英语词汇“cassowary”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Kangaroos, emus, koalas, cassowaries, echidnas and dozens of other indigenous species roam this 24-hectare facility, presenting photo ops galore. Next Time You're in ... Melbourne 2011-11-03T07:20:00Z

Southern cassowary populations have been observed to be declining for almost 80 years, and the species was officially listed as endangered in 2000. Protecting Australia’s Most Charismatic Murder-Bird 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

In an upcoming study, he posits that the style of horns adorning Tyrannosaurus’s skull are distinct to each species, like the contrasting crests differentiating cassowary species. Splitting T. Rex Into 3 Species Becomes a Dinosaur Royal Rumble 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z

Among the animals they studied are ostriches, cassowary birds and wombats. Breaking down the real and mythical inspirations behind 'Shang-Chi's' mystical creatures 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

A black bear, a tortoise, meerkats, otters, elephants, hogs, hippos, jaguars, cassowaries, snow leopards, flamingos, piranhas, peccaries and howler monkeys. Halloween is near! Add these 14 L.A. activities to your spooky season checklist 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

And while people might have been eating the embryos, Douglass said, “there’s a great possibility that people were hatching those eggs and rearing cassowary chicks.” The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

That’s because the southern cassowary, for all its fearsome reputation, is powerfully shy, and remarkably good at making itself scarce. Protecting Australia’s Most Charismatic Murder-Bird 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

Others include the howler monkeys, cassowary, maned wolf and green iguana. Central Louisiana zoo still repairing damage from Laura 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z

At Cairns airport in far north Queensland, the ruler of choice is the 1.5 metre wide, and potentially deadly, cassowary. Social distancing signs and posters: how many kangaroos is 1.5m? 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

Among the 300 animals bagged were a Sumatran tiger, two black leopards, a clouded leopard, a Komodo dragon, a giant squirrel, a cassowary, a king cobra — and four giraffes. Perspective | As a kid, he urged the National Zoo to get giraffes. As an adult, he brought gorillas. 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z

To support this claim, she points to some Indigenous groups on the island that prize cassowary meat and feathers as ritual and trade goods. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

Another study7 investigated a different basis for flight loss in ratites — a group of birds that includes the cassowary, ostrich and kiwi, and in which flight was lost multiple times in the deep past. Genomic mechanisms for the evolution of flightlessness in steamer ducks 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z

The razor-clawed cassowary is one of among 100 exotic animals from the departed owner's estate going up for auction. Large, flightless bird that killed Florida man set to be auctioned 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

In Queensland, the cassowary – whose claws are 12.5cm long – is the reminder of choice at Cairns airport. Social distancing signs and posters: how many kangaroos is 1.5m? 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

The Gainesville Sun reports that a permit is normally required to possess, sell or publicly exhibit cassowaries, but breeders are exempt from the rule. Victim didn’t have permit for large, flightless bird 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

They still raise cassowary chicks from eggs taken out of wild nests. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

He said the cassowary that killed Hajos “remains secured on private property.” Florida officials investigating after large exotic bird kills 75-year-old owner 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

"The cassowary is rightfully considered the most dangerous bird in the world," according to the San Diego Zoo. Large, flightless bird that killed Florida man set to be auctioned 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

“The cassowary can slice open any predator or potential threat with a single swift kick. Powerful legs help the cassowary run up to 31 mph through the dense forest underbrush,” the website says. One of the world’s most dangerous birds kills its owner in Florida 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

Alachua County Sheriff Department told the BBC they were called to the man's property on Friday and found the man badly wounded by a cassowary. Large flightless bird kills Florida man 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z

In order to fetch cassowary eggs at a consistent level of development — whether to eat them or hatch them — the ancient New Guineans had to know specifically when and where cassowaries were nesting, Douglass said. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

The fire rescue department in Alachua county told the Gainesville Sun newspaper the cassowary killed the man on Friday on his property near Gainesville, in the north of the state, likely using its long claws. Cassowary attack: giant bird kills owner in Florida after he fell 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z

According to The Associated Press, the Alachua County Fire Rescue Department told The Gainesville Sun that a cassowary killed the man Friday on land near Gainesville, likely using its exceedingly long claws. Large, flightless bird attacks and kills its fallen owner 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z

She said the commission lists the cassowary as a type of wildlife that can “pose a danger to people.” One of the world’s most dangerous birds kills its owner in Florida 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission consider cassowary a Class II species, which require a permit for ownership. Large flightless bird kills Florida man 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z

That precision implies sophisticated knowledge — even management — of cassowary movements. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

The San Diego zoo’s website calls cassowaries the world’s most dangerous bird with a 10cm dagger-like claw on each foot. Cassowary attack: giant bird kills owner in Florida after he fell 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z

According to the San Diego Zoo's website, cassowaries are the world's most dangerous bird, boasting a four-inch claw on each foot. Large, flightless bird attacks and kills its fallen owner 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z

The Alachua County Fire Rescue Department told the Gainesville Sun that a cassowary killed the man Friday on the property near Gainesville, likely using its long claws. One of the world’s most dangerous birds kills its owner in Florida 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

To get the mandatory permit, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission requires cassowary owners to have “substantial experience” and meet specific cage requirements, spokeswoman Karen Parker told the newspaper. Authorities: Large, flightless bird kills its Florida owner 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z

Just don’t try to hatch cassowaries at home, if you know what’s good for you. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

The Alachua County Fire Rescue Department told the Gainesville Sun that a cassowary killed the man Friday on his property near Gainesville, likely using its long claws. A large, flightless bird kills its Florida owner 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z

Officials said they also recovered bearcats, cockatoos, and cassowary birds from the suspected smuggling ring. Rare Komodo dragon smuggling attempt foiled 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

The San Diego Zoo’s website calls the cassowary the world’s most dangerous bird with a four-inch, dagger-like claw on each foot. One of the world’s most dangerous birds kills its owner in Florida 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

Towhees, essentially bulkier everyman sparrows, are Franzen’s favourite bird, which is perhaps surprising given the planet is inhabited by cassowaries, bald eagles and iridescent birds of paradise. Jonathan Franzen: 'Climate change isn't only reason for bird decline' 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

The southern cassowary is often called the world’s most dangerous bird. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

These houses are richly decorated with murals and carvings of all manner of creatures - from pigs and cassowaries to snakes and eagles. The place where men cut their skin to resemble crocodiles 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z

The most common bone weapons came from the legs of giant flightless birds called cassowaries. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

To obtain a mandatory permit, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission requires cassowary owners to have “substantial experience” and meet specific cage requirements, spokeswoman Karen Parker told the newspaper. One of the world’s most dangerous birds kills its owner in Florida 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

Yet, historical cassowary daggers tend be relatively flat, whereas human bone daggers are relatively more curved, and nobody is quite sure why. These daggers made from human bone were a deadly asset on the battlefield 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

In 2019, kicks from a captive cassowary mortally wounded a Florida man. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

Millions of years ago, the eggs would likely have been a greener color, Wiemann says, perhaps similar to eggs laid by Australia’s ground-nesting emus and cassowaries today, which blend in well with the surrounding vegetation. Dinosaurs Laid Blue Eggs—And That's a Big Deal 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

