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Moreover, not only is the cassowary Asia's largest bird, within New Guinea, the cassowary is the island's second largest terrestrial animal after the introduction of Cervidaes such as the rusa deer, chital, and fallow deer. [25] All cassowaries' feathers consist of a shaft and loose barbules. They do not have rectrices (tail feathers) or a ...
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics, famines, or genocides.
The Emu War (or Great Emu War) [2] was a nuisance wildlife management military operation undertaken in Australia over the later part of 1932 to address public concern over the number of emus, a large flightless bird indigenous to Australia, said to be destroying crops in the Campion district within the Wheatbelt of Western Australia.
The 29-year-old commander of German submarine U-203 died during a World War II patrol southwest of the Azores when he dove from the sub's conning tower to swim in the ocean. The boat lurched suddenly, and Mützelburg's head and shoulder struck the sub.
Cassowary. Cassowaries have a reputation for being dangerous to people and domestic animals. [5] The 2007 edition of the Guinness World Records lists the cassowary as the world's most dangerous bird. During World War II American and Australian troops stationed in New Guinea were warned to steer clear of them.
Standing over 6 feet tall, the southern cassowary sports bristly black plumage, a dark blue neck, a lighter shade of blue on its head, and two red skin flaps hanging from its neck.
War of the First Coalition: 21,400 7,400 Siege of Mantua: 1796–1797 War of the First Coalition: 51,000 51,000 Siege of Genoa: 1800 War of the Second Coalition: 28,000 28,000 Siege of Danzig: 1807 War of the Fourth Coalition: 17,900 17,900 Second Siege of Zaragoza: 1808–1809 Peninsular War: 64,000 [10] 64,000 First Siege of Sevastopol: 1854 ...
The cassowary has claws up to 125 mm (4.9 in) long. [56] Ostrom cited Gilliard (1958) in saying that they can sever an arm or disembowel a man. [ 57 ] Kofron (1999 and 2003) studied 241 documented cassowary attacks and found that one human and two dogs had been killed, but no evidence that cassowaries can disembowel or dismember other animals.