The dark shape moving through the water was a cassowary, a large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia known for its territorial and "dangerous" behavior, per the Department of ...

Locals call the cassowary the “murderbird”, and seeing one might remind you of something that escaped from Jurassic Park.

A rogue cassowary believed responsible for a rare attack on an elderly man in North Queensland has been filmed in the wild — looking bold ... flightless birds are almost unheard of, although ...