Today we have three photos of a Southern Cassowary by Scott Ritchie, who hails from Australia. Scott’s caption is indented, and you can enlarge his photos by clicking on them.
Here are a few photos of a Southern Cassowary[Casuarius casuarius] that I took in the last month at Mission Beach, Queensland. They are truly an iconic bird and our evidence the dinosaur still lives. They have actually killed people, although this is very rare. But it has happened. They have a huge dagger-like inner toe. That’s about 6 inches long that when it kicks out at you can eviscerate you. Not a pleasant way to go.
JAC: Here’s a picture of its “dagger toe” that I took from Wikipedia:
Dezidor, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons