Cassowary : World’s Most Dangerous Bird (Pictures)
According to the records of Guinness Book, the Cassowaries are the most dangerous birds in the world, capable of dealing fatal blows. The Cassowary is the third largest flightless bird on the planet. They are very unpredictable, aggressive creatures, especially if wounded or cornered.
The Cassowary lives in the rain forests of North Queensland in Australia and New Guinea and is actually pretty shy animals if undisturbed, but if you get to close and it thinks threat you could receive a bone-breaking kick or get sliced by its dagger-like sharp claws.
Cassowaries can grow to be well over 6 feet tall and weigh almost 150 lbs. During WWII, soldiers stationed in New Guinea were warned to stay away from these birds, but some of them still became victims.
The Cassowary is also one of the trickiest animals to keep in the Zoo because of the common injuries suffered by Zoo keepers that look after them.
This dangerous bird can take care of itself, but, unfortunately, this seems to help it very much against human cruelty and it is on the endangered species list, along with so many others.
There are three main species of Cassowary...
- The Southern Cassowary aka Double Wattled Cassowary Casuarius
- Dwarf Cassowary Bennetti
- Northern Cassowary Unappendiculatus
World’s Most Dangerous Bird Pictures
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