cassowary facts

All birds are dinosaur's antecedents and likewise, dinosaurs are their predecessors. But the cassowary is the most unique antecedent of the behemoth dinosaur. At six feet tall (3m) and weighs about 125 pounds, the southern cassowary is the second heaviest bird on the planet. After a profound research on the life circle of cassowary scientists currently recognize only three species of the cassowary. The dwarf cassowary is one of them about three feet tall (1m) the dwarf cassowary is the smallest among the other species then there is northern cassowary an orange-throated five feet six-inch tall behemoth. Southern Cassowaries can stand six feet tall and weighs about 125 pounds making them the second heaviest bird on earth. All these three species are restricted to new guinea northeastern Australia. These massive birds have a gigantic size and only two other birds emu and ostrich can grow more. If you are visiting Australia as a tourist you might come across a hoarding which states that "beware of the giant cassowary". cassowary attacks are rare because they are timid and reclusive birds but they can strike with peculiar forces if provoked. In the year 2012 a male visitant who was taking photographs of the giant cassowary along with the photographer got kicked from behind by the giant cassowary he fell from the mountainside and but he was very lucky to survive that catastrophe. By the time when people came to rescue him the cassowary had dispersed in the rainforest. The cassowary claw is immensely berserk it is a dagger-like five- inch claw that can easily rip apart any human belly or throat. Besides its appalling reputation in birds society cassowaries also have a very different parenting pattern as their males nurture the babies but this is not the only weird thing about them come mating copulation season the female cassowary copulates with several males regardless of their sizes and difference in attitude. After laying her eggs the female abandons them, at which point the male takes over. The male cassowary endures all the hardships of the maternal duties and nurtures his chicks with great care the dad cassowary teaches the nestlings how to forage for them so that when he eventually chases them away, the youngsters can defend themselves. The main daiquiri of cassowary is assorted fruits and wild berries. every day the southern specimen gobbles up roughly 11 pounds ' worth. The big birds also eat fungi and dead animals for some bonus proteins. cassowaries also dine on their own excretion as their excretal mostly consist of half-digested fruits.
Both male and female cassowaries have a phallic looking pseudo penis appendage. however, it is not connected to their reproductive organs internally their unique method of copulation and sexing has given them a very eminent place in the modern day world. During mating the male ejaculate through his cloaca an orifice that lies at the base of the pseudo-penis and not the tip. According to the 1999 report 150 cases have been reported of cassowary attack on humans only twenty-two per cent were those in which cassowary was defending his chicks or eggs and seventy-three per cent involved a cassowary associated people with free meals. Lastly, it can be said that if you are living in Australia the territory of cassowaries then you should be very pondering about handling those rare exotic birds.