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Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) North Queensland, Australia

Steven David Miller

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A captive southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) sits and rests in its massive enclosure in north Queensland’s Hartleys Crocodile Adventures. The small Australian population is listed as a keystone endangered species: keystone because it disperses the seeds of more than 60 plant species and endangered due to loss of habitat.

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