10 CRAZY Cassowary Facts You Didn’t Know

Cassowaries have a reputation for being the most dangerous bird on earth, and while this might be true, there is much more to these murder chickens then many people realise, so in this video we go through ten of the craziest cassowary facts you don’t know!

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[@MarkHenricksen-ks4hf]

Heck those birds are unpredictable ! I wouldn't even go near that crazy animal!

[@kimclayton8417]

Hilarious and you are

[@theadventuresofzoomandbettie]

I can't believe you were confident enough to turn your back on him haha. Great work mate!!

[@WickedWildlife]

I certainly kept my eye on her, and had a keeper just outside the enclosure, but this girl was great to work with!

[@twoflyinghats]

It was "her", Hope the female.

[@WickedWildlife]

@@twoflyinghats very much a “her”!

[@ChillAssTurtle]

Incredibly unwise to turn your back on em.

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

@@WickedWildlife she's a pretty girl

[@Krizefugl]

#11: Cassowaries have blue skin under their feathers, too :D It is not just limited to the head and neck area.

[@doesntknowjack917]

Love the straightforward style of this video- no overly dramatic music or stretching out the run time, just interesting facts presented well. Great job!

[@JuanRodriguez-cn1ek]

Great video! I never knew how important these birds are to the rainforest ecosystems they call home; having about 100 plants rely solely on them for seed dispersion is insane! They are also one of the many animals that make me wonder what it must have been like millions of years ago! A mysterious and ancient looking creature for sure.

[@WickedWildlife]

Your right, it’s almost scary how dependant the ecology has become on a single species!

[@TheWildlifeBrothers]

Cassowaries are such fascinating birds, certainly one of the most unique animals on the planet and one of my favorite ratites. I learned a lot about them from this video, as usual you know so much about your subjects and I’m never surprised to learn a ton of new things from you. Great work Nick! - Harrison and Evan

[@WickedWildlife]

Thanks guys! Sorry I hadn’t gotten back sooner I’d just seen this comment! Hope all’s well on your side of the world

[@TheWildlifeBrothers]

Things are going well! Cheers man!

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

I love learning everything about animals

[@tf-lv4zu]

very interesting thank you. looks like their eggs are a funky colour too.

[@WickedWildlife]

They are! You can imagine how well they’d blend in on the forest floor

[@annanardo2358]

SAVE THOSE CASSOWARY's. They have so much to contend with in order to survive. This video was very informative. They also must stop ruining that rainforest, it's unnatural that those people in charge are doing that without thinking about the animals that live in that forest. The animals come FIRST.

[@annanardo2358]

More humans are at fault for killing wildlife than any Cassowary or vice versa. Humans are the biggest serial killers when it comes to wildlife. Cassowary took out 2, that's all. That one kid Phillip was at fault for chasing the Cassowary, what did he expect the bird to do ? That kid was at fault for intanganizing.

[@jupiterpheonix3631]

💯 I was looking for this comment! Only two reported deaths, in the history of reports, BOTH of which were absolutely the fault of the humans involved . . But of course, it's the innocent animal that gets the blame. Why must we f*#k with everything, and F*#K everything up?

[@dash8brj]

Nick is telling us all about the Cassowary and all she wanted to do was "nom nom nom" that bucket of fruit :)

[@WickedWildlife]

The lady loves her grapes!

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

The fruit doesn't look good

[@ianparkinson7039]

Hi Nick they are unique and beautiful birds. I was fortunate enough to see a father & he’s half grown chick while fishing in the Daintree in 2018. We stayed quiet & he stayed calm was an amazing experience. Cheers mate

[@WickedWildlife]

I’d love to see them in the wild, apparently I just missed seeing on in Kuranda but never lucky enough to see one myself

[@ianparkinson7039]

@@WickedWildlife we actually saw another one walking along the main road running the Daintree area. Everyone stopped & we watched her just walk for maybe 150 meters. Got very lucky, that happened in 2016 I love the cape area. Hopefully you’ll see one next time your up there cheers Nick

[@WickedWildlife]

@@ianparkinson7039 we certainly plan on heading back, due to timing issues we only got to film about half the videos we prepared for so lots more to head up there for

[@leagreenall5972]

The Cassowary - the Emu special forces :D

[@djsonfire0001]

Great video! Learned a ton about the birds I didn't even know existed

[@WickedWildlife]

Great to hear! Glad you enjoyed the video mate!

[@caitoreills]

Great video, Nick - thanks for sharing! They’re such amazing birds. Absolutely love them! 😊

[@WickedWildlife]

What’s not to love, they are amazing! And thanks for watching 😊

[@kizmo2317]

That was amazing. You might as well have been in an enclosure with a large breed dog (which have killed a hell of a lot more people than cassowarys by the way). She was so well behaved.

[@abocas]

Binge watching this channel today 😵‍💫 Learning so much🙏

[@WickedWildlife]

Welcome to the channel and thanks for watching!

[@ac9356]

I did not know there were 2 other types I only know about the one on Australia

[@WickedWildlife]

New Guinae even has all three species up there!

[@ac9356]

@@WickedWildlife wow I hope they down disappear ad that go to all types of animals even ones I have a fear of like spiders as Mother Nature needs them all to stay balanced

[@WickedWildlife]

@@ac9356 so very true, everything has a role, just often we haven’t figured it out

[@ac9356]

@@WickedWildlife eni animals r more important the us humans if we all disappeared Ad the animals didn’t the planet b fine ad thriving but if all animals disappeared Ad we stayed the planet will die

[@WickedWildlife]

@@ac9356 while in some ways I agree, unfortunately humans have caused so much damage now, that if we disappeared over bight a lot of extinctions would continue thanks to invasive species and things While humans have caused untold damage to the natural world we are also the only species on earth that can decide we need to save another species and that’s special, we just need more people to do it

[@scottbourret1190]

Great overview. I've never heard anyone address many of the items you covered. Hope Austrailia can figure out how to preserve them, and help educate the public on how to behave around them. We have similar issues all across the states with many of our spieces as well.

[@WickedWildlife]

Thanks mate! Yeah all around the world there’s similar stories

[@jimcrawford5039]

Good for you, that is true of the whole world! Best wishes to you from me in Australia.

[@McPilch]

Another fantastic educational video! Perfect balance of interesting and surprising facts PLUS important facts such as the preservation status and the things that impact on that.. and what we can and should be doing to help preserve our amazing natural ecosystems. 💚👍

[@WickedWildlife]

Thanks mate!

[@SICProwl]

But can it defeat the Canadian goose?

[@chasecain3567]

Australian Critters are all, individual amazing and we love them all 🦎🦙🐍🐺❤️🐔🦔🪶🐢🐘

[@RICDirector]

Hell of a turkey, indeed. Having had one really shitheaded tom turkey, sounds good to me.

[@WickedWildlife]

Havnt had the pleasure of keeping turkeys, but we had peacocks that drove us mad 😂

[@СпасЯнков-э2ч]

@@WickedWildlife Have you ever kept bush turkeys i know you have megapods like Asia would love to hear more about them

[@johnreddy4808]

"Don't feed wildlife " *Proceeds to feed it grapes*

[@WickedWildlife]

You understand this is a captive animal that still needs to get its food from somewhere right? 😂

[@falconpowerful2362]

Such cool birds. They’ve certainly copped a bad wrap. Thanks for another informative video :-) .

[@Pauli.Ivanova]

Ridiculous that they are called the deadliest bird but have only killed 2 people. Dangerous yes, deadly? Not so much! Like he said, don’t feed them and don’t try to pet them or play with them and keep your dogs on a leash.

[@bazkeen]

Good one Nick. Very informative. I knew a couple of things about them. But a lot, I didn't know 👍🏻👍🏻

[@WickedWildlife]

Thanks mate! Some of the facts are more common knowledge, so I try and fill it out with a few lesser known specific details

[@bazkeen]

@@WickedWildlife You did a great job 👍🏻👍🏻

[@LibraLady-hg4pd]

it is said that an Emu has a brain the size of it's eyeball. Is this true of the cassowary as well? is that a contributing factor in their tendency to attack the hand that feeds them?

