cassowary chick - abandoned

[@V1ncenz010]

Imagine if someone had one as a pet, so if someone broke in your house you would have a self defence dinosaur Aussie style

[@kamengamer5372]

Someone did and they ended up dead

[@vermicelledecheval5219]

Burglar : "Ooops sorry... I didn't knew you were there... I'm leaving now... Didn't mean to disturb..." Casoary : "Ooooh not at all, do come in and stay a while... I'm sooo lonely right now... Be my guest... As a distraction... Like an instant belly ripped disturbing dead looter..."

[@MrTigracho]

@@kamengamer5372 lmao

[@qui-gontimtherandomraptor1072]

SUDDENLY I WANT A PET CASSOWARY

[@Tathanic]

@@qui-gontimtherandomraptor1072 No, No you do not.

[@sannicfann3338]

I probably would be scared shitless if I were that close to a chick since I wouldn't be sure if the father was near by

[@we7034]

you pathetic city dwellers are scared of some overgrown chicken. give me stick i will beat the sht out of it!

[@wehammies7168]

Me too, I would run and then call animal control cause I’m not going near him (he’s cute tho)

[@biggsdarklighter0473]

Cassowaries are the bears or boars of Down under. If you value your life, you should stay the fuck away from the babies since mother and father might be able and most certainly willing to disembowel with one Kick.

[@Hadfield15]

Like Casual Geographic once said, “If Steve Irwin don’t f*ck with them, what makes you think I would?”

[@christianlangdon3766]

I think if you were that close to it you would know if the dad was nearby because you would be in the seeing the starry gates next.

[@tuezme9929]

Take him and you got your self a war bird

[@Lalaloopsies_United]

Yeah, then the dodo will find the recordings

[@fish8887]

Or he will beat the shit out of them

[@schlockfather]

@@fish8887 I'd like to see a Cassowary try this shit with me. I would slap the shit outta one of these dumb birds before I pick it up and bodyslam it into the ground.

[@enzocordovil390]

@@Lalaloopsies_United baby looks cute but adult rips the cutness in two halfs

[@Lalaloopsies_United]

@@enzocordovil390 yeah true, I do wanna hold a Cassowary chick though

[@davidvincent380]

One of the few rare occasions to pet a cassowary chick without being butchered by his dad !

[@Velshard]

What an adorable little murder chicken.

[@Thunderhawk51]

This pretty much sums it up! 😂

[@barbarabruce7648]

Love it. Funny as😂

[@HeyzhoBean]

exceedingly cute as a baby chick, terrifying as an adult 😱

[@highlyopinionated5611]

I think they are beautiful. Fearsome but beautiful.

[@Assault_Butter_Knife]

@@highlyopinionated5611 Agreed. They're so colourful, that alone makes them awesome looking

[@cosmicreef5858]

amazing and majestic as an adult :)

[@hobomike6935]

Battle birds

[@juanit0tackit0tackito2]

the Kingdom of GOD is coming…“Silver is for the kettle, and gold for the furnace, but The LORD is the tester of hearts- Bible” your heart is like discovered silver, dirty and not pure, when silver is purified it is melted over and over, to the point that when it’s melted and glows red hot, it is pure enough to see your own reflection in the puddle, so also does the LORD purify your heart, till HE can see HIS own reflection in it, seek the LORD and be reborn, ask The LORD to renew and restore you, repent and ask The LORD for HIS Salvation for those who seek will find and those who knock the door will be open unto them, no man is good, all are in need of salvation, Jesus died so that our sins will be wiped away and so that we could be made new, seek The Kingdom of GOD for if you would be wise you would be wise for yourself, pick up your cross and deny your flesh and follow the path of GOD, for The Kingdom of GOD is at hand, in JESUS MIGHTY NAME Amen and Amen 🙏

[@Emper0rH0rde]

Interesting that young cassowaries are taken care of by their fathers, rather than their mothers.

