page_title: Cassowary
hierarchical_section_title: Cassowary
context_page_description: Cassowaries are a kind of large bird which cannot fly. They are part of a group of flightless birds called the ratites. The ostrich, emu, moa and small kiwi are other ratites.
  The cassowary lives in the tropical rainforests of New Guinea and north eastern Australia. They are shy birds living deep in the forest. They can also become angry, and they will attack people. This makes it hard to learn about them.
  A group of cassowaries is called a shock.
context_section_description: Cassowaries  (Casuarius) are a kind of large bird which cannot fly. They are part of a group of flightless birds called the ratites. The ostrich, emu, moa (now extinct) and small kiwi are other ratites.
  The cassowary lives in the tropical rainforests of New Guinea and north eastern Australia. They are shy birds living deep in the forest. They can also become angry, and they will attack people. This makes it hard to learn about them.
  A group of cassowaries is called a shock.
caption: Where the southern cassowary lives
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