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The cassowary has often been labelled "the world's most dangerous bird", [7] [8] although in terms of recorded statistics, it pales in comparison to the common ostrich, which kills two to three humans per year in South Africa.
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.
People in countries where they live are well aware of the hazards of approaching a cassowary and even military troops arriving in New Guinea are warned to show them proper respect.
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 ...
In fact, according to the World Health Organization, mosquito-borne illnesses claim more than 1 million lives a year, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. This makes them the deadliest animal on Earth.
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".
In January 2021 a 44-year-old man survived an attack from a 1.5m to 2m (4.9 ft to 6.5 ft) crocodile in Lake Placid, Queensland, by prising the crocodile's jaws from his head. [ 116 ] on 7 May 2017 a 54-year-old man from the remote community of Palumpa was attacked by a 2m crocodile near the Daly River , suffering puncture wounds to his arm and ...
Herrington Lake was created on the Dix River in 1925 and runs through Boyle, Garrard and Mercer counties; it is Kentucky’s deepest man-made lake. According to “Kentucky Legends and Lore” by ...