Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On the Cassowary bird

Leading a prominently solitary existence, cassowaries are regal, flightless birds that roam the rainforest and coast of Tropical North Queensland.

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Cassowary birds are the second heaviest bird in the world to the ostrich. It is the third tallest bird in the world to the ostrich and the emu.

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Once the cassowary has found a mate and laid her eggs, she leaves while the father takes over. The father builds the nest and incubates the eggs for 50 days, rarely eating or drinking during this time. 

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Cassowaries are frugivores meaning they are fruit eaters. This love of fruit runs so deeply that some of the rainforest fruits they eat have been named after them, like the Cassowary Plum and Cassowary Stain Ash.

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Cassowaries are one of the closest living species to dinosaurs and one of the key visual features of this stocky bird that proves it (besides the gnarly toes), is the casque on its head.

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