Talk:Southern cassowary

Approval
Excellent!!!!! I was hoping that somebody would make a page for each species of cassowary.Aacceeggii 01:22, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 20:53, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Original research
The claim in the Analogous features section that the rhino/cassowary is an example of convergent evolution seems very suspect, and I doubt a serious reference could be found for that claim, as the structures really are very different (they're made of keratin... but that's where the similarities end), as far as known largely used in different ways, and I am aware of no hard evidence that indicates they evolved to deal with comparable situations (i.e. basic evolutionary pressure). Consequently, I've now added the original research template to that section, and will, if/when I stumpled upon this article in the future and above has not been reliably referenced, remove/re-write part of it. • Rabo³  • 15:26, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Relatively smallest bird egg?
As I noted on the Ostrich talk page, either Southern or Northern Cassowary appears to be the bird species with the smallest egg in proportion to female size; at c. 1.2 % (580 g vs. 47 kg) smaller than the eggs of Emperor Penguin (1.4–1.5 %), Emu (c. 1.5 %) and the Ostrich (1.7 %). --Anshelm &#39;77 (talk) 04:09, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Uneeded lines
At the bottom of the behavior line I saw something that said: "Both the blade-like casque and the claws are capable of killing humans and dogs if the bird is provoked." I don't know if it is just me but I do not think it is nessasary to include dog in this line because if it can kill humans it would be able to kill a dog, and I think it is abit off topic. Nrg800 (talk) 21:55, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Maybe, only because it may be a common occurrence for this bird to kill dogs. speednat (talk) 20:29, 26 March 2009 (UTC)


 * They can't kill with their casque at all. There has only been one recorded death of a human killed by a cassowary, and that was a young boy who fell first and was kicked on the ground, getting his jugular. Injuries to dogs would be equally unlikely. It is only hunting dogs that kill cassowaries. Dave Kimble 26 November 2009

Range
The range map is inaccurate and should be removed. It doesn't cover the main Innisfail - Mission Beach - Townsville area at all. None of the 5% area is habitat. see derm range map Dave Kimble 26 November 2009 —Preceding undated comment added 07:15, 26 November 2009 (UTC).

Also, I believe the map has a typo. I don't know about the distribution of the Southern Cassowary, but it doesn't make sense for the pink area to be >5% when that number is already covered by the other colors (5-15% and >15%). I am pretty sure it should be <5%. Azaleaa (talk) 19:41, 16 February 2013 (UTC)Azaleaa

clawed wings
As you can see in some cassowary photos, you might see that on the cassowarys' stumpy wings, there are three long talons sticking out. --Superscaryguy (talk) 14:48, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

those aren't claws, those are heavily regressed flight feathers--50.138.213.207 (talk) 04:15, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Cute quote
What bird is "six feet tall, weighs over 100 pounds and can kick people to death? Why, the southern cassowary, of course." Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/five-facts-cassowary-180964963/#9U0DEdXJdEsBCgTg.99

PS: they used our 2nd (left) photo in the art. --Pete Tillman (talk) 21:45, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Native pigs?
An article called Pre-Cookian Pigs in Australia? discussed Australia's two types of pigs, Papuan pigs/eary-type (Sus scrofa papuensis) and Eurasian pigs/recent-type (Sus scrofa domesticus). Evidence sugggests Papuan pigs are native to Australia. Pigs and wallabies might be harming the Far North Queensland ecosystem because dingoes, their natural predator, are heavily persecuted there - and everywhere else too. Papuan pigs are present in Queensland, the far northwest of New South Wales, and the Northern Territory. 49.177.208.149 (talk) 23:33, 25 March 2023 (UTC)