The Most Terrifying Bird on Earth


	The Most Terrifying Bird on Earth

Kelika

4-18-2009 7:36 PM

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4-18-2009 10:09 PM

willhelm

Cool. I just took a picture of a cassowary. This looks to be a different kind than the one I photographed, but it is a cassowary. Beautiful bird! It didn't strike me as a dangerous beast.

4-19-2009 2:56 AM

Deepti

wow!

4-19-2009 6:37 AM

zadoz

i've seen them outback but allways kept my distance!

4-20-2009 1:41 AM

Jorjor

I don`t recall the author, but if I ever track it down, I`ll re-post:

If I were a cassowary
On the plains of Timbuktu,
I would eat a missionary
Cassock, bell and hymn-book, too.

4-21-2009 1:18 AM

4freedomstantra

Scary bird..

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