Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Canada, British Columbia, near Tofino — Stalked and killed by a four-year-old male cougar at Catface Mountain. [27] [28] 9 September 1989 Jake Thomas Gardipee, 5, Male: USA, Montana, Missoula County, near Evaro — Attacked and killed by a cougar while playing behind his home. The cougar was later killed, and a necropsy was performed at the ...
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 ...
The bird took an “unexpected” swim near a campground in Australia, wildlife officials said. Stunned beachgoers watch ‘world’s most dangerous bird’ emerge from ocean, video shows Skip to ...
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 ...
Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY Updated January 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM A major rockslide prompted two highways to be shut down in Colorado over the weekend and witnesses captured the frightening moment on video.
Roughly 7,000–8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes each year in the United States, and about five of those people die. [4] Though most fatal bites are attributed to rattlesnakes, the copperhead accounts for more snakebites than any other venomous North American species. Rattlesnake bites are roughly four times as likely to result in ...