A Florida man was killed on Friday by what ornithologists say is the “world’s most dangerous bird.” It was a cassowary — an enormous, flightless bird around which even experienced zookeepers take precautions. He raised the animal on his farm, along with other exotic birds, authorities said. Cassowaries, of which there are three species, are native to the tropics of Queensland, Australia, and New Guinea. “You would wind up in the hospital for sure.”But cassowaries, while dangerous, tend to be reclusive, Slovak said. “It just came straight up to me, decided to pick on me for some reason, I don’t know what for,” Ward told the Cairns Post.

Source: Washington Post April 14, 2019 20:54 UTC