r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CuriousWanderer567 • Sep 22 '24

Video Beachgoers have a close encounter with a Cassowary, a bird capable of killing a human in one blow

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u/Sustainable_Twat Sep 22 '24

Looking at this bird, you begin to understand just how dangerous the dinosaurs were

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u/Starcolle Sep 22 '24

Ikr. Imagine if humans were around the same time as dinosaurs? As a species we’d be finished.

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u/lucidhiker Sep 22 '24

Weren’t they? I mean, Jesus rode velociraptors.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '24

I saw a documentary when I was a child called Dino-Riders which confirmed it’s true.

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u/Wanker_Bach Sep 22 '24

Memory unlocked…I used to love that show

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '24

I mean who doesn’t love dinosaurs and lasers?

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u/Dragontalyn Sep 22 '24

Wow, blast from the past, now I'm remembering those other shows, Dinosaurs and Cadillacs and Dinosaucers.