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Re:What it’s like to fall into the deadly Australian plant, ... by llamaLord on Friday April 07, 2023 @09:06AM (#35481178)
And the Combat-Emu https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassowary
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Re:What it’s like to fall into the deadly Australian plant, ... by techdragon on Friday April 07, 2023 @09:54AM (#35481574)
never heard it called a combat emu…

But also, these guys are like… A+ proof of dinosaur’s evolution into birds… you can pretty much picture Cassowaries in place of the raptors in Jurassic park…

Some extra Cassowary info.

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2019...

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/how-da...

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Re:What it’s like to fall into the deadly Australian plant, ... by llamaLord on Friday April 07, 2023 @05:50PM (#35487446)
"Combat Emu" is my personal contribution to the Aussie lexicon (at least as far as I'm aware). I figured it's appropriate...
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