Re: Phorusrhacids killing large mammals in National Geographic Channel

[Dan Chure <danchure@easilink.com>]

Do you have a reference for that incident?

Thanks

Dan

Tor Bertin wrote:
> If I remember right, the one recorded death (though I think there have been 
> plenty of other non-lethal cassowary attacks) was due to a pair of teenagers 
> attacking the bird with baseball bats. One kid ran away, and the cassowary 
> knocked the other to the ground and punctured an artery in his neck with its 
> claw.
>
> I haven't read much on cassowary aggression, but if they're anything like the 
> ostriches I've seen I certainly wouldn't mess with them. ;-)
>
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