Casuarius casuarius

2 Southern Cassowary at Carmoo, QLD

Casuarius casuarius at Carmoo, QLD - 14 Aug 2024
Casuarius casuarius at Carmoo, QLD - 14 Aug 2024
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Casuarius casuarius 14 Aug 2024 natureguy
Casuarius casuarius 14 Aug 2024 lbradley

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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 noted:

27 Sep 2024

Threatened, major iconic, and ecosystem 'keystone species' aka in literal words: irreplaceable part of the ecosystem, including reproduction, sustainability, recovery from disasters, evolution of many tens of millions of years, and so on .

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This is the 3rd cassowary we have seen in the wild - 1 we saw at Cape Tribulation and 2 on the road between Mission Beach and Tully.

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