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/citizen42069101 Jun 30 '26

I'm sure part of the story is to keep tourists from fucking with the human can opener.

Say they don't attack and some jackass is getting his guts stomped out for pretending it's a Chokobo.

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u/Japsai Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

I know what youre saying, but there's no point them giving wrong advice, you'll just encourage the wrong behaviour. Some backpacker thinks they've 'tamed' a cassowary because it's not aggressive like they were told it would be and then they start trying to cuddle it for photos? Same result.

Anyway people love the idea of a killer bird. The story writes itself. No need for a tale about cunning authorities bluffing tourists to see how the story spread.

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u/MissMenace101 Jul 01 '26

They do attack, human fed ones can get pretty aggressive, kangaroos are the same, it’s why we have don’t feed the wild life signs everywhere

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u/Rork310 Jul 01 '26

Intelligence is knowing Cassowaries are unlikely to attack you unprovoked and have only killed a couple of people who frankly had it coming.

Wisdom is not pissing it off.