[@tentaclesmod]

Ostriches are the same way.

[@blaccoutemily]

certified ratite moment

[@scipio109]

Emus too

[@catpoke9557]

Almost all ratites do this

[@thegloriouskingkronk8422]

Their reproductive strategy in general is an inverse of what you'd typically expect. The females have large territories that encompass those of several males, and can mate with several of them, laying the eggs in their nests for them to incubate. When they hatch, the father continues to care for the chicks, patrolling their territory so they can feed and drink.

[@legendgirl101]

I'm over here wondering how you go from making these cute little baby bird chirps to having the deepest bird call in the world.

[@suppeccnole6787]

Puberty hits like a truck

[@dragonriderabens9761]

@@suppeccnole6787 interesting choice of phrase, since one description I heard mentioned something about a ford with laryngitis or something

[@Ambipie]

We can growl too. Magpies have a lower voice if were talking about singing voice

[@sinistan1002]

baby velociraptors probably looked cute too 😆

[@highlyopinionated5611]

Real velociraptors probably looked cute period, with them not being much bigger then a turkey and all. 😂 🦃

[@justapillow2443]

​@@highlyopinionated5611 They'd be pint sized then as a baby

[@crowdemon_archives]

They may in fact look like a cute house pet too!

[@Apoc2K]

I know for 100% if velociraptors were a thing in this day and age they would absolutely be pets, half of them would be called Yoshi and they'd be referred to as "speed chickens".

[@MaxOakland]

That's actually blowing my mind

[@MutantBread8398]

when he grows up he will be like bruce lee

[@catscratch4512]

Fun fact: When it grows up it will be the most dangerous bird! But it does not attack yet because it's not strong enough

[@Khenfu_Cake]

@@catscratch4512 Cassowaries can be dangerous, yes. But the whole "murder bird" thing is mostly exaggerated. Cassowaries rarely attack unless provoked and even then only two people have actually been recorded as being killed by a cassowary in nearly a hundred years. If anything humans (and dogs) are a much greater threat to cassowaries than it is to us.

[@catscratch4512]

@@Khenfu_Cake you respawn 3 months later right when I post that comment lol

[@Khenfu_Cake]

@@catscratch4512 Respawn?

[@ThePartarar]

Rock Lee 😤

[@bara8928]

From what I saw in a documentary about them the female birds sometimes force their partners to abandon their chicks, that can happen if only one out of a brood survives and the mating season is still on. Essentially they ditch the one chick for a chance of a bigger (more successfull) brood on the second try.

[@SSchithFoo]

Sadly even some humans are like that.

[@Kyle_Schaff]

@@SSchithFoo Humans abandon their surviving newborn if its twin or triplets die? Interesting observation. Thank you for anthropomorphizing and then moralizing wildlife so you can feel like a superior/better person in your thoughts. It’s very insightful

[@TheThebigice]

@@Kyle_Schaff I think he was referring to parents abandoning their kids if the "breeding" doesn't work out how they want....which is literally true. Also he didn't say "humans" they said "some humans" reading comprehension...it is important, helps when you condescend to people on the internet.

[@gorillaglue1302]

​@@Kyle_Schaffgrow up

[@BragoTHEgraviyKING]

@@Kyle_Schaff my brother in christ, the chinese literally threw their babies away if it was a girl until recently

[@bingbongdingdong867]

"He wants to be with the tall-legged things" I thought for a second and it made my heart warm up a little bit for some reason. ❤

[@MG555-g5v]

the chick doesnt seem scared,probably because not many animals will mess with a cassowary so he doesnt have much to be afraid of

[@entrapta8049]

I've never seen a baby Cassowary before; my heart is MELTING 😭

[@TheSteelpony]

IKR!!! That peeping!

[@AzayBae]

Imagine thinking it was just a unique duckling, adopting it and it just KEEPS GROWING! 😂

[@2l84me8]

I had no idea that the Jurassic jungle goose had such cute babies that chirp.