Slaying a cassowary was a source of status, and better still was to have a dagger carved from a warrior's bones, Dominy said, to capture that person's symbolic power and strength. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

The species, which has not yet been formally named, has a domed crest on its head, like that of a modern-day cassowary, and walked on two legs. Dinosaur trio roosted together like birds 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

The human thigh daggers’ curvature granted the blades more mechanical strength, able to withstand about 31% more force than the cassowary daggers before breaking, the researchers report in Royal Society Open Science. These daggers made from human bone were a deadly asset on the battlefield 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

Those settlers found rainforests stalked by large, irritable, razor-footed cassowaries — and eventually worked out how to put them to use. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

They resembled cassowaries and ostriches but were about as heavy as a rhino and as tall as an elephant. Baby Louie, the Dinosaur Orphan, Finds Its Species at Last 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

The scientists also purchased a modern cassowary bone dagger carved in the 1970s. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

The cassowaries are BRUTAL, and their kangaroos are attacking innocent dogs. Opinion | It’s about time someone attacked Australia. Thank you, President Trump. 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z

The ratites include African ostriches and emus, cassowaries, and kiwis, all of the South Pacific and greater and lesser rheas of South America. World’s Biggest Birds Are Stellar Dads and Unusual Lovers

Among those remains were 1,019 fragments of cassowary eggshell, likely plucked from wild cassowary nests. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

But birds with proportionally larger body types — like doves, ostriches and the giant New Zealand cassowary — do. Think dinosaurs roared like in ‘Jurassic Park’? The truth, new research says, is a bit wimpier. 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

This demonstration showed that cassowary bones are “extremely dense,” Dominy said. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

“An ostrich is mean, a cassowary will kill you,” he said. Flight of the flightless bird: the emu that made headlines for fleeing a wildfire 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Mrs Leach said she was happy Peanut did not leave any evidence of his visit, as cassowary poo was large, purple and tended to stain. Cassowary's surprise visit spooks Australian family - BBC News 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

A male southern cassowary feeds on quandongs, a type of fruit, in Queensland, Australia. Which Animals Have the Longest Claws? 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z

If a non-avian dinosaur whooshed like a bird, with its throat puffed up, the scientists suggest it may have sounded like the most intimidating large-bodied birds of today: ostriches and cassowaries. Think dinosaurs roared like in ‘Jurassic Park’? The truth, new research says, is a bit wimpier. 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

In fact, in terms of their mechanical properties, the cassowary bones are “striking similarly to our human femur.” New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

"It is related to the cassowary and the ostrich which are still with us today." Rare elephant bird egg could fetch more than $70,000 at auction 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

These include unisexual whiptail lizards and deadbeat cassowary moms, which abandon hatchlings to Dad’s care. Soon enough, women will run the world — and it will be a better place 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

Since taking over as zoo curator two years ago, Dr. Valitutto has brought in such animals as Patagonian cavies, a cassowary and a capybara, more than doubling the collection of animals, to 1,500. Staten Island Zoo Capitalizes on the Small and Obscure 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Other images taken include the dwarf cassowary, the grizzled tree kangaroo and the hooded pitohui, the only poisonous bird in the world. Tiny wallaby among three newly discovered mammals in remote forest 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Given the similarities between bird and human bone, the scientists applied the cassowary data to 3-D computer models of the human weapons. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

The group, which boasts some of the world's largest birds, includes emus and cassowaries in Australia, rheas in South America, ostriches in Africa and kiwis in New Zealand. Little kiwi, huge extinct elephant bird were birds of a feather 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

That's because two decades ago, Cooper and other scientists discovered genetic links between the kiwi and two Australian flightless birds, the cassowary and the emu. Kiwi DNA link spurs rethink of flightless birds 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

“Another zoo donated money because they loved what we were doing. The Dallas World Aquarium sent us a couple thousand dollars. It was like, ‘Here, go get your cassowary.’ Staten Island Zoo Capitalizes on the Small and Obscure 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Did similar evolutionary pressures drive the evolution of hornbill, cassowary and ornithischian casques and crests? The Splendid and Remarkable Anatomy of Hornbills 2014-04-22T12:30:38Z

In the simulations, the human daggers proved to be much stronger than the cassowary versions. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

The first indication that a new, gigantic cassowary awaited discovery came from my examination of Edward P. Kelledy’s expedition log of 1845, a little-known account of an ill-fated expedition to Australia’s Cape York Peninsula. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

Well of course I didn’t suppose a cassowary had sent up his card. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z

The second-largest bird in the world after the ostrich, cassowaries can grow to 160 pounds and have large, wedge-shaped crests, or casques, on top of their heads. Staten Island Zoo Capitalizes on the Small and Obscure 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

As regards the epiornis, the position is not universally acceded to by naturalists that the creature was like the ostrich, the apteryx, and cassowary, a mere walking bird. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z

Dominy was not entirely sure why the cassowary bones were engineered to be weaker, but he suspects the flatness of the cassowary dagger might have prioritized comfort over strength. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

Over the past several years, remarkable images showing what appear to be gigantic cassowaries have been obtained at the GaffaMondo Field Station in Queensland. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

Oh, Cyril, 'I wish I was a cassowary, on the banks of the Timbuctoo.' The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

But though it can attack humans and dogs, it mostly tussles with other cassowaries. Staten Island Zoo Capitalizes on the Small and Obscure 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Among birds, the emeu, the cassowary, and the apteryx are species rapidly vanishing; amongst quadrupeds, the kangaroo—the platypus: others slowly, but not less surely. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z

In some birds, the number of toes is reduced to three: the cassowary shows this reduction; in others, the number is still further diminished—the ostrich, for example, has but two. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z

Depictions of ancient war cassowaries are widespread in the ancient world. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

There is a bird eight feet high, partly cassowary, partly ostrich, that when attacked kicks like a horse, or more like a cow, because it kicks sideways. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z

In the cassowary, and emeu, the old feathers similarly adhere for a time to the tips of the new; but in these birds the feathers are moulted singly as in other birds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z

Just before we turned into Braun's a huge cassowary, with three chicks, stalked on to the track ahead. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z

The emeu is a bird of the plain, the cassowary of the forest. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z

Just as we were wrapping up the first draft of our manuscript on our thrilling new cassowary species, a whole new avenue of research was opened up entirely by chance. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

There are many large and respectable birds;—the long-legged stork, the crane, the bustard, the heron, the eagle, the vulture, the cassowary; but all these are mere dwarfs compared with the ostrich. The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z

The wing of apteryx, like that of the cassowary, has become extremely reduced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z

Not much seems to be known of the habits of any of the cassowaries in a state of nature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z

Starting with the kiwi and cassowary, people have got into the habit of confounding flightless with wingless conditions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z

It’s well known that cassowaries were traded far and wide in the ancient world. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

The cassowary differs from the ostriches in many respects. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z

These feathers are specially interesting, inasmuch as they retain throughout life a stage corresponding to that seen in the very young cassowary, the calamus being greatly swollen, and supporting a very degenerate rhachis and vane. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z

