The Southern cassowary lives in the rainforests of coastal northern Queensland, Australia, as well as in tropical rainforests of Papua New Guinea, and the Aru and Seram Islands. It is found in Cape York, in the vine forests of Lockerbie and McHenry Uplands, the vine forests of the McIlwraith and Iron Ranges, and in the Wet Tropics, from Big Tableland, south of Cooktown to Paluma, north of Townsville.
The Northern cassowary, or Golden-neck Cassowary, is found in the tropical rainforests of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya on the island of New Guinea.
Cassowaries' preferred habitat is rainforest and other dense bushland where they can easily hide, from low-lying swampland forests to high, mountainous forests.
it was found in Australia
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Baby Cassowaries Are Called Chicks.
cassowaries are 2,491 ft. tall
Cassowaries are classified as frugivores, which means they eat fruit.
Cassowaries are not native to Saint Lucia. If there are any there, they were imported.
Cassowaries can't do anything to the eagle. Large eagle species can kill cassowaries.
size of a human
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Cassowaries are not amphibious. They are flightless birds which are predominantly found in the tropical rainforest. They do not spend time in the water, which is what amphibious creatures do.
Cassowaries live mainly in the rain forests. As cassowaries live on fallen fruit they spend a lot of time under trees where seeds the size of golfballs or larger are dropping from heights of up to 30 metres.
Cassowaries are birds so, like all birds, they have feathers. Only mammals have fur.
Dead lizards.
Cassowaries are omnivores, meaning they eat both plants and animals. They eat reptiles, dead mammals, and sometimes even birds!