I will forgive you for thinking that Australia has only one large flightless bird, the emu. However in the tropical rain forests of North Queensland lives another one, the cassowary. Unlike the emu the cassowary is declining in numbers due mainly to habitat loss. Note the large helmut (comb) on the head which is used by the bird to brush aside vegetation as it runs through the rain forest. Looking at this bird you could perhaps support the argument that birds descended from the dinosaurs.
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