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Weighs as much as a piano and stands at an impressive 2.7m tall <\/p>\n\n
Native to the Horn of Africa in the easternmost part of the continent <\/p>\n\n
The prehistoric-looking southern cassowary is about 1.7m tall <\/p>\n\n
Has a single rather than a double wattle <\/p>\n\n
Found only in Australia <\/p>\n\n
The first non-ratite on our list <\/p>\n\n
The largest living native bird anywhere in the Americas <\/p>\n\n
The only bird on our list that can fly! <\/p>\n\n
Smallest of the three cassowary species, also known as the mountain cassowary <\/p>\n\n
Thought to have helped start Charles Darwin\u2019s musings on evolution <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"