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cassowary
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cassowary
a large Australian ratite bird with a brightly colored head and neck and a bony helmet on top of its head. Called also Casuaris spp.


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Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) confirmed that 23 cassowaries had been killed since Cyclone Larry, most of them hit by cars.
Cassowaries are notoriously bad-tempered and aggressive, and if cornered will turn and face their adversary, Their feathers are used in tribal headdresses and on more than one occasion native hunters have lost their lives, killed by slashing blows from the Cassowary?
Cassowaries can run at speeds up to 30 miles per hour.
 
 
 
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