A Cassowary makes eye contact. Birdworld Kuranda Australia.

David Clode

a close up of a bird with a very colorful head

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A Cassowary at Birdworld Kuranda in North Queensland Australia.

Cassowary birds are very large birds that look they would not be out of place with dinosaurs. They are potentially dangerous and have a powerful kick which can kill you. This bird at Kuranda Birdworld finally struck a nice pose for me.

Camille Couvez

Gilles Rolland-Monnet

a close up of a bird with a blurry background

Cassowary, native to Australia and New Guinea, is a curious bid than can be deadly to humans. I snapped this one while visiting the Brownsville zoo in Texas.

Aleksandar Popovski

A posing Cassowary. I waited till I was able to get the bird's back as a background to the head.

Luca Ambrosi

black and blue peacock on green grass during daytime

Cassowary are solitary birds that live in the Australian and New Guinea rainforests. Like their relatives, ostriches and emus are unable to fly but can run up to 50km / h and can jump up to 1.5 meters.

Females generally lay three eggs but it is the male who incubates them for two months and then cares for the chicks for a year (or until they can take care of themselves).

Although they have the reputation of being the most dangerous bird in the world (it is almost 2 meters tall and has 10cm claws) they are generally quite gentle and the last deadly attack occurred more than 100 years ago.