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| | Scientific name: Casuarius casuarius
Size: 1.5 - 2.0 metres
Status: Vulnerable
Diet: Fruit, occasionally fungi, snails and small dead animals.
Habitat: Tropical rainforest.
Breeding: Up to 4 eggs layed in June to October, incubated solely by the male.
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| | Southern Cassowary
/Southern+Cassowary/$File/Southern+Cassowary.jpg) The heaviest of Australian birds, the Cassowary is extremely wary of humans, they are under threat of extinction due to habitat loss. |
