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 <> 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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