Kofron wrote, adding that “in the single fatal attack, the victim was trying to kill the cassowary.” In Papua New Guinea, cassowaries are not a protected species and locals will roast and eat ...

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The future of the endangered southern cassowary is at stake ... species with seeds that are too large for other animals to eat. “They walk around for a few kilometers, do a major poo, and ...