[@alaskanbullworm5500]

Raise it and you’ve got yourself a bodyguard in a few years

[@delsinrowe6696]

I sat for a good solid minute not fully remembering what a cassowary was until it finally clicked. So funny that this little dude will grow to become an absolute unit of a ratite

[@larsfinlay7325]

it is so sweet, it makes a tiny squeak like a little stuffed flamingo I used to have as a child. hopefully the chick is still alive and fully grown, frightening tourists on a beach somewhere :)

[@Kazuhira2249]

well they grow up relatively fast in months they achieve full adulthood and at that stage they have literally no predators, not even jaguars dare to try to eat a cassowar so they will be fine

[@DJstarrfish]

What an adorable little dinosaur

[@MommyLongLegs-le2xh]

ikr 😍🥰

[@YodaOnABender]

I would not be strong enough to resist the urge to take him home and raise him as my avian bodyguard

[@shmood3000]

why must the danger nugget be so cute

[@Techhunter_Talon]

The little peeps. Very cute.

[@Juel92]

I'm incredibly impressed by your self-control to not immediately pet it.

[@sst4rscr34m]

its that precious moment when you dont care about your life because LOOK HOW CUTE IT IS AAAWWW 🥰🥰🥰

[@stevenreid2223]

Baby Cassowary: Angel Adult Cassowary: Satan

[@somnuswaltz5586]

Poor little baby 💕 thank you for rescuing it! Very cute chick

[@GuukanKitsune]

If you raise him, and buy a suit of armor, _you can cosplay as a knight from Joust_

[@BananaNinja96]

What a cute baby... I'm so glad you guys cared to check on him

[@artizzy2k2k]

Father runs out the bushes "You are already dead"

[@totofer7748]

I'll call him Sunshine

[@insanemang9983]

Awwww it's so adorable and not deadly yet! To think they start off sounding like a normal baby chick only to grow up to sound like a chainsaw.

[@laurachapple6795]

He sees these tall things walking around on two legs and he thinks you're his dad.

[@mamotalemankoe3775]

Insane how small they start out. You would never know looking at it like that what it would grow into if you don't know about the mighty Dino bird.

[@knightofarkronia9968]

The biggest dinosaurs hatched from eggs that were only about a foot long.

[@gamingcreatesworlddd2425]

​@@knightofarkronia9968cool

[@conorsmells9932]

I've never seen a baby one before!! It's so fukin CUTE!!!

[@patrickgardner2204]

Tbh, you hope it's abandoned, bc if the parent comes around you aren't going to be having a very good day

[@rogueranger08]

Who would've thought something so small and adorable can grow up to be one helluva challenge to get rid of during a war.

[@TheProphetOfThePan]

It looks so innocent now, then adquieres the personality of a chainsaw.

[@TheOnceAustralian]

That’s not a bird, that’s a dinosaur

[@lagopusvulpuz1571]

@Blushing Saikawa birds are birds, dinosaurs are death.

[@lagopusvulpuz1571]

That's an oversized turkey offspring

[@floridaman318]

No it's not.

[@floridaman318]

​@Saika Jellymon no they aren't.

[@catpoke9557]

​@@floridaman318 They are. Look it up, and look up an accurate gallimimus while you're at it. Then look up hoatzin wing claws. You'll soon understand that not only are they dinosaurs by technicality, but that it isn't even just technical either because they also look very much like a regular dinosaur would. Also, for bonus points, look up yi qi to see an example of a theropod with a short tail. Birds are dinosaurs scientifically, and superficially too. Anyone who knows what a dinosaur looked like will be able to figure out birds are dinosaurs without even needing to look it up.

[@Foffer1337]

This feels like the sceen in Jurassic Park, where Alan Grant is holding a newly hatched Raptor.

