Cassowaries are known for their powerful beak, which can be dangerous if provoked.

Dangerous Beak

Cassowaries are often considered endangered; learning about them raises awareness for conservation.

Endangered Species

The cassowary's crest, called a casque, is a unique feature that sparks curiosity.

Distinctive Crest

 he used the cassowary as an example. And it's kind of cool -- if you look at the cassowary, or any of the birds that have crests on their heads, they grow to about 80 percent adult size before the crest starts to grow. Now think about that. They're basically retaining their juvenile characteristics

Jack Horner: Shape-shifti...

 they're done because they deposit these enormous piles of dung little full of seeds and it's actually everywhere and impressive so for example when I arrived at this bird-watching lodge there was there was a large pile of dung on the steps it's very clearly a cassowary dong

Cassowary Dung's Seedy,...

 i'm emma nappa and i'm the producer of the australia episode of seven worlds one planet including being one of the directors on the cassowary sequence australia is an ancient continent and it's also full of animals that you don't see in

Filming The World's...

 Instead, she attacks, sending the dingo running for cover with one swipe of her razor-sharp toe claws. The cassowary is one of approximately 60 living species of flightless birds. These earthbound avians live all over the world,