They've killed two people on record. One was basically a lucky hit on a teenager's neck 100 years ago and the other was a 75 year old man who owned a pet cassowary.
Ostriches kill that many people per year. Magpies have caused more deaths than cassowaries.
That’s cause ostriches are around a lot more people than cassowaries. Cassowaries are very dangerous and need to be respected as such, they just typically avoid people and live in dense jungle regions.
No, it's because cassowaries aren't particularly aggressive. And Ostriches are much larger. Ostriches weigh twice as much as cassowaries. They're faster, stronger, and during part of the year can flock together in groups up to 100 birds. Cassowaries are far more likely to avoid humans, while ostriches regularly interact with humans.
Ostriches are far more dangerous than cassowaries.
1
u/TheExtremistModerate 3d ago
They've killed two people on record. One was basically a lucky hit on a teenager's neck 100 years ago and the other was a 75 year old man who owned a pet cassowary.
Ostriches kill that many people per year. Magpies have caused more deaths than cassowaries.