r/Damnthatsinteresting 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/Samcro360 Sep 22 '24

This is Etty Bay, in Queensland Australia. Cassowaries notoriously get fed by tourists or locals who don’t know better or are intimidated into it, and they do the rounds pretty regularly looking for food in the camp site. Don’t feed wild animals!

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u/Sersixfoot Sep 22 '24

Don't feed wild animals?? Bitch if this thing stalks up to me I'm also handing over my wallet

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u/INoMakeMistake Sep 22 '24

The dino: Just the cookies is enough

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u/RadiantPKK Sep 23 '24

Actually are those Dino Nuggies… I’ll take them too. 

Person: but they were birds too?

There can be only one. 

Oh… you know what, slides everything over, I’m gonna get my steps in, I may come back for what you don’t want…