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The Cassowary is a large bird found in Papua New Guinea & Australia. Imagine a man-sized turkey with an attitude and a large sharp claw like a Velociraptor. The owner, from Alachua, FL died from injuries. Why would you keep one ?? https://www.baynews9.com/fl/ta...XybjXG19JPVS73JMO5qAThis message has been edited. Last edited by: Archie Teuthis, Less is more. | ||
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Birds are the most direct distant relative to dinosaurs alive on the planet, and Cassowary are large dangerous wild animals. Darwin wins twice.  fallout shady sands“Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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Telecom Ronin |
I heard a description of the bird......sounds like a long removed relative of a velociraptor. Yup....let's keep a huge ass bird with a razor sharp talon....and the mental capacity of a angry 2year old. Darwin at its best | |||
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“Yes, but they are highly intelligent and loving pets”  | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
Really big family coming for Thanksgiving. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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How would you write that eulogy ? Or better yet, make a life insurance claim after such an event. It has been said to laugh at the dead and cry for the born....certainly fits in this scenario. | |||
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"Initial information indicates that this was a tragic accident for Mr. Hajos," No kidding? | |||
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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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He was a breeder of an endangered animal. Ya don't fall down around a predator... 75 yr old didn't stay vigilante... | |||
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I fed one by hand in Australia. In a very controlled environment, because I’m not stupid. A cassowary does not make an excellent pet. Probably not bad for perimeter security, though. -Rob I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888 A=A | |||
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He obviously never played Far Cry 3, those things are crazy! | |||
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Those things are big mean birds. I have yet to encounter a Cassowary that is not aggressive. The one I saw in Sydney was pacing aggressively back and forth eyeing people who wandered near its exhibit. The Norfolk VA Zoo has a Cassowary too and it isn’t friendly either. I have no idea why anyone would want to own such an ornery bird that happens to have HUGE claws. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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Emotional support bird? Are they allowed on airlines? Calgary Shooting Centre | |||
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I think many people just want to own a 'big bad animal' just because they can. I saw one at a zoo. That animal was NOT something to trifle with. Even behind bars, it had a very threatening attitude. There is no way I would set foot in that animal's enclosure. They are literal Velociraptors. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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They have some at our local zoo. There was a guy there talking about them one day, said they are nasty aggressive mofos and they will end your day real quick. Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day | |||
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In Florida. | |||
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Dude was 75. Darwin wasn't in play for this guy. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Just for comparison to the above photo, here is a photo of a model foot and claws of a Velociraptor from the National Museum:  | |||
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| Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
No, they are literal Cassowaries, figurative Velociraptors, and dangerous as proposing to a stripper in a Tijuana bar. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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You've done that too? הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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