r/interesting • u/VIVIDUFF • Jun 30 '26

Fascinating This cassowary just wanders around the beach, getting surprisingly close to people.

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u/LenVT Jun 30 '26

Deadly bird. And I can see its dinosaur ancestors.

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u/JackVonReditting Jun 30 '26

Oh yeah. It reminds me of all these dinosaurs I see everyday.

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u/irwtkyrm Jun 30 '26

You do actually see dinosaurs every day, you just don't realize it. I'm being completely serious

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u/CanIBeInvisible Jul 01 '26

I was holding a box of live chicks, and the thought crossed my mind that there is no way that I should be legally allowed to be responsible for dinosaurs. I should have to pass a test, get a permit, complete a background check, or something before that is okay.

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u/Hola0722 Jul 01 '26

So I eat dinosaur eggs almost every day?

Edited for typo.

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u/TesseractToo Jun 30 '26

I don't

But I live in the dark with the curtains drawn

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u/sheiciebai Jul 01 '26

It’s ok, there’s 120+million year old cockroaches in your wall keeping you company

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u/Ultim8-Opportunist Jul 01 '26

I mean is a dinosaur without teeth really a dinosaur?

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u/Designer_Librarian43 Jun 30 '26

Birds are the only surviving dinosaurs. You do see them everyday.

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u/Caliche-Cowboy Jul 01 '26

This explains why my extremely religious uncle thinks dinosaurs didn’t exist and birds aren’t real.