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Sorry to be a bore, but it really depends on what someone means by 'dangerous'. If you mean 'potentially dangerous if encountered', then I guess it would be. W
by crispinb 8y ago
Sorry to be a bore, but it really depends on what someone means by 'dangerous'.
If you mean 'potentially dangerous if encountered', then I guess it would be. When it comes to birds that might slice your abdomen open, it's in a class of its own.
If you mean 'actually dangerous in terms of causing injuries or deaths', you could say most. But the baseline for death-by-bird is so low that the word 'dangerous' seems a bit daft (Cassowaries exist in decreasing numbers in areas of relatively low human populations, are infrequently encountered and not usually aggressive). On the numbers, if Cassowaries are 'dangerous', then dogs, horses and cattle are all catastrophically homicidal.
- nkozyra 7y ago> When it comes to birds that might slice your abdomen open, it's in a class of its own. Right. I don't think the intent here is "look how deadly Australia is!" as much as "here's a crazy animal rarely talked about that recently was in the news." As an American, I think the assumption is that, say, the outback is a sparsely populated area with some dangerous wildlife like swaths of Africa and South America. When I think of Australia my head goes to the coasts.
- crispinb 7y ago> When I think of Australia my head goes to the coasts Right. That's where we (nearly) all live. As it happens, cassowaries are also coastal creatures, but exclusively tropical. The tropics have been sparsely populated, though North Queensland has been 'growing' fast, so unfortunately the cassowary's days are numbered.