There is a video on the web of a Cassowary acting aggressively towards some
people on a beach. One person puts his arms above his head and the
Cassowary backs off. He does it a couple of times and the Cassowary's
response is the same each time.
The web site is not my usual fare but it's probably worth a look:
http://www.amazingaustralia.com.au/animals/cassowary-attacks.htm
Cheers
David
On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 9:45 PM, Carl Clifford <>
wrote:
> So very true. You only have to look at the American elections.
>
> On Saturday, June 11, 2016, Nigel Sutherland <
> > wrote:
>
> > This confirms the philosophy that we should never use the expression
> "Just
> > how stupid can anyone get" because too many people take it as a
> challenge.
> >
> > Nigel
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 7:03 AM, sandra henderson <
> > <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > The Taronga Zoo attack in 1952 resulted in injuries not death - reports
> > can
> > > be found in the National Library's excellent Trove service in scanned
> > > copies of the Sydney Morning Herald from that year. The fool had
> climbed
> > an
> > > eight foot fence into their enclosure, while they were incubating eggs.
> > He
> > > said he was looking at some smaller jungle fowl and wanted a closer
> look.
> > > (SMH, 9 Dec 1952. 'Man Critically Hurt by Big Birds at Zoo').
> > >
> > > sandra henderson, canberra
> > >
> > > On 10 June 2016 at 16:41, Susan Knowles <
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I was told that a man was killed by a cassowary at Taronga in 1915?.
> > He
> > > > apparently entered the enclosure to steal an egg and bled to death on
> > the
> > > > ferry back to the Quay. This info came from a Taronga keeper.
> > > >
> > > > Susan Knowles
> > > > > On 9 Jun 2016, at 8:07 PM, brian fleming <
>
> > <javascript:;>>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Circa 1950 a report appeared in the Melbourne Argus that a man had
> > > > entered the Cassowary enclosure at Healesville Sanctuary to take
> > photos.
> > > He
> > > > was killed. This incident was not mentioned in a History of the
> > > Sanctuary
> > > > which I read a few years back. I was 9 or 10 at the time and noticed
> > > > because we had been to Healesville shortly before - we had seen a
> > notice
> > > > on the gate saying that the birds were nesting and therefore
> dangerous
> > -
> > > do
> > > > not enter! Later the inquest was reported - first time I noticed the
> > word
> > > > Inquest. ABC Schools broadcasts used to include a segment from the
> > late
> > > > Crosbie Morrison, editor of 'Wildlife Magazine' who said that
> > > Cassowaries
> > > > were dangerous. His magazine was a great clearing-house for wildlife
> > > > information in the '40s and'50s.
> > > > >
> > > > > More recently, maybe 20 years ago, Melbourne Zoo had at least
> three
> > > > Cassowaries together in a large yard. On one visit, one bird had been
> > > > confined in a smaller yard because it had been in a fight that day
> with
> > > > another Cassowary. There was a long bleeding wound on its breast or
> > side
> > > > where it had been kicked.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anthea Fleming
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 9/06/2016 5:15 PM, Laurie Knight wrote:
> > > > >> See:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/how-dangerous-are-cassowaries-really/
> > > > >>
> > > > >> An interesting read ...
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
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