Warning as bold cassowaries pester north Queensland campers for food

August 28, 2024 10:56 AM

Warning as bold cassowaries pester north Queensland campers for food. Wildlife rangers are urging visitors not to feed cassowaries after filming video of a pair of the big and potentially dangerous birds getting too close for comfort.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (11 comments total)

Cute birbs! Deadly birbs.
posted by grumpybear69 at 12:37 PM on August 28

You need to get yours to teach those others how to be useful and not mean…
posted by Windopaene at 12:39 PM on August 28 [2 favorites]

The dinosaurs never left – they're just not evenly distributed
posted by scruss at 12:42 PM on August 28 [1 favorite]

"The idea of cassowaries being friends with humans is a cartoon idea, it's not reality," Professor Valentine said.

Someone is not getting a ride from a certain chariot….
posted by GenjiandProust at 1:12 PM on August 28 [2 favorites]

Saw a Cassowary very long ago at the San Diego Zoo, great zoo I guess but the only thing I recall is the coolest bird ever. It would be so cool to see one in the wild.
posted by sammyo at 2:09 PM on August 28 [1 favorite]

Get out of the road, cassowary chicks!!! 🫣
posted by eirias at 2:49 PM on August 28 [1 favorite]

And now we've learned how the cassowaries were convinced to pull the chariot.
posted by ssg at 4:22 PM on August 28 [1 favorite]

Cute birbs! Deadly birbs.

Excellent birds. Watch them not fly, there they go!
posted by Nerd of the North at 4:35 PM on August 28 [5 favorites]

No casseroles for cassowaries, people.
posted by thivaia at 7:01 PM on August 28 [3 favorites]

yeah, they're more about cassoulet
posted by scruss at 8:09 AM on August 29

I mean, there's deliberately feeding and there's getting mugged for your lunch by a feathered dinosaur that can outrun you and knows that Human Food is fatty and delicious.
posted by ApathyGirl at 11:44 AM on August 29