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The older McClean then tripped and fell to the ground. While he was on the ground, the cassowary kicked him in the neck, opening a 1.25 cm (0.5 in) wound that may have severed his jugular vein. The boy died of his injuries shortly thereafter. [14] Another human death due to a southern cassowary was recorded in Florida, United States on 12 April ...
The southern cassowary is endangered in Queensland. Kofron and Chapman, when they assessed the decline of this species, found that of the former cassowary habitat, only 20–25% remains. Habitat loss and fragmentation is the primary cause of decline. [56]
Edward Blyth first identified the northern cassowary from a specimen from an aviary located in Calcutta, India, in 1860. [2] It is the most recently discovered of all the cassowary species. [4] The genus name Casuarius is derived from the Malay word kesuari "cassowary", while the species name unappendiculatus refers to the species' single ...
The total number of cassowary species described, based on minor differences in casque shape and color variations, formerly reached nine. [4] Now, however, only three species are recognized, and most authorities only acknowledge few subspecies or none at all. The fossil record of casuariforms is interesting, but not very extensive.
In New Guinea, cassowary eggs are brought back to villages and the chicks raised for eating as a much-prized delicacy, despite (or perhaps because of) the risk they pose to life and limb. They reach up to 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) tall and weigh as much as 85 kilograms (187 lb) [ 18 ]
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Dwarf cassowary in Lae, New Guinea. The scientific name commemorates the Australian naturalist George Bennett. [4] He was the first scientist to examine these birds after a few were brought to Australia aboard a ship. Recognising them as a new species of cassowary, he sent specimens back to England, where other taxonomists confirmed his perception.
Hinchinbrook Island (or Pouandai to the Biyaygiri people) [2] is an island in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [3] It lies east of Cardwell and north of Lucinda, separated from the north-eastern coast of Queensland by the narrow Hinchinbrook Channel.