{"id":34305,"date":"2025-07-30T12:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34305\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T12:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:33:08","slug":"readers-wildlife-photos-why-evolution-is-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34305\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers\u2019 wildlife photos \u2013 Why Evolution Is True"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we have three photos of a Southern Cassowary by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aithm.jcu.edu.au\/professor-scott-ritchie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Ritchie<\/a>, who hails from Australia. Scott\u2019s caption is indented, and you can enlarge his photos by clicking on them.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few photos of a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_cassowary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Southern Cassowary<\/a>[Casuarius casuarius] that I took in the last month at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mission_Beach,_Queensland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mission Beach, Queensland<\/a>. 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\u2019s about 6 inches long that when it kicks out at you can eviscerate you. Not a pleasant way to go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whyevolutionistrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cassowary_D6A6717-topaz-denoise-sharpen.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-565524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cassowary_D6A6717-topaz-denoise-sharpen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"762\" height=\"597\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whyevolutionistrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cassowary-spiny-spider_D6A6742-topaz-denoise-sharpen-copy.jpeg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-565523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cassowary-spiny-spider_D6A6742-topaz-denoise-sharpen-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"667\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whyevolutionistrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cassowary-feeding_D6A6790-topaz-denoise-sharpen.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-565522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cassowary-feeding_D6A6790-topaz-denoise-sharpen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"701\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>JAC: Here\u2019s a picture of its \u201cdagger toe\u201d that I took from Wikipedia:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whyevolutionistrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Southern_cassowary_feet.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-565577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Southern_cassowary_feet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"754\" height=\"570\"  \/><\/a>Dezidor, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY 3.0<\/a> via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today we have three photos of a Southern Cassowary by Scott Ritchie, who hails from Australia. 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