Comments on: Cassowary

By: xaous

xaous — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:29:47 +0000

Serve that bitch up fried.

By: gloomer

gloomer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:14:09 +0000

find that teacher in whatever nursing home they inhabit… and have your revenge

By: thelastmadrox

thelastmadrox — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:44:08 +0000

I think my favorite part of this picture is the neckticles dangling in the breeze there.

Now all we need is a Cassowary vs. Goblin Shark in an Impossible Animal Deathmatch, the winner going on to face the reigning heavyweight champ, Duck-Billed Platypus.

By: ian_the_mic

ian_the_mic — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:03:46 +0000

I think it just needs a hug.

By: thelastmadrox

thelastmadrox — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:50:58 +0000

You are correct sir! That episode was “Almost Got ‘Em” and was one of my favorite episodes from that show. LOVED the commentary. When I heard that part, I couldn’t believe that someone else went through the same thing as me.

“I hit him with a rock!”

By: thelastmadrox

thelastmadrox — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:49:15 +0000

I read once that native warriors in New Guinea that were actually able to kill the bird would keep their claws as both a weapon and as a status symbol. If you carried a Cassowary claw you were considered to be a great and feared warrior.

By: Inev

Inev — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:42:34 +0000

There was a great piece of commentary for a Batman cartoon episode where the Penguin sics a cassowary on Batman. One of the scriptwriters spent the better part of an hour trying to describe a cassowary and convince the rest of the writers it was a real thing. This being before the internet, he showed up the next day with a children’s book of animals and the “C” section of an encyclopedia.

Cassowaries are weird. And angry as fuck.

By: GrandAdmiralThrawn

GrandAdmiralThrawn — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:19:33 +0000

Cassowaries have a reputation for being dangerous to people and domestic animals. 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. Many internet entries about cassowaries state that they can disembowel a man or dog with one kick, with the long second toe claw cutting the gut open.
In his book “Living Birds of the World” from 1958, Ornithologist Thomas E. Gilliard wrote;
“The inner or second of the three toes is fitted with a long, straight, murderous nail which can sever an arm or eviscerate an abdomen with ease. There are many records of natives being killed by this bird.”[14]

One documented human death caused by a cassowary was that of Phillip Mclean, aged 16 years old, aon 6 April 1926. He and his brother, aged 13, were attempting to beat the cassowary to death with clubs. They were accompanied by their dog. The bird kicked the younger boy, who fell and ran away. Then the older boy struck the bird. The bird charged and knocked the older boy to the ground. While on the ground, Phillip was kicked in the neck, opening a 1.25 centimeter wound. Phillip got up and ran but died shortly afterwards from the hemorrhaging blood vessel in his neck.[17]

One case of a dog that was kicked in the belly in 1995. The blow left no puncture, but there was severe bruising. The dog later died from an apparent intestinal rupture.

I really loled….beat with clubs lol…

By: GrandAdmiralThrawn

GrandAdmiralThrawn — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:15:55 +0000

hum….

the word “accosted” should be in that sentence somewhere….

By: GrandAdmiralThrawn

GrandAdmiralThrawn — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:13:24 +0000

I assume your mother went it and verbally the teacher?

I hope so. Cool looking made up animal though.