Each of the cassowary's feet has a dagger-like claw that measures up to 4.7 inches (12 cm) long and can slice open any predator with a swift kick, the researchers said.

Jet black, hair-like feathers. Vivid blue heads adorned with a spongy crest. Most strikingly, a pair of leathery looking feet, armed with a 12 centimeter talon. This is the cassowary, one of the ...

In the heart of the Australian and New Guinea rainforests lives the cassowary, known as the world's most dangerous bird due ...

It’s been called the world’s most dangerous bird. The cassowary’s long dagger-like middle toes were responsible for the death of a man in Florida last year, and new research now shows that ...

Beyond their charming facade, certain bird species exhibit surprising aggression when threatened. Cassowaries, with their ...

b) Cassowary bone dagger attributed to the Abelam people. (Credit: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College) Daggers made of human bone were regularly used in mortal combat in New Guinea, and now ...

Locals call the cassowary the “murderbird”, and seeing one might remind you of something that escaped from Jurassic Park. ... Standing up to 6 feet tall, they can weigh up to 160 pounds!

Eggshells have led a team of scientists to a startling discovery — that as early as 18,000 years ago humans may have been hatching and raising cassowaries, considered one of the world's most ...

On May 25, 2024, a photograph went viral on X allegedly showing a giant bird's foot, resembling that of a dinosaur. "A Southern Cassowary claw. Just in case you didn't think that birds are ...

It’s been called the world’s most dangerous bird. The cassowary’s long dagger-like middle toes were responsible for the death of a man in Florida last year, and new research now shows that ...

It’s been called the world’s most dangerous bird. The cassowary’s long dagger-like middle toes were responsible for the death of a man in Florida last year, and new research now shows that ...