Jet black, hair-like feathers. Vivid blue heads adorned with a spongy crest. Most strikingly, a pair of leathery looking feet, armed with a 12 centimeter talon. This is the cassowary, one of the ...

Few birds convey a "don't mess with me" vibe as effectively as a cassowary does; adults can grow to be nearly 7 feet (2 meters) tall, and females weigh up to 168 lbs. (76 kilograms), while the ...

The cassowary looks like a relic from another geologic era – it’s as tall as a person, has glossy black feathers and piercing eyes, walks on two feet, can weigh up to 140 pounds, and has a ...

Pictures taken around the county this week including a first cassowary chick born at Birdland. ... Gloucestershire in pictures: Cassowary chick and balloon flights. 8 September 2024. Share Save ...

Pictures taken around the county this week including a first cassowary chick born at Birdland.

At the top of the list is the cassowary—a demon bird that clocks in between 4 and 5.6 feet tall. It can run up to 31 miles per hour on its powerful legs, each tipped with three dagger-like toes ...

Crazy cassowary charges North Queensland rangers. In a scene resembling Jurassic Park, a group of North Queensland rangers have captured a very close encounter with one of the world’s deadliest ...