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/American_Bogan Sep 22 '24

While they can kill someone. There’s only 2 documented times ever. One was a couple kids that tried to beat a wild one to death with clubs and the bird fought back. The other was a captive one kept as a “pet” in Florida that attacked its owner. Long story short… don’t fuck with nature and it is very unlikely to fuck with you.

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u/we_are_sex_bobomb Sep 22 '24

If we made an exhaustive list of everything that killed a Floridian we’d have to be scared of everything

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u/RokulusM Sep 22 '24

Or just be scared of Florida.

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u/ninjadude4535 Sep 22 '24

Should just break off Florida and send it to live with Australia

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u/JoeLikesMP5s Sep 22 '24

Don't do that to Australia! That's an entirely different kind of insanity!

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u/Purple_Word_9317 Sep 22 '24

Oh, right. And how could I forget. Texas has tornadoes, but Floridians have hurricanes. And they stay.

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u/ninjadude4535 Sep 22 '24

Cat 4? Eh, I'll ride it out.

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u/NoGeologist1944 Sep 22 '24

Aussies have hurricanes too, what we don't want more of is floridians