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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 has stiff, bristly black plumage, a blue face and a long neck, red on the cape and two red wattles measuring around 17.8 cm (7.0 in) in length hanging down around its throat. A horn-like brown casque , measuring 13 to 16.9 cm (5.1 to 6.7 in) high, sits atop the head.
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".
About 200 Americans are killed per year by animals, according to one study, and the most common perpetrators may be surprising. A recent Washington Post analysis of government data between 2001 ...
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 Toyota Camry rolled down a driveway and out into the street, police said.
An eleven-year-old girl was killed in 2009 in the Northern Territory; [108] a five-year-old boy killed on 8 February 2009 in Queensland by a 4.3 metre crocodile; [108] a 62-year-old man in September 2008 in Queensland while checking crab pots; [108] a 37-year-old Canadian mine worker on 24 September 2005 at Picnic Beach, south of Umbakumba, who ...
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 ...