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Man, those are some big kitties. 
I said kitties. 
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The Cassowary:
The Cassowary, voted the 'most dangerous bird on the planet' by the Guinness Book of World Records, is the largest land creature found on the Australian Continent and in Papua New Guinea; it is also the third-largest bird in the world, the first two being the Ostrich and the Emu. Since it is an inhabitant of Rain Forests and Rain Forests are rapidly shrinking, the Cassowary is high on the Endangered Species list.
Background:
The Cassowary belongs to the Ratite Bird Family. All Ratites are large, flightless birds that have been around for some 100 million years, since the long-gone days of Gondwanaland. This ancient family includes the Emu, the Ostrich, the Moa (now extinct), the Rheas, and the Kiwi   Kiwi
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That was great! 
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Originally Posted by REASON  That was great! | I'm glad you enjoyed it. I thought it was creative and very cute.
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In this world of ups and downs , its nice to know there are Jackalopes around.
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Hoatzin: Guyana's Prehistoric Throwback
The Hoatzin is a strange primitive bird. The Hoatzin's plump body and reddish-brown feathers may not appear antediluvian, but the bird's blood-red eyes set in patches of bright blue skin and unruly crest of long feathers are throwbacks to another time. Hoatzins are also born with two prehistoric claws protruding from their wings, a characteristic that lead many to believe that it's a direct link to the Archaeopteryx, the first known bird. Hoatzins are found along rivers and creeks in the Upper Demerara River-Berbice area in Guyana, and are easily seen because they often live in large groups and rarely stray far from their principal locals, probably due to the fact that they're poor fliers. Indeed, Guyana's national bird is such a bizarre species that it was put in its own order, the Opisthocomidae.
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Originally Posted by REASON Man, those are some big kitties.
I said kitties. | Yeah I was going to post pics of some big ones I saw on the net the other day but then I realized I had the spelling wrong and I didn't want to get into the same type of trouble I did with the land mines. (black helicopters circled my house for days after that!) Just one letter seems to make all the difference sometimes, who knew!
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