Posted on 04/14/2019 6:12:44 AM PDT by sodpoodle
ALACHUA, Fla. (AP) — A large, flightless bird native to Australia and New Guinea attacked and killed its owner when the man fell on his property in Florida, authorities said Saturday.
The Alachua County Fire Rescue Department told the Gainesville Sun that a cassowary killed the man Friday on the property near Gainesville, likely using its long claws. The victim, whose name was not released, was apparently breeding the birds, state wildlife officials said.
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Another entry for the Florida man files.
LOL! As a teenager I worked for a farmer. One day he told me to scoop out the farrow house (where sows are penned before they litter). The farrow house is a low structure that consists of narrow cages on either side of a large central area. In order to clean out the individual pens I had to release the sows, one by one, into the larger area while I scooped out the crap from the pen, and then herd the sow back into the cage. One sow became quite belligerent and came at me with mouth agape (sows may not have tusks but they have huge canines, 3 or 4 inches long). At first I managed to fend her off by putting the scoop shovel blade between her and I but she nosed it aside and kept coming. I resorted to bashing her on the nose with the shovel but that didn’t work either. Finally, I grabbed one of the rafters and hoisted myself up. There I remained until the sow wandered back into her pen, then I jumped down and slammed the gate. Terrifying experience!
Can we put them on the border?
I just hope they like Burmese Pythons.
SMH. When I read stories like this I think rising sea levels can’t cover Florida soon enough.
Was the bird a #MeToo victim of it’s ‘Breeder’?
Maybe this was payback for a lifetime of abuse.
Stranger things have happened when human beings are alone with their oversized ‘birds’.//
Burt Gummer may be a better choice to deal with the situation.
Cassowaries.. The Democrat party mascot.
I saw on up close at the Parrot Jungle in Miami. I believe their bird had killed someone in the past and severly injured another. Once this bird dies, they said that was it, no more.
Very impressive bird up close. You can see how strong they are and the way they will eat a whole mango, seed and everything is impressive.
Supposedly they’re not even tasty.
Pre-Darwin nominee.
Liberty Mutual Presents The LiMu Emu (And Doug) ,these 2 run through the streets
Why raise them? Zoo attraction? Certainly not a children’s petting zoo.
Maybe if you put enough garlic and BBS Sauce on them, they might be edible? LOL.
“What IS the ground speed velocity of an unladen cassowary?”
The Australian cassowary or the New Zealand cassowary?
I once watched Steve Irwin run like crazy from one and jump a fence to get away.
Seeing a picture like that I can only think of one thing, semi auto 12 gauge with 00 buck.
This is why I don’t allow my wife to get a canary.
Florida truly is America’s Australia
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