Wild cassowary chick? I hope the mum or dad wasn't too upset about the human being that close to their baby. We live in Western Australia and went to north Queensland (east coast Australia) to visit family a few years ago. Went to one of the beaches and there was this huge building, looked like 2 story but might have just been a tall 1 story. I think it was beach amenities (showers, toilets, etc.). My mum and aunt went into the toilets while the rest of us sat in the car, and an adult cassowary just... EMERGED from the bushes. It was so creepy, like watching a dinosaur emerge from the thicket in Jurassic Park. They are so unique and primal looking, ostriches and emus just look like goofy giant birds but cassowaries are something else.
Look at it. Now I know why scientists say birds are dinosaurs. If you imagine it without the fluff (though real dinosaurs were fluffy), and pretend the beak has teeth in it (though many dinosaurs lacked teeth), it's 100% a dinosaur.
Cassowaries are like what Pokémon starters really are: adorable babies, slightly tougher but still cute juveniles, and then straight up beast mode adults 😂
@@kairi4640 They don't do so often (they're not very aggressive), and even when they attack it's extremely rare for them to kick, and rarer still for them to utilize the enlarged claw on their inner toe with which they can inflict fatal injuries. Give them a wide berth, especially fathers with juveniles (they're the smaller, plain looking ones), and do not feed them.
