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While he was on the ground, the cassowary kicked him in the neck, opening a 1.25-centimetre (0.49 in) wound that severed his jugular vein. The boy died of his injuries shortly thereafter. [76] [77] Cassowary strikes to the abdomen are among the rarest of all, but in one case in 1995, a dog was kicked in the belly.
The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius), also known as double-wattled cassowary, Australian cassowary, or two-wattled cassowary, is a large flightless black bird, found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and northeastern Australia. It is one of the three living species of cassowary, alongside the dwarf cassowary and the northern cassowary.
Remains attributed to the species are generally around the size of the living dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti).Remains attributed to C. lydekkeri differ from living cassowaries in a number of morphological characters, including "a shallower, narrower pelvis, more gracile femur and a narrower proximal [closer to hip] end to the tarsometatarsus".
This list of mammals in Pennsylvania consists of 66 species currently believed to occur wild in the state. This excludes feral domesticated species such as feral cats and dogs . Several species recently lived wild in Pennsylvania, but are now extirpated (locally, but not globally, extinct).
Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil might be the most well-known ... using the March temperature averages for the U.S. each year from 2005 to 2024,” NOAA noted. ... killed in freak accident ...
The crash by the 10-mile marker on southbound I-81, near the Hagerstown Regional Airport, was reported at 9:34 a.m. Friday, according to emergency service officials.
The genus was used by Linnaeus and other early taxonomists to include the emu, rhea, and cassowary, until they each were placed in their own genera. [1] The Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes) has recently become recognized as a separate species by most authorities, while others are still reviewing the evidence. [5] [6]
A resident of the town of Jim Thorpe was “aggressively approached” by a black adult male bear on Sunday, Jan. 19, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said in a news release. The animal then ...