and the ostrich, is another flightless bird. Although they cannot fly, they can surely put up a fight, jumping as high as two metres from the ground, and they can run at a speed of up to 50 kilometres per hour.
They use their casque and claw in self-defence As they cannot fly away from a fight, cassowaries have adapted to use their casque and claw to protect themselves and stand their ground. The casque is a helmet-like crest located on the top of their head that grows to around 15 centimetres in length and 17 centimetres in height that prevents any skull injuries to the cassowary during fights. In a fight they will stand as tall as possible, ruffle their feathers and hiss, and lower their head to show off their casque before attacking.
Not only do they make use of the casque, but their middle claw acts like a dagger, standing at 12 centimetres in length, and can cause serious damage – it’s quite capable of killing a dog.
Close-up of a cassowary |
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