Birdology by Sy Montgomery5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() “It was like it stepped out of a crack in time,” Montgomery said. She could see it clearly, its blue head, swaying red wattles, its dark feathers … and those claws. The bird walked among the nearby trees, ignoring her, though Montgomery was sure it knew she was there. Montgomery tracked the cassowary through Australia’s leech-laden forests for days, finally coming face to face with one at the last possible hour, after she put time provided by a bus delay to good use and made one last forest visit.Īs she sat at the edge of the woods, contemplating her impending failure to see a cassowary in the wild, one came into view. Just the kind of creature Montgomery wanted to meet. To author Sy Montgomery, the flightless cassowary hearkens back to distant dinosaur ancestors, bearing a velociraptor’s claw and a hadrosaur’s bony crest. It can weigh 150 pounds, run 30 miles per hour, and attack with a sharp, 5-inch claw on each foot. An adult cassowary is considered the world’s most dangerous bird. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |