Hey, you too could own a cassowarry, a really really big bird with a “daggerlike claw on each foot.” She comes without a name so you can call her whatever you want.<\/p>\n
Like murderer.<\/p>\n
“Giant Bird That Killed Its Owner Is Put Up for Auction.”<\/a><\/p>\n So many questions — although the Times article does describe exactly what happened to Ms. Cassowary’s owner, name of Marvin Hajos.<\/p>\n Why would anybody want a cassowarry? I understand about roos, and maybe even wombats. But something taller than you, probably, with a bright blue face “topped with a horn-like ridge,” and with those daggers? Nah.<\/p>\n And why, after she’s killed her previous owner, is she going up as an auction item?<\/p>\n “There will be no videoing in any part or portion in whole of this auction,” [Gulf Coast Livestock Auction] group wrote [in a release]. “Anyone seen video taping in any capacity will be deemed trespassing and will be escorted out by security…”<\/p>\n I’d think letting Ms. Cassowarry get at you would be a sufficient threat.<\/p>\n Doesn’t this all sound like an episode in a James Bond film?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey, you too could own a cassowarry, a really really big bird with a “daggerlike claw on each foot.” She comes without a name so you can call her whatever you want. Like murderer. “Giant Bird That Killed Its Owner … Continue reading