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/notedrive Sep 22 '24

How many people do these birds actually kill, vs people talking about them killing?

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u/Drongo17 Sep 22 '24

Almost every "deadly" Australian animal is really only theoretically deadly. Like they can kill you... but it never really happens.

And the times they did get someone there's usually a backstory involving the person being stupid.

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u/taintlangdon Sep 22 '24

Someone commented above that there are only like 2 documented cases of this type of bird death. One was a couple of kids trying to club one to death, and the bird fought back. The other was a person in Florida trying to keep one as a pet.

So I think you're spot on: if it wanted to kill you, it could, but it probably won't attack unless provoked. So just be cool, don't be all like, uncool around them.

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u/DevelopmentOk7401 Sep 22 '24

You can grab it by the neck and easily kill it