The fierce bird can attack people

Crested ostriches are one of the largest birds in the world with a shape that looks like a vestige from other geology. They are as high as humans, with glossy black fur and cold eyes, walking with two legs, weighing up to 63.5 kg and there is a long sharp nail on each leg.

“The crested ostrich seems to be very primitive. They look like live dinosaurs,” Andrew Mack, who spent 5 years of studying the crested ostrich in nature in Papua New Guinea. Ostrich head does not know how to fly. They are said to be the most dangerous bird in the world. Their more famous relatives are EMU ostriches, one of the national symbols of Australia.

Despite mainly living alone in the jungle and less exposed to humans, the current crested ostrich is an endangered species. In addition to impressive appearance, they play an important role in the rain forest ecosystem. Is the largest fruit -eating animal in the world, ostriches eat and consume dozens of fruits a day, helping seeds scatter and regrow through the forest. They are also rare animals, in which male birds take care of most young care. The female ostrich lays eggs, then leaves the nest, so the males incubate and raise young birds. They are very hard to protect the young. The clashes are not related to the food between the crested ostriches and the people occur when someone comes too close to the young bird. Last year, a woman in Queensland tried to stop a hungry crested ostrich robbery of her clip.

Peter Rowles, founder of Community For Coastal & Cassowary Conservation (C4) is a long -time resident in Mission Beach, the coastal community north of Queensland, near Daintree National Park, mainly living environment in Australia of the crest head. “If you meet a crest -head ostrich in the wild, the first thing is to put your hand behind your back. When you look tedious, you will not attract their attention. Mixed into the environment. Do not scream and wave.

While humans tend to scream and run in the opposite direction when meeting ostriches, it often counterproductive effects. Like ordinary ostriches and EMU ostriches, crested ostriches are animals with two legs that can run across people. A 2001 study in Zoolology magazine indicated the action of human -eating ostriches was the cause of 75% of the dangerous clash. According to the research author, Christopher P. Kofron, the act of giving food changes their natural behavior, making them brave and aggressive. In Papua New Guinea, ostriches are not protected, local people often spin and eat bird meat if they catch them.

According to Rowles, those who want to stay away from ostriches when visiting Queensland should avoid riding black or dark blue. In the past, ostriches saw their silhouette reflected on the body of the car and panicked because they thought that a rival bird was nearby.