[@michaelshort2388]

Wow, I never knew we had a cassowary in Australia (outside zoos) lol

[@WickedWildlife]

We certainly do! They actually walk through the town of Kuranda from time to time!

[@ac9356]

I thought that the thing on there head may help with making the low rumbling sound

[@WickedWildlife]

It doesn’t appear to help make the noise, but may help other cassowaries hear it from a distance

[@ac9356]

@@WickedWildlife could do that I wonder if we will ever find the true answer to it. Do the really run straight through thick bushes Ad that

[@LifeintheBush]

Another great video, I didn't know most of those facts. I had heard there was a tree entirely dependent on the Cassowary but had no idea there were 100 plants solely dependent on them, that's incredible! Did you know that Casuarina's are named after Cassowary's because the drooping foliage resembles the drooping feathers of the Cassowary? This is something I like to share with people on my bushwalks and it's extra interesting because Casuarinas and Allocasuarinas don't even grow near the Cassowary's home range :). Thanks for the video, loved it :)

[@Dingosimon]

Bob Irwin will love this video

[@WickedWildlife]

I’d love for him to see it!

[@СпасЯнков-э2ч]

And not only Bob but thr other Irwins

[@SpoopySquid]

1: The cassowary is 500m away and approaching rapidly. You should run

[@СпасЯнков-э2ч]

Can you do a video on the flying foxes of Australia?

[@porkyswelding]

do the natives on paupa new guinea eat them?

[@NorwegianKnifeDude]

5:34 *Jordan Peterson has entered the chat*

[@thiagoleobons390]

1. "Don't feed cassowaries" 2. Spends the whole video feeding a cassowary

[@WickedWildlife]

1 don’t feed wild cassowaries 2 don’t let animals in captivity starve to death 🤷🏽‍♂️😊

[@autumnleaves2766]

Watching in the UK, never been to Australia. I love flightless birds, there's something fascinating about them. Saw wild ostriches in Namibia, farmed ostriches in South Africa, as well as some there that had escaped. Never seen a cassowary, even in a zoo. The blue neck and head are beautiful. It is so unusual for the female to be larger and more colourful, but the males doing the rearing of the chicks has obviously worked well from the evolutionary biology point of view, allowing the females to mate with multiple males over a wide area. I never knew about the deep vibrating sound they make to attract each other. The female you showed here is gorgeous. It would be great if the numbers could pick up a bit. Just the two human fatalities caused by cassowaries is not a bad record really. Is the cassowary used as the state emblem of Queensland ? Excellent podcast, thanks for posting it.

[@Anna_Matthews]

I'm glad I watched this video because i went to the zoo the other day and there was a cassowary acting aggressively towards me and I didn't do anything wrong so I was terrified and it was following me and kicking at the fence from in its enclosure. This video really helped me know some things I didn't know about the cassowary and to understand them better and I will be going back to that zoo.

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

2 fatilities: A boy harassing them. And one Florida Man....

[@amarnathsivalingam754]

அடப்பாவி அதுகிட்ட மிதிவாங்கி சாகாதே.... அது cassowary உலகின் பாயகரமான பறவைகளில் ஒன்று.. வெளாசிராப்டர் டைனோசர் வகைகையை சார்ந்தது என்று சொல்கிறார்கள்... யாரு பெத்த புள்ளையோ தெரியலையே.... கடவுள் தான் இவன காப்பாத்தனும்...🙏🥵

[@elijahfinch3889]

I've been told that the cast on there head is used as a aircon to cool them during the hot summer days. I can't remember why that is. I was told this at the Cassowary talk at Oakvale wildlife park in NSW

[@WickedWildlife]

It’s certainly another theory, but as of yet no ones proved any one use for them

[@zambimaru]

In captivity how common is it for Cassowaries to be calm like that?

