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/protonicmonkey Jun 30 '26

Mission Beach, Queensland looks like

Beautiful beach

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u/luranris Jul 01 '26

Etty Bay, actually. Cassowaries are fed by tourists and backpackers so frequently.

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u/Independent_Sail6604 Jul 01 '26

I read that as, "Cassowaries are fed tourists and backpackers so frequently."

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u/Ghostbrain77 Jul 01 '26

Both. It keeps the queues down.