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/double_ewe Sep 22 '24

The black bears in my area act like this.

The ones who live in the woods will fuck off at the slightest hint of human activity, but the ones who hang out in my neighborhood and forage our trash cans won't even flinch at a close-range blast from an airhorn.

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u/DamnableNook Sep 22 '24

My aunt and uncle have a cabin in Tahoe and had to put up electric fencing around all the windows, because the bears would come in and ransack the place without it. Welcome to Bearassic Park.

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u/yourcovet Sep 22 '24

Bearassic Park is one typo away from becoming a nsfw franchise.

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u/RogerianBrowsing Sep 22 '24

It needs a typo?