[@NothosaurusFan1981]

Me: (takes it home) your my child now

[@vinisha2969]

Same

[@thebatmanofneo-gotham5667]

Aww, what an absolutely cute and totally innocent chick. Sure hope it doesn't grow up to become one of the deadliest and most dangerous birds to ever live.

[@revelare_xvii6269]

Closest thing you’ll ever get to a pet raptor.

[@Yuxius]

Its like we found a shiny Torchic IRL

[@1567stardust]

🐥 says,”when I grow up, I wanna be a big dinosaur.” Two years later,it’s dream comes true.😊

[@BulletTooth504]

Those are the adorable eyes of a killer.

[@InternetBirb]

To think such a massive creature starts off so tiny and small.

[@shirueto748]

Imagine finding this little guy not knowing what it is thinking aw cute I'll take him home only to realize you've effectively invited a velocitapror into your home.

[@theusher2893]

Hard to believe that peeping little floof will grow up to be a jurassic murderbird

[@killingtime8652]

Cassowary chick: help me plz :( Cassowary adult: bitch ain’t nobody bout to help you from me

[@Trid3nt861]

A living descendant of velociraptors.

[@AtarahDerek]

The murder chicken is precious now, but wait until he grows up.

[@chartreusemaiden604]

Aaaaw, you found a baby devil bird. You snuggle it, thinking that it thinks you are its mom. But the baby devil bird is really snuggling to remember your scent, so it knows how to hunt you down as soon as it's murder feed grows in. It's happy because it's excited for its first victim. When you see those eyes closed, it's just think "There will be blood"

[@TheRealNewWhirledOrder]

If you keep him in a little cupboard most of the time, he'll never get bigger than his surroundings. Just let him out to play for an hour a day.

[@Guuzaka]

I love the white stripes and his orange head. 😋

[@slushieskank]

i know this video is five years old but i do genuinely hope things worked out for the lil fella

[@LoudSunshine]

First i was confused why an cassowary chick was abandoned, them i ask myself 0:06 WHAT ARE THOSE?!?!

[@tuckhoichan6638]

I love it how this lil guy will grow up to be a potential killing machine

[@Fellow_Daoist]

Looks like a good gnome warbird mount candidate.

[@michaellam2508]

Makes me think which dinosaurs cassowaries are descended from...

[@jacobcox4565]

The closest non-avian dinosaur relatives to birds are the Dromaeosaurs.

[@ahsanhaider6549]

That thing grows into a casowary? I thought they would be bigger as chicks...how much do they eat each day?

[@MoonMoonTM]

How does it go from being so cute and fluffy to dinosaur? 😭

[@okami6074]

This closest thing we can get to Chris Pratt and the baby velociraptor from Jurassic World, isn't it?

[@Alderak1]

Interesting that it has the same feather pattern of baby emus.

[@TheGuyWithTheSniper]

What a sweet little murder birb.

[@BlackFlagHeathen]

The fact that adult cassowaries are vicious dinosaurs that will fuck you up aside, I can’t go over this adorable little guy and his cute little peeps. He just wants his parents back. A baby is a baby. 🥺

[@arringar]

All dinosaurs probably started out cute and cuddly looking like this.

[@ReptilianAnusWizzard]

Take it in, you habe a once in a Lifetime chance of taming your very own Raptor.

[@jacobcox4565]

I hope the father didn't show up while they were next to the chick.

[@Thoroughly_Wet]

"why are your knees backwards?"

[@jacobcox4565]

Those aren't the bird's knees. Those are its ankles. Bird legs are digitigrade, meaning they walk on their toes rather than their whole foot. Their femurs (upper legs) are actually so short, they're hidden within the body, and the only visible parts of their legs are the shins (lower legs) and the ankles/feet.

[@Thoroughly_Wet]

@@jacobcox4565 yes I know that -_- gotta learn to not be serious

[@MaddyBlu9724]

Oooh hes so darn cute! I think I wouldn't be able to resist adopting him, and then would end up in the newspapers like "local idiot woman disemboweled by her pet cassowary."

