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female cassowary
greeniguana

female cassowary (casuarius casuarius)

What a weird, wonderful and huge bird. The southern cassowary is found in Australia and New Guinea. Not a lot of them left in Aussie and all in a small part of Northern Queensland. A rainforest bird, flightless, fruit eater, territorial and can be aggressive.
Not the greatest photo but it shows the feet. Look how huge they are! Not a bird to be approached lightly - they have attacked and injured people in the past. A little scary face to face but very excited to see this one.
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Habitat
tropical rainforest
Location
mission beach, queensland
Date taken
sept 2009
Scientific name
casuarius casuarius
Equipment used
canon 450D - 55-250mm lens
drkishore
Those feet are huge!!!! I am sure it has the kick of a mule!!!! Looks like a very sturdy bird...and most beautiful one at that!!! Excellent capture and kudos to you for taking this shot!!!
 
Stanley Jones
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Oh my goodness, this thing must not have many enemies, besides man's habitat destruction. Brilliant!!!!!
 

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