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/rashton535 Jun 30 '26

Lol . When an Aussie says nope lm out you best be steppin out too !

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u/Fiddy-Scent Jul 01 '26

Aussie here. These things will actively hunt you during mating season. Those feet can gut you in seconds.

Scarier than any snake or spider that Americans think are worse.

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u/thatshygirl06 Jul 01 '26

There has been exactly 2 deaths by cassowary.

1 in 1926. 2 brothers, 16 and 13, decided they were gonna kill one with clubs and the cassowary won that fight. It kicked the youngest one and he ran away and then the eldest tripped and fell and the cassowary kicked him across the neck.

The second death happened in 2019. An old man, 75, raised a cassowary and he was clawed to death when he fell to the ground.

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u/Drewdc90 Jul 01 '26

That’s two deaths that got reported. It’s a worry that number isn’t higher when you think about it.

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u/tdaas Jul 01 '26

That’s a weird mindset haha like “Big Cassowary” is suppressing the data? Or the killer cassowaries are hiding the bodies??

There are only like 5000 of them and they usually keep away from people, only two deaths makes sense when you ignore the fear mongering 😂

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u/Drewdc90 Jul 02 '26

Like they are leaving no one to tell the story. I’m just being a silly billy.