From This Story. [×] CLOSE. “Barbara” wonders onto a road to collect a mango-sized fruit. … Although many of Australia's mammals are, to North Americans anyway, infamous oddballs—from the duck-billed platypus to the eucalyptus-munching koala—the cassowary is gaudy proof that its birds can be just as strange. The southern … endangers them. Since the cyclone, some 20 cassowaries, out of a local population of perhaps 100, have died after being hit by cars or attacked by dogs. …

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Invasion of the Cassowaries | Science | Smithsonian