A cassowary standing coolly next to a road that passes through the township of Etty Bay in the Cassowary Coast region of North Queensland, south of Cairns.
WITH legs like a velociraptor and a striking neon blue neck, the southern cassowary cuts a fearsome figure in the rainforests of northeast Australia.
It is best to admire these human-sized birdies – and their rapier-sharp 10cm talons – from afar.
