Cassowary: ‘Miracles’ Of The World’s Deadliest Bird

A cassowary is one bird that can kill an adult human with one blow. It’s the most dangerous bird in the world. In 2019, kicks from a captive cassowary mortally wounded a Florida man. They don’t take kindly to attempts to hunt them, either: In 1926, a cassowary attacked by an Australian teenager kicked him in the neck with its four-inch, velociraptor-like talons, slitting his throat. New knowledge about the cassowary shows that the World’s deadliest bird was, however, raised by people 18,000 years ago. Researchers studying ancient cassowary egg shells in New Guinea…

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