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About 10 feet next to the road we saw a male and a juvenile cassowary.  They are very rare birds and we were very lucky to see them.  Only about 1,500 of them are still around.  At a height of up to 6 feet they are big enough to hurt humans when they get annoyed, so we decided to stay in the bus.