[@FireBreather626]

I would probably adopt him/her and he/she could become one of the few tamed ones.

[@PiggyDash]

Disney princess moment is definitely different in Australia.

[@JohnnyJohnJohnson]

Little chick sees humans and is like "You are TALL you must be the same as my parents!"

[@ogueyratogeyrat7448]

human has 2 leg too

[@Kir_is_here]

This is how folks of yore got pet dragons

[@yuukisama2001]

Wow they are adorable as chicks. That cheeping is so adorable. NOW! But LATER they are going to be ABSOLUTE units.

[@TrueBroly]

He's adorable!

[@AloisAgos]

Imagine taking in this cute little chick not knowing what it will grow into.

[@potrelviewer9536]

Adult Cassowary be like: "Omae wa mou shindeiru."

[@misseiam6057]

Now I want one of this I will name it Dinosaur or Raptor

[@fsmprophet8319]

Take it feed it raise to full health then take them into battle as a true Australian Rainbow battle chicken

[@Party_Almsivi]

Abandoned? Stateside, if you get a bear cub walking up to you by itself, it’s not really by itself. It’s mother is just a bit behind. If the chick looks healthy, it’s probably not abandoned. It’s parent is probably just a bit behind. Run.

[@catpoke9557]

Or it was recently abandoned

[@Party_Almsivi]

@@catpoke9557 that’s what the cassowaries want you to think.

[@MalaysianfishesYT]

@@Party_Almsivi Usually cassowaries abandon single chicks and try again for another batch (if all the chicks didn’t survive save for one)

[@andresamaya7350]

Finally, a pet mighty enough to rival Florida Man's pet Gator.

[@_robustus_]

UPDATE PLEASE

[@rainforestheart6822]

Chick was a 'she' - taken by national parks staff and raised until released again but not here - released about 40km away in a different area of national Park- dont know whether she is still alive - they called her grande

[@arpitdas4263]

@@rainforestheart6822 Yay

[@igris6128]

@@rainforestheart6822 yayyy thanks for the update!!

[@이뉴엔도-c9t]

@@rainforestheart6822 awesome

[@Party_Almsivi]

@@rainforestheart6822 oh so it really was abandoned. Aw, well I’m glad it ended up alright.

[@ashurean]

you found a baby dinosaur

[@genericalfishtycoon3853]

Would be pretty hard to pass up the opportunity to raise it as your best friend and just rule the forest together.

[@gavinlamp5426]

It's not exactly a velociraptor, but it's close enough

[@vinisha2969]

Both are dinosaurs

[@oneangryboi408]

Aw, such a cute thing that will grow up to be a deadly monster

[@MaxOakland]

What a cute baby dinosaur

[@horseygurl143]

He would be my new pet!!!

[@C4TC4T]

Would love an update on the situation

[@enzocordovil390]

Baby: hi :3 Adult: DIGA *BYE BYE.*

[@JNJG1999]

You officially have a pet dinosaur :3

[@kikithepupper6774]

aww they sound so adorable as a chick.. But once they grow up they sound SO HORRIBLE, IT terrifies me, straight out of jurassic park

[@Luke202-z8b]

Why do cute little things like those grow up to be big territorial predators to even humans??

[@jacobcox4565]

Cassowary are not predators. They mainly eat fruits and seeds.

[@gsamalot]

it amazing how something so small will become such a large bird with deadly legs

[@noahboucher125]

It's funny that they peep just like any other chick, give it to a silky and watch it grow 8 times bigger than its mom

[@MKLettis]

How can something so dangerous and horrifying start off as something so cute and fluffy!?

[@barbarabruce7648]

He's like Tweety bird when he drinks the dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde potion in that bugs bunny cartoon. I hope these people dont have a cat like Sylvester that they scare the begeezes out of😂

[@kyailu9053]

Bird says WHAT ARE THOSE!!?