[sodpoodle]

photo at the link

[Vermont Lt]

They ARE dinosaurs. The talons on that thing are the same that were on velociraptors. It could shred you in seconds.

[Texas Fossil]

Not the “Big Bird” that my children watched on TV when they were young. Headshake.

I’ve never heard of the breed.

[Pearls Before Swine]

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.

[BenLurkin]

Well, have you heard about the bird?

[olepap]

This is Florida, people. Sooner or later cassowary will escape into the wild, and breed like crazy. Yes, just like Jurassic Park.

[Carriage Hill]

Targets of Opportunity.
Unless we’re raising them for food, there’s no need for something like that.

[tired&retired]

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 don’t 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 it’s clearly unwise to crouch or turn one’s 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.

[EEGator]

[donozark]

The Pitbull of the bird world.

[Olog-hai]

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.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Cassowary Claw:

[Godebert]

Claw of a Cassowary:

[fungoking]

“The victim, whose name was not released, was apparently breeding the birds...”

Thought I’d check the comments after reading that line.

Disappointed so far.

[Rockingham]

Supposedly, the damn things are especially dangerous when being fed because they are prone then to go into attack mode even without provocation. Although Australasian natives nevertheless managed to semi-domesticate the creatures as a food source by taking and raising them as chicks, they remained dangerous to keep.

[CIB-173RDABN]

Survival rule number 1 - don’t own a “pet” that could kill you. /s

[Delta 21]

The're cute things, aint they?

[super7man]

I expect Norski and Boomer will be here any minute.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Another entry for the Florida man files.

[LydiaLong]

Can we put them on the border?

[lee martell]

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’.//