The last of these are now known as rheas, and the preceding as cassowaries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z

Another chief feature is the extraordinary development of the cassowaries, the richness and specialization of the kingfishers, parrots, pigeons, honey-suckers and some remarkable flycatchers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z

It was at one of the many showbiz parties we attend that I happened to learn from Reese Witherspoon about the carved depiction of a gigantic cassowary on a piece of Cambodian stonework. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

There are upwards of 650 different species of birds, the largest being the emu, or Australian ostrich, and a species of cassowary. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis

A pollex is wanting, as in the cassowary, emeu and apteryx, while it is impossible to say whether remiges are represented or not. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z

It has an immense aquarium, pavilions of birds, and a garden for ostriches and cassowaries, and its principal avenue is one hundred yards wide. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands

The Bandanese pay occasional visits to shoot bears and deer; there are numbers of wild goats and cattle; and among birds are mentioned cassowaries, cockatoos, birds of paradise, and the swallows that furnish edible nests. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics"

Cambodian stonework depicting man and ox with Maximum cassowary: indisputable evidence that people knew of Maximum cassowaries in ancient times and shipped them from Australasia to Asia. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

Personally, I have eaten the flesh of elephants, wolves, cassowaries, porcupines, bears, kangaroos, rats, cats, and horses. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections

The wing of the cassowary, emeu and apteryx has undergone complete degeneration; so much so that only a vestige of the hand remains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z

A daring attempt by a Sinn Feiner to approach the Viceregal Lodge under cover of a cassowary is said to be responsible for the order. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920

For example, the wings of the running birds, like the ostrich, emeu, cassowary, etc., the legs of which become exceedingly developed. Was Man Created?

Which cassowary species were the peoples of the ancient world using as battle beasts? The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

They hastily produce anything they have—anything to conciliate the contemptuous cassowary. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly

In the emeu the wing is less atrophied than in the cassowary, but is not yet completely degenerate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z

Its build was something like that of a gigantic cassowary, but its thighs and long blue shanks were proportionately more massive. In the Morning of Time

"The proud cassowary, the stateliest bird of Australia . . . this beautiful and comparatively rare creature.'" Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

But what really blew us away was the fact that some historic images clearly show that Maximum cassowaries had been transported far and wide, and that they’d been used as armoured battle steeds. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

Perhaps there is something in the habits of the cassowary himself that explains these offerings. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly

But, as he enters, Mr. Chalmers is felled from behind with a stone club, stabbed with a cassowary dagger, and instantly beheaded. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds

A few of the aborigines, however, make themselves cloaks of opossum or kangaroo skin, stitching the pieces together with the nerve-fibres of the cassowary; but this kind of garment is of rare occurrence. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century

They are cassowaries, with drooping dark-brown feathers that look rather out of curl, and necks of crimson and blue. The Children's Book of London

Photograph of pages from Kelledy's lost journal: our first indication that Maximum cassowary exists. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

The festive cassowary—which, by-the-bye, doesn't abound—or exist—on the plains of Timbuctoo, as the rhyme says—the festive cassowary, I say, wears his gullet plain. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly

The figure is a fairly accurate representation of an immature cassowary. Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects

A mermaid also was exhibited—defunct, I presume—and a living cassowary five feet high, that swallowed stones as large as an egg. Customs and Fashions in Old New England

The island abounded with cassowaries, the East Indian ostrich, and wild hogs. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold

In describing and illustrating his observations, Kelledy documented a giant cassowary observed in the rainforest, substantially larger than recognised species and with proportions indicating adaptation for high-browsing. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

The cassowary always comes to meet you at the bars with a look of grave inquiry. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly

It is worthy of note that the Arabic name of the cassowary is ‘ne�ma’, and that there were many Arab traders in the Malayan Archipelago at the time when the Portuguese first navigated it. Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects

He had received from the Indies, by the last ships, two ostriches or cassowaries which were shut up and much prized, though they are very common in Holland. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680

Among the rarer birds which are now on the market to compensate us may be mentioned the bobolink, the dwarf cassowary, the Bombay duckling and the skewbald fintail. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914

We found extra nostrils, digits and pelvic bones on the cassowaries, as well as several bigfoot-like creatures in the background. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

One cassowary who died recently was found to contain one and eightpence in copper. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly

The Wiener Schnitzel with noodles is very——" "Nix," said Scandalous; "if the cassowary licked us, what chance would we stand against the bison? From Place to Place

The creature was an emu; of the same family as the African ostrich, the rhea of America, and the cassowary of the Indian archipelago. Twice Lost

The bird seen by the party was a species of cassowary, which is found in Java and other East India islands. The South Sea Whaler

This big, female Maximum cassowary was a giant, perhaps 4 m tall. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

And as he takes it, an expression steals across the cassowary's face which seems to admit that perhaps the fellow isn't such a shocking outsider after all. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly

Young cassowaries also, striped with black and brown, ran about as tame as barn-door fowls. In the Eastern Seas

Now, I won’t use my revolver yet, but I’ve got four cartridges of BB shot that were meant for cassowaries or wild swans. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle

One form is exemplified by the ostrich, rhea, emeu, cassowary, apteryx, dinornis, &c. On the Genesis of Species

In the end, Maximum cassowaries were always there, hidden in the literature and simply waiting for us to recognise them and tie all these disconnected threads together. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

A petticoat of leaves encircled his waist: a mask of leaves, surmounted by tufts of cassowary and pigeon feathers, concealed his head; and in his hands he carried brooms of coco-nut palm leaf. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia

He was the same of whom the Gander, the poet-laureate, had written the poem commencing— "It was a noble cassowary, On the plains of Timbuctoo, That gobbled up a missionary Body, bones, and hymn-book too." St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3

It is evident, then, that De Bry had not, at that time, seen a sketch or description of the dodo: if he had, he would not thus have confounded it with the cassowary. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852

Above all, near the leaden granitic sky, were immense birds, more powerful than the cassowary and the ostrich, which spread their mighty wings and fluttered against the huge stone vault of the inland sea. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

The use of armoured war cassowaries in, like, war. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

The men hunt cassowaries, wallabies, and wild pigs, and they catch fish by both nets and traps. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia

It is true that the Tasmanians may have shot the bird to pieces and mended the skin with bits of cassowary hide here and there. In Search of the Unknown

From that hour the cassowary occupied a large niche in my heart. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.)

The dancers are all arrayed in full dancing ornaments, including their heavy head feather erections, and chiefs also wear their cassowary feathers; and they all carry their drums and spears, and sometimes clubs or adzes. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea

As nice as the GaffaMondo images are, we always hoped that somebody, someday, somehow would photograph or film a Maximum cassowary in daylight. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z

From the droppings about, I should say the cassowary and pig abound in the gullies about this mountain. Adventures in New Guinea

A casoar, or cassowary, would, of course, be called an ostrich, and here we have for the first time in history a picturesque description of that Australasian bird. The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts.

Perhaps if our geographical position had changed to Timbuctoo, and I had been a missionary with hymn-book in hand, the cassowary might have realized my expectations. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.)