[@WickedWildlife]

I’ve worked with a few and it seems to be abit of potluck Some where plain aggressive, others nervous and some reasonably calm, that being said I was told by her keepers sudden noises still set her off abit

[@zambimaru]

@@WickedWildlife Thanks for the info.

[@nobodyimportant4778]

According to indepth models of tyrannosaurus musculature, it could have walked by bobbing its head just like the cassowarry

[@ascendantindigo271]

I thought Cassowary's are related to Velocile Raptors. I'm dumb.

[@موسى_7]

So what if it wants to kill me? It's beautiful and has feathers, so I must pet it! (of course, I also want to survive, so I won't pet it after all)

[@WickedWildlife]

Hope is a very relaxed cassowary and still wasn’t gonna try patting her 😂

[@mehmedeminaydn7725]

The helmet on the head of a cassowary probably has the same function as the helmet on a guinea fowl's head.

[@franklinblunt69]

I know better & risk of consequences, but sympathize with the compassion & realize difficulty to prevent urge for supplementing wildlife nutrition especially when habitat & resources affected, pressured, encroached upon, ...😞

[@LibraLady-hg4pd]

years ago I told was living w a guy on his hobby farm & expressed my desire to raise a few laying hens. He said "Sure, no problem, I'll bring you a few birds to start with and see how you get along." He came home a few days later with 3 full grown Emu's in a horse trailer. Emu's avg height is 5'6" which is the same height as me but we never saw eye to eye in any other respect. You can sense how limited the intelligence of their eyeball sized brain really is when you look into their brain size eye. All they Kno is instinct of survival. Eat, drink, poop and breed. and attack anything that might prevent them from doing just that.

[@heathmcrigsby]

Dont feed the wildlife... opens with feeding the wildlife lol

[@СпасЯнков-э2ч]

Interesting what fruits the cassowaries are they are very important for the rainforest ecosystem in Australia

[@Liboo52]

I heard another theory for the purpose of the casque is as a helmet to protect them from the heavy falling fruit and nuts from the trees they forage under

[@maryfernando7545]

Thank you for the comprehensive description of this beautiful bird.

[@NoName-ds5uq]

I know very little about them, certainly none of these things, however I was lucky enough to see two together(and only now I realise they must’ve been father and offspring) in the Daintree in early 2016 just off the side of the road. I certainly had no idea how few of them there are! Amazing creatures!

[@DM-fj8wv]

Love your work Nick, thank you for your videos and priceless info and advocacy for our wildlife.

[@WickedWildlife]

Thank you for watching!

[@wendyhanberg8733]

She is a cute little thing though. Seems quite docile actually!!

[@IronKong-1_2-sb3df]

If male cassowaries take care of the young, doesn’t dad rule the roost?

[@GarrettMayfield]

You said feeding them leads to over socialized aggression towards humans yet started the video feeding one…

[@markrumfola9833]

Hello Down Under. Hope all is going good for you there. Scary Bird.

[@lesfox2010]

Fascinating video, really enjoyed that. Thanks,

[@Lia-yy7yf]

cassowaries are so dope i luv cassowaries so much 🙏

[@emilygrech3655]

You're way more likely to be killed by your own dog than this bird.

[@danaparsons1990]

Very good video!! From Kentucky 💜

[@mt_gox]

Rather take my chances with a cassowary than a Port Moresby Rascol any day of the week.

[@Dingosimon]

You had me @ poo eating Cassie's

[@WickedWildlife]

Waste not, want not 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

[@kalel311superman9]

imagine if they were predators?

[@MarkHenricksen-ks4hf]

They look crazy and mean!

[@Gracefully_Charrese]

She is beautiful! 🙂

[@LaloMartins]

Murder chicken 😹😹😹 love it

[@Pauli.Ivanova]

Which cassowary is the biggest?

[@sportyeight7769]

What about those neck flaps ?

[@gl7011]

Do they have wings?

[@loldiers3238]

I must admit, I wasn't expecting Florida Man to make an appearance 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@WickedWildlife]

His everywhere!

