Cassowary chasing the car - me FREAKING OUT

I have turned off comments.. I'm sick of getting mean comments that go directly to my e-mail address. I was not taunting the animal, it came to us, I was just trying to get it to come away from the road, and it was very scary as I had just read about how they can kill people. I know I am being annoying, that's not the point of the video. Too many people have called me names, and I am sick of it..

I am leaving it on here because it makes me laugh a little and it was a surreal moment for me.



So i have to say that this video was taken after the Cassowary surprised us coming out of the bush. We had pulled off the highway on a dirt road and were walking around when he ran up to us. We had to run back to the car and get it.

He was very aggressive and we NEVER fed him, he still followed us to the road when we left. Other people must have fed him, because he was so hungry after the cyclone that went through and wiped out all the natural food sources. This was us trying to lure him back from the road and into the bush so he wouldn't get run over. Cassowaries get killed by cars often because they are so aggressive and so stupid (small brain) and so they try and fight the car, and usually lose. Its sad and one of the reasons they are so endangered.

So i was trying to save its life.. and I was very scared and excited and acting like a total idiot at the same time. I can only explain the way I was acting by the rush of excitement and fear.

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