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[[Image:Jurong Southern Cassowary.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[preference|Admired]] for their ''casques''.]]
Although described as small in Dwarf Fortress, '''cassowaries''' rank among the largest flightless birds on earth, outsized only by [[ostrich]]es and [[emu]]s. Though benign, they can cause lethal damage to the average dwarf with a well-aimed kick. Coming into contact with these creatures in Dwarf Fortress will cause job cancellations. They can be tamed and bred, but there are better options. Some dwarves [[preference|admire]] them for their ''casques'' (helmet-like protrusions).

== In real life ==
The only documented human death by a cassowary happened on April 6, 1926. 16-year-old Phillip McClean and his brother, aged 13, came across a cassowary on their property and decided to try to kill it by striking it with clubs. The bird kicked the younger boy, who fell and ran away as his older brother struck the bird. The cassowary then charged and knocked the older brother to the ground and kicked him in the neck, opening a 1.25 cm (0.49 in) wound which may have severed his carotid artery. The boy managed to escape, but died shortly afterwards as a result of his injuries.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassowary]

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