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SunSeeker

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10. No reason to insult TacoD, particularly since the article mentions no killing.

Thu Aug 25, 2016, 03:31 AM

Aug 2016

The article does link to another article to substatiate the deadliness of the birds, but that article offers this:

On mainland Australia, the most recent recorded fatality occurred in April 1926 when 16-year-old Phillip McClean received an injury to the throat after running from a cassowary and falling to the ground.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/how-dangerous-are-cassowaries-really/

In other words, the bird didn't kill the kid, the fall did.

Seems to me the bird is rather calm, if the video in the OP is at all representative. There are many more dangerous critters down under to worry about than this thing. Hell, even Koalas are pretty nasty creatures. Although I will grant you that a Cassowary is fearsome looking ... and huge. I wish I had seen one when I was traveling through Australia.

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OT: Why the World's Deadliest Bird Keeps Breaking Into People's Houses [View all] Photographer Aug 2016 OP

. Rex Aug 2016 #1

OMG that thing is HUGE!!! underahedgerow Aug 2016 #2

'Let's put him in a pot!' as Ruby said underahedgerow Aug 2016 #3

More on this bird... Photographer Aug 2016 #4

Ouch! TreasonousBastard Aug 2016 #5

They look like dr. Suess animals Liberal_in_LA Aug 2016 #6

Yikes, that is a big bird. suffragette Aug 2016 #7

"World's deadliest bird" implies that it has killed a lot of people -doesn't seem to be the case nt TacoD Aug 2016 #8

Actually, it does. And has. Read much before posting? Photographer Aug 2016 #9

No reason to insult TacoD, particularly since the article mentions no killing. SunSeeker Aug 2016 #10

Ah, Okay then. Let us in on another bird that has killed more people. Photographer Aug 2016 #11

Chickens. SunSeeker Aug 2016 #12

Chickens with razors attached to them... Photographer Aug 2016 #13

The 2nd article also mentions ostriches and eagles. SunSeeker Aug 2016 #14

I have a rooster that took a swipe at my calf. kaiden Aug 2016 #15

Yes, but not to attrbutable dearhs. Photographer Aug 2016 #16

Try this: Google World's Deadliest Bird Photographer Aug 2016 #17

The "danger" here is that this poor creature is on the brink of extinction. SunSeeker Aug 2016 #18

With objective numbers of human death by specific bird species to support your premise? LanternWaste Aug 2016 #20

It is the OP who is making a premise. SunSeeker Aug 2016 #21

Seems to imply it merely kills more than any other single species of bird. LanternWaste Aug 2016 #19