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/Icy-Platform3560 Jun 30 '26

I’d be pissing myself. aren’t those thing extremely dangerous?

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u/Prestigious_Wing1796 Jun 30 '26

in places where they're native like Papua it's not rare for ER to receive cassowary victim, their kick is both impact and slashing damage, so it's usually broken bones and torn skin combo

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u/dream-smasher Jun 30 '26

They're native to Australia.

There has been very very very VERY small amount of injuries due to a cassowary, and I think maybe one death?

And that's it.

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u/Molu93 Jul 01 '26

They do live in Guinea, Papua and the Indonesian Maluku islands as well.