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The world's most ferocious birds: Crane ostrich sharp claws can penetrate thick wooden boards

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The world's most ferocious birds: Crane ostrich sharp claws can penetrate thick wooden boards

There are many kinds of birds in the world, there are birds with docile personalities, such as parrots and pachyderms, and birds with more cautious personalities; but there are some that are not to be messed with, they are fierce in nature and can even prey on large mammals. Then you know what the world's most ferocious birds are? The fiercest bird in the world is the crane ostrich, which lives mainly in the rainforests of New Guinea and northwestern Australia. They have sharp claws, and in 2007 this bird was listed by Guinness World Records as the most ferocious bird. Apr 29, 2024

The most aggressive bird in the world in terms of temperament


The crane ostrich, as most people call it, is a cassowary. This bird is the fiercest bird in the world, the crane ostrich is nearly two meters tall, has three toes, strong and powerful, the middle toe is even up to 12 centimeters long, and will not fly. Its sharp claws but like a dagger, can easily cut through the animal's fur, can easily penetrate thick wooden boards, so cut through human skin is not a piece of cake, and their beaks are also very hard, regular people simply can not stand it a peck.

Because the crane ostrich is so aggressive, many zoos are afraid to keep it because its presence is a great threat to keepers. The crane ostrich (cassowary) is the third largest bird in the world, but it is not able to fly. Over the course of many years of evolution, other aspects of it have been strengthened, but the wings have undergone serious degradation.

Although the crane ostrich can not fly, but it is not slow to run on the ground, can reach 50 kilometers per hour, and it is good at jumping, very flexible movements. This fierce bird generally likes to eat plant fruits and some small animals. They have a very special habit, that is, very curious about the luminous things.

Even the charcoal ashes that people abandon, it has to walk over and swallow a few already extinguished charcoal to the sand sac, in order to help digestion, which is also the reason for the nickname of cassowary. Because of its sharp claws and strong territorial awareness, it often hurts people, and a single foot can make people disemboweled, so it is known as the world's most dangerous bird. During the Second World War, American and Australian troops suffered the loss of the crane ostrich. At that time, American soldiers and Australian soldiers were stationed in New Guinea, there was a soldier who wanted to eat roast chicken, so he went up to provoke the crane ostrich, and was killed by the crane ostrich in the air with a kick.

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