A southern cassowary chick hatched in the UK, making it only the second one of its species to have hatched on European soil.
A southern cassowary, belonging to one of the largest and deadliest bird species on the planet, has hatched for the first time at a bird park in the Cotswolds, United Kingdom.
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This event has been 25 years in the making. Keepers at Birdland in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, have been trying to breed the giant bird for a quarter century.
There are only four chicks of the southern cassowary that have hatched in Europe, and the newly born chick is only the second to have hatched in the UK.
Birdland Keeper Alistair Keen described this moment as “very special indeed” to the BBC but also mentioned the bird’s notorious reputation. Keen stated, “Cassowaries have a reputation as one of the world’s most dangerous birds, and their size, speed, and power combined with their dagger-like, 10cm claws mean we have to take looking after them extremely seriously.”
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