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Large bird attacks and kills its fallen owner in Florida
MSN,CBS,AP ^
| 4/14/2019
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Posted on 04/14/2019 6:12:44 AM PDT by sodpoodle
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:12:44 AM PDT
by
sodpoodle
To: sodpoodle
They ARE dinosaurs. The talons on that thing are the same that were on velociraptors. It could shred you in seconds.
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:15:38 AM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(If we get Medicare for all, will we have to show IDs for service? Why?)
To: sodpoodle
Not the “Big Bird” that my children watched on TV when they were young. Headshake.
I’ve never heard of the breed.
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:16:02 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: sodpoodle
Powerful legs help the cassowary run up to 31 miles per hour (50 kph) through the dense forest underbrush"Thunder-thighs of dark meat. Pass the drumstick.
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:16:08 AM PDT
by
Pearls Before Swine
( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
To: sodpoodle
Well, have you heard about the bird?
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:18:08 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Vermont Lt
Stick to cats and dogs, but if you must have a ‘bird’, canaries and parrots are good.
Otherwise, just put out bird seed and watch the ‘wild ones’.
Only farmers need to raise critters.
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:20:43 AM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
To: sodpoodle
This is Florida, people. Sooner or later cassowary will escape into the wild, and breed like crazy. Yes, just like Jurassic Park.
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:20:52 AM PDT
by
olepap
(Your old Pappy)
To: BenLurkin
I just want to know if it tastes like turkey.
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:22:12 AM PDT
by
GingisK
To: sodpoodle
Targets of Opportunity.
Unless we’re raising them for food, there’s no need for something like that.
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:23:30 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Texas Fossil
Zoos are good for folks who enjoy seeing exotic animals.
Not residential or rural homes.
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:24:55 AM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
To: sodpoodle
Per Scientific Amrrican
Attacking cassowaries charge and kick, sometimes jumping on top of the victim. Unlike emus, which reputedly can only kick backwards (no, I dont believe this either), cassowaries can kick in a forward and downward direction.
They may also peck, barge or head-butt. The commonest injuries they cause in humans are puncture wounds, lacerations and bone fractures. Serious injuries resulting from cassowary attacks are most likely to occur if the person is crouching or is lying or has fallen on the ground.
When confronted with a charging cassowary its clearly unwise to crouch or turn ones back on the bird. Claims that jogging incites cassowaries to attack (supposedly because the sound of running feet imitates a foot-stamping rival cassowary) do not withstand scrutiny as walking people have been attacked more frequently than joggers.
To: Pearls Before Swine
I use Turkey drumsticks for noodle soup. Lifetime favorite! Ah, crap, now I’m hungry!
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:27:31 AM PDT
by
W.
(Natty Light: The beer so nice, you'll taste it twice!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:28:16 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: sodpoodle
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:28:58 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: BenLurkin
Everybody knows that the bird is the word.
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:29:26 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: BenLurkin
Well, have you heard about the bird? Everybody's heard!
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:30:06 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(The pun is mightier than the s-word.)
To: sodpoodle
The Pitbull of the bird world.
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:30:41 AM PDT
by
donozark
(There are no flamingos in Venezuela.)
To: Vermont Lt
Anything from Australia, including the women, will bite, scratch, kick, claw, strangle, chew, poison and otherwise attempt to destroy you.
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:32:25 AM PDT
by
donozark
(There are no flamingos in Venezuela.)
Guess it depends on the bird?
The phrase fallen owner in the headline sounds like a spiritual condition rather than someone who had physically fallen down, BTW.
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:32:51 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: GingisK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassowary#Diet
As for eating the cassowary, it is supposed to be quite tough. Australian administrative officers stationed in New Guinea were advised that it “should be cooked with a stone in the pot: when the stone is ready to eat so is the Cassowary”.[26]
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posted on
04/14/2019 6:34:10 AM PDT
by
SMGFan
("God love ya! What am I talking about")
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