[@thegorn]

7:24 Two cassowaries one cup

[@waynependleton3901]

Deadbeat mother 😂😂😂😂

[@FlyFlicks]

Interesting, thank you

[@imwaytogoodlookingtobeyour1188]

Love that bird

[@WickedWildlife]

She’s impressive!

[@TheThemattyo1]

7 Iron golf club 😁👍

[@Dingosimon]

ahaahhahhah 1 hell of a turkey, I missed that 1st time round> I hope KZbin are paying you cos I had to watch 2 ads before your video began

[@WickedWildlife]

We do make a few bucks from KZbin, but this video will need to be up for 10 years to cover the costs of the trip to Townsville 😂

[@jeremyh.6704]

Dude anyone ever tell you that you look like Rob Schnieder?

[@WickedWildlife]

Never heard that one 😂 I’ve heard I sound like Jim Jeffries 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

[@kimclayton8417]

Lol love it

[@kimclayton8417]

Hi

[@tristinsway4217]

Beautiful cassowary 🦘🐅🇬🇸the for runner of Australia’s mythical bunyip which ranged all over Australia & was 16 feet in size the last recorded at fiery creek victoria in 1840 Melbourne museum the fiery creek bunyip🦋🐲🐉🦜🐅👹🦘🇬🇸

[@durere]

Did you dress in blue to make it think you're one of their own?

[@durere]

nevermind, you're always dressed in blue.

[@LabiaLicker]

Can we get a 10 CRAZY Casserole Facts video?

[@CandiceLemonSharks]

And they have a wattle that makes them look a bit like an American wild turkey. (Oh my entire god Floridaman.) Edit: I am way too old to do a PhD but but my best guess for the cool hat is thermoregulation if anyone who DOES want to do a PhD wants to pull that thread.

[@Al-cynic]

not humanised FFS, Habituated.

[@WickedWildlife]

Your right! But the point was hardly important enough for another trip to Townsville to fix my misuse of a single word Hopefully your still able to understand my point 😊

[@davidedgar6787]

I’ve seen only one of these birds in the wild and it was whilst doing jungle training with the army at Tully, sort of between Townsville and Cairns. It ran across a dirt road whilst we were patrolling along it. I do have a bit of an apocryphal story of one of the blokes in our platoon being chased by one of them through the scrub. As the story goes, he ran from the poor bird waving and firing his rifle behind him whilst screaming hysterically. It was only blanks though so no harm done to the poor critter.

[@erynwtompsett7910]

Saw you at the Swan Hill Carnival, awesome videos! Keep up the great work!

[@Celeste-in-Oz]

Most of that I’ve never heard before! Wow! Aren’t they stunning! 🤩

[@macca89doz]

Is that tropo?

[@WickedWildlife]

This ones name is Hope

[@macca89doz]

@@WickedWildlife awesome man cheers. They are such impressive animals hey.

[@WickedWildlife]

@@macca89doz they certainly are Unfortunately the one I worked with up there passed away a few years ago

[@yamchayaku]

I heard Cassowaries have claw-like spines on their wings. What are those used for?

[@racher4593]

Cassowarys are all serious practitioners of Shinto. Hence, the little hats.

[@kumarrishabhrajput3782]

In far cry 3 game i seen this bird attack dangerously

[@ryanpedersen5722]

Surprised there's so few of them here, I've seen them many times I assumed they had a big population

[@СпасЯнков-э2ч]

I would love to hear about Emus and the extinct Dwarf emu of Australia that could have been different species

[@СпасЯнков-э2ч]

Why cassowaries have those wattles on throat Nick i know they have a dangerous kick

[@craigmears5985]

I consider myself very fortunate to have seen 20 or more of these beautiful creatures working in banana plantations near cairns

[@petrusdeandrade1108]

People like you are necessary. People who respect nature and do not demonize it, despite the danger it may represent.

[@nigelcurtis3421]

The Only Animal I have ever been TERIFIED by in OZ !!!

[@LORDALEXANDER3]

Thanks for the valuable informations.

[@СпасЯнков-э2ч]

I think the usage of casque might be because to help them through the rainforest