Apr 1, 2025 · A man in his 70s was attacked by a cassowary in his backyard in Far North Queensland. He was taken to Tully Hospital with a wound several centimetres long on one of his thighs.

Apr 14, 2019 · In 2012, an Australian tourist named Dennis Ward was kicked off a cliff into a body of water by a cassowary when he and his family were visiting Babinda Boulders in Queensland.

A 2003 historical study of 221 southern cassowary attacks showed that 150 had been against humans: 75% of these had been from southern cassowaries that had been fed by people, 71% of the time the …

Jun 21, 2022 · On April 12, 2019, a 75-year-old man was attacked by a southern cassowary in Florida while collecting an egg, resulting in critical injuries and his eventual death hours later.

Apr 17, 2025 · As lethal attacks are so rare, let’s examine the two cases where cassowary attacks were fatal. The Southern Cassowary is known to have killed at least two humans. The first known …

Aug 28, 2019 · Investigators performed the autopsy less than 24 hours after the attack in April on a farm in Alachua, northwest of Gainesville. The bird was a flightless, exotic cassowary being bred.

Apr 15, 2019 · A Florida man was killed by “ the world’s most dangerous bird ” last Friday, becoming one of the few known cases of death-by-cassowary in modern history.

Apr 15, 2019 · The Alachua County Sheriff's office told CBS affiliate WGFL-TV that a cassowary killed the man Friday on the property near Gainesville, likely using its long claws. The victim was apparently...

Jun 13, 2024 · The Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) lives only in Australia, with land clearing, car strikes, pigs and dogs serving as the main threats to its survival.

Southern cassowary size and strength combine to create one of nature’s most devastating weapons. In fact, cassowaries have been known to chase their victims at speeds of up to 50kph and launch …