Primal Encounters

Episode Eight: An Apple A Day Keeps the Cassowary Away


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The cassowary is an odd yet ancient looking animal found within the rainforests of Queensland, Australia. Dubbed “the World’s Most Dangerous Bird”, it has a reputation for being aggressive and deadly to people. In this episode the A Team uses both historic as well as contemporary evidence to investigate that claim and determine once and for all if cassowaries truly deserve their formidable reputation.


Sources include:

Cassowary. In Our living world; New York, S. Hess, 1885. Biodiversity Heritage Library. (Cover Image)

https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1999.tb01206.x

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/27/world/early-humans-raised-cassowary-chicks-scn/index.html

https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/cassowary

https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/cassowary/taxonomy

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-three-species-of-the-cassowary-bird-living-today.html

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/how-dangerous-are-cassowaries-really/

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