TikTok: young woman goes viral after recording a video of an extremely dangerous bird

The animal in question, recorded in this young woman's TikTok video, is a cassowary. The bird is known for having a bad temper and for using its beak and sharp claws to attack people. In the record made by the girl, the cassowary was walking peacefully among the bathers in the beach, because the vast majority did not know about the risks.

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Cassowary on TikTok: most dangerous bird

Melania Fuentes naively recorded the bird that was close to her and the people accompanying her, not knowing that it is simply the most dangerous in the world. The video already reaches the mark of more than 3 million views on the platform, even though the post is only four days old.

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Melania even showed some messages that she ended up receiving from several people warning of the danger that the cause there represented. One such notice was: "Melania, this animal is one of the most dangerous animals in the world, Google it."

In Australia, at the end of the 1990s, a survey was carried out that showed that birds of this species went up to about 150 people. The attacks were recorded over a period of ten years.

Facts about the cassowary

1. It is a species of bird from Oceania, which can reach two meters in height and weigh around 60 to 68 kilos.
2. In addition to weighing about 68 kg and having dangerous claws, birds of this species are excellent jumpers, being able to jump up to two meters high from the ground. Their ability to jump helps them when attacking with their claws. They are a high jump and swoop down with their claws, slashing downwards.
3. They are birds that swim very well. On the ground, they can reach a speed of up to 49 km/h.
4. They feed mainly on fruits.
5. An adult cassowary can eat, per day, up to 11 kg of fruits next to the animals killed to obtain proteins. They also eat snails, lizards and rodents.
6. So far, there are two reports of humans killed by cassowary attack. The first was in 1926, when a 16-year-old Australian farmer was attacked by the bird. The second case was a 75-year-old man in Florida who was killed by the bird he kept as a pet on his farm.