The bows and arrows employed for hunting animals and cassowaries are also the same as those used for war; but these are not much used. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea

Nowhere else in the world do we find those very oldest types of birds represented by the cassowaries, the emus, and the mooruk of New Britain. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science

Some are quite light copper-coloured, others are very dark; nearly all are dressed with cassowary feathers; many with ruffs round their necks made from these feathers. Adventures in New Guinea

Many a cassowary has been complaining bitterly of the high cost of this comestible. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14

I am sorry to intrude upon your privacy, dear friends, but have you observed a cassowary on this island, apparently looking for something? Second Plays

They wear their full dancing ornaments, including their black cassowary feather ornaments and the enormous feather erections on their heads, which for chiefs are even larger and heavier than for other people. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea

Thus we may explain the origin of so many flightless and rather bulky birds in oceanic islands, as the dodo, the cassowary, and the extinct moas. Darwinism (1889)

The majority of the men are bearded and moustached, and have cassowary feathers like a pad behind, on which they sit. Adventures in New Guinea

In the cases before the visitor are the African ostrich, and his relations, the Australian cassowary, and the American emu—all characterised by the absence of a hind toe. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits

The third side-course, the pliocene, was goodliest of all:—whole-roasted elephants, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses, stuffed with boiled ostriches, condors, cassowaries, turkeys. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II

Such parties hunt the larger game with spears, clubs and adzes, and shoot the birds, other than cassowaries, with bows and arrows. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea

Whales, like moas and cassowaries, carry us back to a remote past, of whose conditions we know too little for safe speculation. Darwinism (1889)

We saw no game of any kind, yet the cassowary must abound somewhere near, as every one of the natives wears great head-dresses and neck-ruffs made from the feathers. Adventures in New Guinea

Of course there were birds and beasts, and cages populous with monkeys; and there was an emeu—the weird bird that can not fly, the Australian cassowary. In the Footprints of the Padres

The cassowary is as large as a Virginia turkey, having a head nearly the same with the turkey, with a long stiff bunch of hair on his breast, also like the turkey. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time.

The animals chiefly hunted are pigs, kangaroos, wallabies, the “Macgregor bear,”1 large snakes, cassowaries and other birds. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea

Two cassowaries were seen upon it, and many tracks of men, dogs, and kangaroos. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2

The chief is rather a fine-looking fellow, and dressed profusely with cassowary feathers. Adventures in New Guinea

You are less use than an empty tin can, you dowey old cassowary.' A Diversity of Creatures

Some of the party saw several large running birds; which, according to their description, seemed to have been the emu or cassowary. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1

Any chiefs who may be among them wear their black cassowary feather ornaments, like those of the host chiefs. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea

Fillets of cassowary feathers, fur of the spotted bare-tailed opossum, or woven stuff studded with shells, were often seen. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2

This figurehead, called tabura, is elaborately cut into various devices, painted red and white, and decorated with white egg-shells and feathers of the cassowary and bird of paradise. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1

Other species frequent the reeds, and the surface of the water is covered with geese of different kinds, among which is that whose head bears a fleshy tubercle like that of the cassowary. Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 Undertaken by Order of the French Government, Comprising an Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, the Sufferings of the Crew, and the Various Occurrences on Board the Raft, in the Desert of Zaara, at St. Louis, and at the Camp of Daccard. to Which Are Subjoined Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia.

Not less than thirty emus or cassowaries were seen at different times; but it so happened that they were fired at only once, and that ineffectually. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1

Birds of all kinds, except cassowaries, are killed with bows and arrows. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea

Fritz had retired, and now came in dragging with difficulty his huge cassowary. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island

He was a tall slender man, of about forty years of age, with sharp Jewish features--his face and chest were painted black, and he wore a crest of cassowary feathers across his head. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1

In its general appearance it differed from the ostrich, cassowary, or any known bird. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832

Amongst the animal productions the kangaroo and cassowary hold the first ranks. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1

For instance, among the "Birds we read about" are the flamingo, cassowary, condor, and quetzal; the eagle owl is contrasted with the pygmy owl, and the peacock, lyre bird, albatross, swan, and pelican are displayed. Library Work with Children

Fritz had killed a large bird in the marsh, which I took at first for a young flamingo; but it was a young cassowary, the first I had seen in the island. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island

And the savages love them for their kind generousness, and give them pearls, and shells, and ivory, and cassowaries. The Story of the Amulet

It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O

Upon the beach were the foot marks of dogs, and some of the emu or cassowary. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1

The only bird I know above that height is the Paraguay cassowary; which, to be sure, is sometimes found in Brazil. Vivian Grey

Tropical plants, so named on account of the resemblance their leaves bear to the drooping feathers of the cassowary. The Mysterious Island

What difference is there between the internal structure of the cassowary and the ostrich? Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side

A year or two ago I had frequent opportunities for observing a pair of young cassowaries patiently, yet playfully, performing martial exercises. My Tropic Isle

For the shape of a horse or cassowary will be but rudely and imperfectly imprinted on the mind by words; the sight of the animals doth it a thousand times better. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4

Oh! why did I not say a Columbian cassowary, or a Peruvian penguin, or a Chilian condor, or a Guatemalan goose, or a Mexican mastard; anything but Brazilian. Vivian Grey

A species of cassowary found principally in Australia, and sometimes called Australian cassowary. The Mysterious Island

The duck needs twenty-five days, the turkey twenty-seven, the peacock thirty-one, the swan forty-two, and the cassowary sixty-five. The Evolution of Man — Volume 2

Play and significant offensive tactics were undoubtedly blended in the pastimes of the cassowary. My Tropic Isle

Of large birds the most conspicuous candidates for training in park life are the ostriches, emus, cassowaries, cranes, pelicans, swans, egrets and herons, geese, ducks, pheasants, macaws and cockatoos, curassows, eagles and vultures. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations

The only living specimen of that extraordinary bird, the Paraguay cassowary, in this country, is in my possession. Vivian Grey

For this reason they are sometimes called cassowary trees. The Mysterious Island

A fair weight for a full-grown cassowary is 150 lb., and the egg weighs 1 lb. Confessions of a Beachcomber

Scrub hens and scrub turkeys, cassowaries, wallabies, huge carpet snakes, pigeons, fruits and nuts, bees' nests, and decayed trees full of great white grubs were there in plenty. My Tropic Isle

An Italian will cook and eat anything he can kill that has wings on it, from a cassowary to a katydid. Europe Revised

At the head of the birds the cassowary or emu, stands conspicuous. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson

One of the police shot a large cassowary, and also a large wild pig and a wallaby, so there was plenty of food for all. Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines

A few cassowaries were bounding over the plain, but it was impossible to get near them. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant

They pride themselves on having long thin legs like a cassowary. Darwin and Modern Science

The largest cassowary ever killed in the settlement, weighed ninety-four pounds. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson

I have nevertheless had the good fortune to see what was never seen but once, in the country I am describing, by Europeans--a hatch, or flock, of young cassowaries with the old bird. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson

We also saw wallaby, and numerous tracks of cassowary and wild pig. Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines

A single egg, the production of a cassowary, was picked up in a desert place, dropped on the sand, without covering or protection of any kind. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson

For example, men of the Cassowary clan in Mabuiag think that cassowaries are men or nearly so. Darwin and Modern Science

The food of the cassowary is either grass, or a yellow bell-flower growing in the swamps. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson

It deserves remark, that the natives deny the cassowary to be a bird, because it does not fly. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson

Conversely they hold that they themselves are cassowaries for all practical purposes. Darwin and Modern Science

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Breaking down the real and mythical inspirations behind 'Shang-Chi's' mystical creatures 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z A black bear, a tortoise, meerkats, otters, elephants, hogs, hippos, jaguars, cassowaries, snow leopards, flamingos, piranhas, peccaries and howler monkeys. Halloween is near! Add these 14 L.A. activities to your spooky season checklist 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z And while people might have been eating the embryos, Douglass said, “there’s a great possibility that people were hatching those eggs and rearing cassowary chicks.” The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z That’s because the southern cassowary, for all its fearsome reputation, is powerfully shy, and remarkably good at making itself scarce. Protecting Australia’s Most Charismatic Murder-Bird 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Others include the howler monkeys, cassowary, maned wolf and green iguana. Central Louisiana zoo still repairing damage from Laura 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z At Cairns airport in far north Queensland, the ruler of choice is the 1.5 metre wide, and potentially deadly, cassowary. Social distancing signs and posters: how many kangaroos is 1.5m? 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Among the 300 animals bagged were a Sumatran tiger, two black leopards, a clouded leopard, a Komodo dragon, a giant squirrel, a cassowary, a king cobra — and four giraffes. Perspective \| As a kid, he urged the National Zoo to get giraffes. As an adult, he brought gorillas. 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z To support this claim, she points to some Indigenous groups on the island that prize cassowary meat and feathers as ritual and trade goods. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Another study7 investigated a different basis for flight loss in ratites — a group of birds that includes the cassowary, ostrich and kiwi, and in which flight was lost multiple times in the deep past. Genomic mechanisms for the evolution of flightlessness in steamer ducks 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z The razor-clawed cassowary is one of among 100 exotic animals from the departed owner's estate going up for auction. Large, flightless bird that killed Florida man set to be auctioned 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z In Queensland, the cassowary – whose claws are 12.5cm long – is the reminder of choice at Cairns airport. Social distancing signs and posters: how many kangaroos is 1.5m? 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z The Gainesville Sun reports that a permit is normally required to possess, sell or publicly exhibit cassowaries, but breeders are exempt from the rule. Victim didn’t have permit for large, flightless bird 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z They still raise cassowary chicks from eggs taken out of wild nests. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z He said the cassowary that killed Hajos “remains secured on private property.” Florida officials investigating after large exotic bird kills 75-year-old owner 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z "The cassowary is rightfully considered the most dangerous bird in the world," according to the San Diego Zoo. Large, flightless bird that killed Florida man set to be auctioned 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z “The cassowary can slice open any predator or potential threat with a single swift kick. Powerful legs help the cassowary run up to 31 mph through the dense forest underbrush,” the website says. One of the world’s most dangerous birds kills its owner in Florida 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Alachua County Sheriff Department told the BBC they were called to the man's property on Friday and found the man badly wounded by a cassowary. Large flightless bird kills Florida man 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z In order to fetch cassowary eggs at a consistent level of development — whether to eat them or hatch them — the ancient New Guineans had to know specifically when and where cassowaries were nesting, Douglass said. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The fire rescue department in Alachua county told the Gainesville Sun newspaper the cassowary killed the man on Friday on his property near Gainesville, in the north of the state, likely using its long claws. Cassowary attack: giant bird kills owner in Florida after he fell 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z According to The Associated Press, the Alachua County Fire Rescue Department told The Gainesville Sun that a cassowary killed the man Friday on land near Gainesville, likely using its exceedingly long claws. Large, flightless bird attacks and kills its fallen owner 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z She said the commission lists the cassowary as a type of wildlife that can “pose a danger to people.” One of the world’s most dangerous birds kills its owner in Florida 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission consider cassowary a Class II species, which require a permit for ownership. Large flightless bird kills Florida man 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z That precision implies sophisticated knowledge — even management — of cassowary movements. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The San Diego zoo’s website calls cassowaries the world’s most dangerous bird with a 10cm dagger-like claw on each foot. Cassowary attack: giant bird kills owner in Florida after he fell 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z According to the San Diego Zoo's website, cassowaries are the world's most dangerous bird, boasting a four-inch claw on each foot. Large, flightless bird attacks and kills its fallen owner 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z The Alachua County Fire Rescue Department told the Gainesville Sun that a cassowary killed the man Friday on the property near Gainesville, likely using its long claws. One of the world’s most dangerous birds kills its owner in Florida 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z To get the mandatory permit, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission requires cassowary owners to have “substantial experience” and meet specific cage requirements, spokeswoman Karen Parker told the newspaper. Authorities: Large, flightless bird kills its Florida owner 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Just don’t try to hatch cassowaries at home, if you know what’s good for you. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The Alachua County Fire Rescue Department told the Gainesville Sun that a cassowary killed the man Friday on his property near Gainesville, likely using its long claws. A large, flightless bird kills its Florida owner 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Officials said they also recovered bearcats, cockatoos, and cassowary birds from the suspected smuggling ring. Rare Komodo dragon smuggling attempt foiled 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The San Diego Zoo’s website calls the cassowary the world’s most dangerous bird with a four-inch, dagger-like claw on each foot. One of the world’s most dangerous birds kills its owner in Florida 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Towhees, essentially bulkier everyman sparrows, are Franzen’s favourite bird, which is perhaps surprising given the planet is inhabited by cassowaries, bald eagles and iridescent birds of paradise. Jonathan Franzen: 'Climate change isn't only reason for bird decline' 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The southern cassowary is often called the world’s most dangerous bird. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z These houses are richly decorated with murals and carvings of all manner of creatures - from pigs and cassowaries to snakes and eagles. The place where men cut their skin to resemble crocodiles 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The most common bone weapons came from the legs of giant flightless birds called cassowaries. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z To obtain a mandatory permit, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission requires cassowary owners to have “substantial experience” and meet specific cage requirements, spokeswoman Karen Parker told the newspaper. One of the world’s most dangerous birds kills its owner in Florida 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Yet, historical cassowary daggers tend be relatively flat, whereas human bone daggers are relatively more curved, and nobody is quite sure why. These daggers made from human bone were a deadly asset on the battlefield 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z In 2019, kicks from a captive cassowary mortally wounded a Florida man. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Millions of years ago, the eggs would likely have been a greener color, Wiemann says, perhaps similar to eggs laid by Australia’s ground-nesting emus and cassowaries today, which blend in well with the surrounding vegetation. Dinosaurs Laid Blue Eggs—And That's a Big Deal 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Slaying a cassowary was a source of status, and better still was to have a dagger carved from a warrior's bones, Dominy said, to capture that person's symbolic power and strength. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The species, which has not yet been formally named, has a domed crest on its head, like that of a modern-day cassowary, and walked on two legs. Dinosaur trio roosted together like birds 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z The human thigh daggers’ curvature granted the blades more mechanical strength, able to withstand about 31% more force than the cassowary daggers before breaking, the researchers report in Royal Society Open Science. These daggers made from human bone were a deadly asset on the battlefield 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Those settlers found rainforests stalked by large, irritable, razor-footed cassowaries — and eventually worked out how to put them to use. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z They resembled cassowaries and ostriches but were about as heavy as a rhino and as tall as an elephant. Baby Louie, the Dinosaur Orphan, Finds Its Species at Last 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z The scientists also purchased a modern cassowary bone dagger carved in the 1970s. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The cassowaries are BRUTAL, and their kangaroos are attacking innocent dogs. Opinion \| It’s about time someone attacked Australia. Thank you, President Trump. 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z The ratites include African ostriches and emus, cassowaries, and kiwis, all of the South Pacific and greater and lesser rheas of South America. World’s Biggest Birds Are Stellar Dads and Unusual Lovers Among those remains were 1,019 fragments of cassowary eggshell, likely plucked from wild cassowary nests. The world’s deadliest bird was raised by people 18,000 years ago 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z But birds with proportionally larger body types — like doves, ostriches and the giant New Zealand cassowary — do. Think dinosaurs roared like in ‘Jurassic Park’? The truth, new research says, is a bit wimpier. 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z This demonstration showed that cassowary bones are “extremely dense,” Dominy said. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z “An ostrich is mean, a cassowary will kill you,” he said. Flight of the flightless bird: the emu that made headlines for fleeing a wildfire 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Mrs Leach said she was happy Peanut did not leave any evidence of his visit, as cassowary poo was large, purple and tended to stain. Cassowary's surprise visit spooks Australian family - BBC News 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z A male southern cassowary feeds on quandongs, a type of fruit, in Queensland, Australia. Which Animals Have the Longest Claws? 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z If a non-avian dinosaur whooshed like a bird, with its throat puffed up, the scientists suggest it may have sounded like the most intimidating large-bodied birds of today: ostriches and cassowaries. Think dinosaurs roared like in ‘Jurassic Park’? The truth, new research says, is a bit wimpier. 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z In fact, in terms of their mechanical properties, the cassowary bones are “striking similarly to our human femur.” New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z "It is related to the cassowary and the ostrich which are still with us today." Rare elephant bird egg could fetch more than $70,000 at auction 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z These include unisexual whiptail lizards and deadbeat cassowary moms, which abandon hatchlings to Dad’s care. Soon enough, women will run the world — and it will be a better place 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Since taking over as zoo curator two years ago, Dr. Valitutto has brought in such animals as Patagonian cavies, a cassowary and a capybara, more than doubling the collection of animals, to 1,500. Staten Island Zoo Capitalizes on the Small and Obscure 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Other images taken include the dwarf cassowary, the grizzled tree kangaroo and the hooded pitohui, the only poisonous bird in the world. Tiny wallaby among three newly discovered mammals in remote forest 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Given the similarities between bird and human bone, the scientists applied the cassowary data to 3-D computer models of the human weapons. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The group, which boasts some of the world's largest birds, includes emus and cassowaries in Australia, rheas in South America, ostriches in Africa and kiwis in New Zealand. Little kiwi, huge extinct elephant bird were birds of a feather 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z That's because two decades ago, Cooper and other scientists discovered genetic links between the kiwi and two Australian flightless birds, the cassowary and the emu. Kiwi DNA link spurs rethink of flightless birds 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z “Another zoo donated money because they loved what we were doing. The Dallas World Aquarium sent us a couple thousand dollars. It was like, ‘Here, go get your cassowary.’ Staten Island Zoo Capitalizes on the Small and Obscure 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Did similar evolutionary pressures drive the evolution of hornbill, cassowary and ornithischian casques and crests? The Splendid and Remarkable Anatomy of Hornbills 2014-04-22T12:30:38Z In the simulations, the human daggers proved to be much stronger than the cassowary versions. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The first indication that a new, gigantic cassowary awaited discovery came from my examination of Edward P. Kelledy’s expedition log of 1845, a little-known account of an ill-fated expedition to Australia’s Cape York Peninsula. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z Well of course I didn’t suppose a cassowary had sent up his card. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z The second-largest bird in the world after the ostrich, cassowaries can grow to 160 pounds and have large, wedge-shaped crests, or casques, on top of their heads. Staten Island Zoo Capitalizes on the Small and Obscure 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z As regards the epiornis, the position is not universally acceded to by naturalists that the creature was like the ostrich, the apteryx, and cassowary, a mere walking bird. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Dominy was not entirely sure why the cassowary bones were engineered to be weaker, but he suspects the flatness of the cassowary dagger might have prioritized comfort over strength. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Over the past several years, remarkable images showing what appear to be gigantic cassowaries have been obtained at the GaffaMondo Field Station in Queensland. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z Oh, Cyril, 'I wish I was a cassowary, on the banks of the Timbuctoo.' The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z But though it can attack humans and dogs, it mostly tussles with other cassowaries. Staten Island Zoo Capitalizes on the Small and Obscure 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Among birds, the emeu, the cassowary, and the apteryx are species rapidly vanishing; amongst quadrupeds, the kangaroo—the platypus: others slowly, but not less surely. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z In some birds, the number of toes is reduced to three: the cassowary shows this reduction; in others, the number is still further diminished—the ostrich, for example, has but two. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Depictions of ancient war cassowaries are widespread in the ancient world. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z There is a bird eight feet high, partly cassowary, partly ostrich, that when attacked kicks like a horse, or more like a cow, because it kicks sideways. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z In the cassowary, and emeu, the old feathers similarly adhere for a time to the tips of the new; but in these birds the feathers are moulted singly as in other birds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Just before we turned into Braun's a huge cassowary, with three chicks, stalked on to the track ahead. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z The emeu is a bird of the plain, the cassowary of the forest. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Just as we were wrapping up the first draft of our manuscript on our thrilling new cassowary species, a whole new avenue of research was opened up entirely by chance. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z There are many large and respectable birds;—the long-legged stork, the crane, the bustard, the heron, the eagle, the vulture, the cassowary; but all these are mere dwarfs compared with the ostrich. The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z The wing of apteryx, like that of the cassowary, has become extremely reduced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Not much seems to be known of the habits of any of the cassowaries in a state of nature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Starting with the kiwi and cassowary, people have got into the habit of confounding flightless with wingless conditions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z It’s well known that cassowaries were traded far and wide in the ancient world. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z The cassowary differs from the ostriches in many respects. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z These feathers are specially interesting, inasmuch as they retain throughout life a stage corresponding to that seen in the very young cassowary, the calamus being greatly swollen, and supporting a very degenerate rhachis and vane. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The last of these are now known as rheas, and the preceding as cassowaries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Another chief feature is the extraordinary development of the cassowaries, the richness and specialization of the kingfishers, parrots, pigeons, honey-suckers and some remarkable flycatchers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z It was at one of the many showbiz parties we attend that I happened to learn from Reese Witherspoon about the carved depiction of a gigantic cassowary on a piece of Cambodian stonework. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z There are upwards of 650 different species of birds, the largest being the emu, or Australian ostrich, and a species of cassowary. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis A pollex is wanting, as in the cassowary, emeu and apteryx, while it is impossible to say whether remiges are represented or not. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z It has an immense aquarium, pavilions of birds, and a garden for ostriches and cassowaries, and its principal avenue is one hundred yards wide. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands The Bandanese pay occasional visits to shoot bears and deer; there are numbers of wild goats and cattle; and among birds are mentioned cassowaries, cockatoos, birds of paradise, and the swallows that furnish edible nests. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Cambodian stonework depicting man and ox with Maximum cassowary: indisputable evidence that people knew of Maximum cassowaries in ancient times and shipped them from Australasia to Asia. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z Personally, I have eaten the flesh of elephants, wolves, cassowaries, porcupines, bears, kangaroos, rats, cats, and horses. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections The wing of the cassowary, emeu and apteryx has undergone complete degeneration; so much so that only a vestige of the hand remains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z A daring attempt by a Sinn Feiner to approach the Viceregal Lodge under cover of a cassowary is said to be responsible for the order. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920 For example, the wings of the running birds, like the ostrich, emeu, cassowary, etc., the legs of which become exceedingly developed. Was Man Created? Which cassowary species were the peoples of the ancient world using as battle beasts? The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z They hastily produce anything they have—anything to conciliate the contemptuous cassowary. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly In the emeu the wing is less atrophied than in the cassowary, but is not yet completely degenerate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Its build was something like that of a gigantic cassowary, but its thighs and long blue shanks were proportionately more massive. In the Morning of Time "The proud cassowary, the stateliest bird of Australia . . . this beautiful and comparatively rare creature.'" Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia But what really blew us away was the fact that some historic images clearly show that Maximum cassowaries had been transported far and wide, and that they’d been used as armoured battle steeds. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z Perhaps there is something in the habits of the cassowary himself that explains these offerings. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly But, as he enters, Mr. Chalmers is felled from behind with a stone club, stabbed with a cassowary dagger, and instantly beheaded. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds A few of the aborigines, however, make themselves cloaks of opossum or kangaroo skin, stitching the pieces together with the nerve-fibres of the cassowary; but this kind of garment is of rare occurrence. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century They are cassowaries, with drooping dark-brown feathers that look rather out of curl, and necks of crimson and blue. The Children's Book of London Photograph of pages from Kelledy's lost journal: our first indication that Maximum cassowary exists. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z The festive cassowary—which, by-the-bye, doesn't abound—or exist—on the plains of Timbuctoo, as the rhyme says—the festive cassowary, I say, wears his gullet plain. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The figure is a fairly accurate representation of an immature cassowary. Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects A mermaid also was exhibited—defunct, I presume—and a living cassowary five feet high, that swallowed stones as large as an egg. Customs and Fashions in Old New England The island abounded with cassowaries, the East Indian ostrich, and wild hogs. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold In describing and illustrating his observations, Kelledy documented a giant cassowary observed in the rainforest, substantially larger than recognised species and with proportions indicating adaptation for high-browsing. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z The cassowary always comes to meet you at the bars with a look of grave inquiry. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly It is worthy of note that the Arabic name of the cassowary is ‘ne�ma’, and that there were many Arab traders in the Malayan Archipelago at the time when the Portuguese first navigated it. Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects He had received from the Indies, by the last ships, two ostriches or cassowaries which were shut up and much prized, though they are very common in Holland. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 Among the rarer birds which are now on the market to compensate us may be mentioned the bobolink, the dwarf cassowary, the Bombay duckling and the skewbald fintail. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 We found extra nostrils, digits and pelvic bones on the cassowaries, as well as several bigfoot-like creatures in the background. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z One cassowary who died recently was found to contain one and eightpence in copper. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The Wiener Schnitzel with noodles is very——" "Nix," said Scandalous; "if the cassowary licked us, what chance would we stand against the bison? From Place to Place The creature was an emu; of the same family as the African ostrich, the rhea of America, and the cassowary of the Indian archipelago. Twice Lost The bird seen by the party was a species of cassowary, which is found in Java and other East India islands. The South Sea Whaler This big, female Maximum cassowary was a giant, perhaps 4 m tall. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z And as he takes it, an expression steals across the cassowary's face which seems to admit that perhaps the fellow isn't such a shocking outsider after all. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Young cassowaries also, striped with black and brown, ran about as tame as barn-door fowls. In the Eastern Seas Now, I won’t use my revolver yet, but I’ve got four cartridges of BB shot that were meant for cassowaries or wild swans. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle One form is exemplified by the ostrich, rhea, emeu, cassowary, apteryx, dinornis, &c. On the Genesis of Species In the end, Maximum cassowaries were always there, hidden in the literature and simply waiting for us to recognise them and tie all these disconnected threads together. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z A petticoat of leaves encircled his waist: a mask of leaves, surmounted by tufts of cassowary and pigeon feathers, concealed his head; and in his hands he carried brooms of coco-nut palm leaf. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia He was the same of whom the Gander, the poet-laureate, had written the poem commencing— "It was a noble cassowary, On the plains of Timbuctoo, That gobbled up a missionary Body, bones, and hymn-book too." St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3 It is evident, then, that De Bry had not, at that time, seen a sketch or description of the dodo: if he had, he would not thus have confounded it with the cassowary. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852 Above all, near the leaden granitic sky, were immense birds, more powerful than the cassowary and the ostrich, which spread their mighty wings and fluttered against the huge stone vault of the inland sea. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth The use of armoured war cassowaries in, like, war. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z The men hunt cassowaries, wallabies, and wild pigs, and they catch fish by both nets and traps. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia It is true that the Tasmanians may have shot the bird to pieces and mended the skin with bits of cassowary hide here and there. In Search of the Unknown From that hour the cassowary occupied a large niche in my heart. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) The dancers are all arrayed in full dancing ornaments, including their heavy head feather erections, and chiefs also wear their cassowary feathers; and they all carry their drums and spears, and sometimes clubs or adzes. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea As nice as the GaffaMondo images are, we always hoped that somebody, someday, somehow would photograph or film a Maximum cassowary in daylight. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z From the droppings about, I should say the cassowary and pig abound in the gullies about this mountain. Adventures in New Guinea A casoar, or cassowary, would, of course, be called an ostrich, and here we have for the first time in history a picturesque description of that Australasian bird. The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts. Perhaps if our geographical position had changed to Timbuctoo, and I had been a missionary with hymn-book in hand, the cassowary might have realized my expectations. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) The bows and arrows employed for hunting animals and cassowaries are also the same as those used for war; but these are not much used. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea Nowhere else in the world do we find those very oldest types of birds represented by the cassowaries, the emus, and the mooruk of New Britain. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Some are quite light copper-coloured, others are very dark; nearly all are dressed with cassowary feathers; many with ruffs round their necks made from these feathers. Adventures in New Guinea Many a cassowary has been complaining bitterly of the high cost of this comestible. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14 I am sorry to intrude upon your privacy, dear friends, but have you observed a cassowary on this island, apparently looking for something? Second Plays They wear their full dancing ornaments, including their black cassowary feather ornaments and the enormous feather erections on their heads, which for chiefs are even larger and heavier than for other people. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea Thus we may explain the origin of so many flightless and rather bulky birds in oceanic islands, as the dodo, the cassowary, and the extinct moas. Darwinism (1889) The majority of the men are bearded and moustached, and have cassowary feathers like a pad behind, on which they sit. Adventures in New Guinea In the cases before the visitor are the African ostrich, and his relations, the Australian cassowary, and the American emu—all characterised by the absence of a hind toe. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits The third side-course, the pliocene, was goodliest of all:—whole-roasted elephants, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses, stuffed with boiled ostriches, condors, cassowaries, turkeys. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Such parties hunt the larger game with spears, clubs and adzes, and shoot the birds, other than cassowaries, with bows and arrows. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea Whales, like moas and cassowaries, carry us back to a remote past, of whose conditions we know too little for safe speculation. Darwinism (1889) We saw no game of any kind, yet the cassowary must abound somewhere near, as every one of the natives wears great head-dresses and neck-ruffs made from the feathers. Adventures in New Guinea Of course there were birds and beasts, and cages populous with monkeys; and there was an emeu—the weird bird that can not fly, the Australian cassowary. In the Footprints of the Padres The cassowary is as large as a Virginia turkey, having a head nearly the same with the turkey, with a long stiff bunch of hair on his breast, also like the turkey. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. The animals chiefly hunted are pigs, kangaroos, wallabies, the “Macgregor bear,”1 large snakes, cassowaries and other birds. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea Two cassowaries were seen upon it, and many tracks of men, dogs, and kangaroos. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 The chief is rather a fine-looking fellow, and dressed profusely with cassowary feathers. Adventures in New Guinea You are less use than an empty tin can, you dowey old cassowary.' A Diversity of Creatures Some of the party saw several large running birds; which, according to their description, seemed to have been the emu or cassowary. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Any chiefs who may be among them wear their black cassowary feather ornaments, like those of the host chiefs. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea Fillets of cassowary feathers, fur of the spotted bare-tailed opossum, or woven stuff studded with shells, were often seen. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 This figurehead, called tabura, is elaborately cut into various devices, painted red and white, and decorated with white egg-shells and feathers of the cassowary and bird of paradise. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 Other species frequent the reeds, and the surface of the water is covered with geese of different kinds, among which is that whose head bears a fleshy tubercle like that of the cassowary. Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 Undertaken by Order of the French Government, Comprising an Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, the Sufferings of the Crew, and the Various Occurrences on Board the Raft, in the Desert of Zaara, at St. Louis, and at the Camp of Daccard. to Which Are Subjoined Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia. Not less than thirty emus or cassowaries were seen at different times; but it so happened that they were fired at only once, and that ineffectually. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Birds of all kinds, except cassowaries, are killed with bows and arrows. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea Fritz had retired, and now came in dragging with difficulty his huge cassowary. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island He was a tall slender man, of about forty years of age, with sharp Jewish features--his face and chest were painted black, and he wore a crest of cassowary feathers across his head. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 In its general appearance it differed from the ostrich, cassowary, or any known bird. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832 Amongst the animal productions the kangaroo and cassowary hold the first ranks. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 For instance, among the "Birds we read about" are the flamingo, cassowary, condor, and quetzal; the eagle owl is contrasted with the pygmy owl, and the peacock, lyre bird, albatross, swan, and pelican are displayed. Library Work with Children Fritz had killed a large bird in the marsh, which I took at first for a young flamingo; but it was a young cassowary, the first I had seen in the island. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island And the savages love them for their kind generousness, and give them pearls, and shells, and ivory, and cassowaries. The Story of the Amulet It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O Upon the beach were the foot marks of dogs, and some of the emu or cassowary. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 The only bird I know above that height is the Paraguay cassowary; which, to be sure, is sometimes found in Brazil. Vivian Grey Tropical plants, so named on account of the resemblance their leaves bear to the drooping feathers of the cassowary. The Mysterious Island What difference is there between the internal structure of the cassowary and the ostrich? Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side A year or two ago I had frequent opportunities for observing a pair of young cassowaries patiently, yet playfully, performing martial exercises. My Tropic Isle For the shape of a horse or cassowary will be but rudely and imperfectly imprinted on the mind by words; the sight of the animals doth it a thousand times better. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4 Oh! why did I not say a Columbian cassowary, or a Peruvian penguin, or a Chilian condor, or a Guatemalan goose, or a Mexican mastard; anything but Brazilian. Vivian Grey A species of cassowary found principally in Australia, and sometimes called Australian cassowary. The Mysterious Island The duck needs twenty-five days, the turkey twenty-seven, the peacock thirty-one, the swan forty-two, and the cassowary sixty-five. The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Play and significant offensive tactics were undoubtedly blended in the pastimes of the cassowary. My Tropic Isle Of large birds the most conspicuous candidates for training in park life are the ostriches, emus, cassowaries, cranes, pelicans, swans, egrets and herons, geese, ducks, pheasants, macaws and cockatoos, curassows, eagles and vultures. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations The only living specimen of that extraordinary bird, the Paraguay cassowary, in this country, is in my possession. Vivian Grey For this reason they are sometimes called cassowary trees. The Mysterious Island A fair weight for a full-grown cassowary is 150 lb., and the egg weighs 1 lb. Confessions of a Beachcomber Scrub hens and scrub turkeys, cassowaries, wallabies, huge carpet snakes, pigeons, fruits and nuts, bees' nests, and decayed trees full of great white grubs were there in plenty. My Tropic Isle An Italian will cook and eat anything he can kill that has wings on it, from a cassowary to a katydid. Europe Revised At the head of the birds the cassowary or emu, stands conspicuous. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson One of the police shot a large cassowary, and also a large wild pig and a wallaby, so there was plenty of food for all. Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines A few cassowaries were bounding over the plain, but it was impossible to get near them. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant They pride themselves on having long thin legs like a cassowary. Darwin and Modern Science The largest cassowary ever killed in the settlement, weighed ninety-four pounds. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson I have nevertheless had the good fortune to see what was never seen but once, in the country I am describing, by Europeans--a hatch, or flock, of young cassowaries with the old bird. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson We also saw wallaby, and numerous tracks of cassowary and wild pig. Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines A single egg, the production of a cassowary, was picked up in a desert place, dropped on the sand, without covering or protection of any kind. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson For example, men of the Cassowary clan in Mabuiag think that cassowaries are men or nearly so. Darwin and Modern Science The food of the cassowary is either grass, or a yellow bell-flower growing in the swamps. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson It deserves remark, that the natives deny the cassowary to be a bird, because it does not fly. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Conversely they hold that they themselves are cassowaries for all practical purposes. Darwin and Modern Science
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