Florida man killed by a bird?!

in #nature5 years ago

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So I saw a massive bird killed a guy in Florida? Yes for real! The title isnt even clickbait. hahaha!

The bird is called a "Cassowary" and I for one have never heard of it or seen it, but that might just be because we dont get them in South Africa as far as I know.
Its a large, flightless bird and I mean, wow, check the legs on this guy! :O
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They are in fact known to be very dangerous and along with ostriches are the only birds known to have killed humans.
Crazy stuff!

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Wow, that's scary!!! I'm glad we don't have those kind of birds here, myself. Ufffff... 😌

The funny question now: what was he doing there?

Apparantly he raised the bird on his farm, but he was 75years old, and he fell by accident. So yeah, but I hear you!

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Wow, that's news. I heard that those birds are dangerous and can even kill a human.

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Yeah I never knew, but honestly. One kick with those legs and Ill be down for the count!

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Yes, definitely, those legs are terrified and his beak as well.

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Since the Cassowary is flightless, guess we a better idea of what to expect with its fight-or-flight instincts. 😅

Bird looks pretty rowdy. Wouldn't want to run into that in a dark alley.

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A friend of mine raised emu's, they got popular for a brief time here for their meat, but the fad died off.
Those big birds were always attacking and beating him up, and he was a huge guy 6'2" 230lbs...something about big birds I guess..lol

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Shoo, that is scary, thank goodness they're not found here!

Loads of these in Northern Australia...Very dangerous. Meeting one of these in the rainforest will probably end badly for the human.

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