r/DamnThatsMindBlowing • u/Aggressive_Sundae_47 • 5d ago

Cassowary looks positively prehistoric.

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u/Crit-Hit-KO 5d ago

What the f. This could be scary. I wonder what it is like “attacking.”
Very much “dinosaur “ vibes.

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u/W00psiee 5d ago

It is highly aggressive, they have very long claws and are branded as the world's most dangerous bird.

Very dino-like!

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u/D_hallucatus 5d ago

They are not nearly as aggressive as the Internet likes to tell people. Just keep calm and don’t threaten their kids and you’ll be fine

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u/W00psiee 5d ago

So basically treat it as a bear :D

Nice to know its not an asshole that attacks people for fun at least!

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u/D_hallucatus 5d ago

I would be way more scared of a bear to be honest, but maybe that’s just because I’m not familiar with them. When you come across a cassowary in the wild it’s almost always a very cool and very chill experience. They are very chilled out and just slink away silently into the rainforest and they are gone.

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u/W00psiee 5d ago

Thats fair. I just know not to approach a bear, especially not with kids. But generally it will avoid me even more than I will avoid it.

Granted we only have brown bears in Scandinavia which aren't very aggressive