‘World’s deadliest chick’ hatches at Cotswolds wildlife park for first time

Oliver Browning

9 September 2024 at 4:33 am·1-min read

‘World’s deadliest chick’ hatches at Cotswolds wildlife park for first time

Keepers at Birdland wildlife park in the Cotswolds have announced their first ever successful hatching of a southern cassowary chick, renowned as one of the world’s largest and most formidable flightless birds.

The birth is a major milestone for the Bourton-on-the-Water attraction, which has been trying to breed the giant birds on site for more than 25 years.

The chick, which is part of the European Endangered Species Programme, is only the fourth to hatch in Europe in 2024 and the first born in the UK since 2021.

“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,” keeper Alistair Keen said.

The Telegraph
Body of American diver found inside shark
Parts of a woman’s body have been found inside the stomach of a Tiger shark two weeks after she disappeared in Indonesia.
BBC
Nigeria town celebrates after hunting down ‘killer hippo’
People in Yauri town say they can now go to their farms or out on to the river to fish without fear.
Associated Press
Grazer beats the behemoth that killed her cub to win Alaska's Fat Bear Contest
In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer. Grazer beat Chunk by more than 40,000 votes cast by fans watching live cameras atexplore.org of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. This is where Grazer’s cub died after it slipped over the waterfall and was killed by Chunk, perhaps the most dominant brown bear on the river.
Associated Press
Cambodian fishermen turn to raising eels as Tonle Sap lake runs out of fish
Em Phat, 53, studies his eel tanks with the intensity of a man gambling with his livelihood. For millennia, fishermen like him have relied on the bounty of the Tonle Sap in Cambodia, Southeast Asia’s largest lake and the epicenter of the world’s most productive inland fishery. Phat hopes that raising eels — a delicacy in Asian markets like China, Japan and South Korea — will provide a way forward.
People
Body of American Tourist Reportedly Found in Shark’s Stomach, But It Remains Unclear How She Died
Friends of Colleen Monfore, 68, said they don't believe that she died as a result of a shark attack
Evening Standard
Hurricane Milton latest LIVE: Monster storm hits Florida blowing off stadium roof and causing tornadoes
More than three million Florida homes and businesses without power and 1,900 flights have been cancelled
HuffPost
Florida Democrat Shuts Down Marjorie Taylor Greene And Her Hurricane Conspiracy 'Machine'
Jared Moskowitz slammed the Georgia Republican for her "very dangerous" misinformation.
The Independent
Public outcry as Australian zoo euthanises healthy lioness because her male partner died
Adelaide Zoo claims Amani was euthanised as negative impacts on her welfare ‘outweighed any benefits of keeping the lioness alive’
Euronews
Two elephants die in flooding at sanctuary in northern Thailand
The sanctuary was inundated by floodwaters reaching nearly five metres high.View on euronews
Futurism
Scientists Just Took the Earth's "Vital Signs." They Hated What They Saw.
The doctors have just taken the Earth's "vital signs." And the prognosis is not good. In an annual climate report published in the journal BioScience, an international team of scientists warn that humanity is "on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster," as we fail to stop the worst of the environmental impacts. Right now, […]
BBC
Mama bear beats rival who killed her cub to win Fat Bear Week
The brown bear, named 128 Grazer, also defeated her rival, Chunk, last year to win the title.
HuffPost
'The Wind Is Bulls**t': Trump's Weird New Ramble Has To Be Seen To Be Believed
The former president launched into a strange word salad about windmills during a speech in Pennsylvania.
The Daily Beast
Chaos as Hurricane Milton Makes Landfall in Florida as Category 3 Storm
Parts of the roof of Tropicana Field, the stadium where the Tampa Bay Rays play, were ripped to shreds after enduring extreme winds from Hurricane Milton, videos and photos from the area showed, as the death toll mounted in the wake of the storm.Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 storm, earlier Wednesday night, according to the National Hurricane Center. It weakened to a Category 1 early Thursday morning and was located 40 miles south-southwest of Orlando, a
The Independent
Hurricane Milton devastates Florida leaving multiple dead as police chief warns ‘we’ll be finding bodies’: Live
Multiple fatalities have already been reported as Hurricane Milton continues to wreak havoc as it moves off Florida’s east coast
AFP News
Monster Hurricane Milton makes landfall, walloping coast of Florida
Hurricane Milton left a trail of destruction as it crashed into the Florida coast Wednesday, its furious winds sparking tornadoes and flash floods across a US state reeling from another massive storm two weeks earlier.- 'The other storm' - Milton struck just two weeks after another major hurricane, Helene, devastated Florida and other southeastern states, with emergency crews still working to provide relief.
Associated Press
Hurricane Milton spawns destructive, deadly tornadoes before making landfall
Multiple powerful tornadoes ripped across Florida hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday, tearing off roofs, overturning vehicles and sucking debris into the air as the black V-shaped columns moved through. Deaths were reported in St. Lucie County on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, but local authorities did not specify how many residents had been killed. “It’s definitely out of the ordinary,” said Northern Illinois University meteorology professor Victor Gensini.
AFP News
China's solar goes from supremacy to oversupply
Strong state support and huge private investment have made China's solar industry a global powerhouse, but it faces new headwinds, from punitive tariffs abroad to a brutal price war at home.The sector's supersonic expansion has overleveraged the domestic industry, overloaded China's grid and sparked a brutal price war, experts say.
People
Mama Bear Wins Fat Bear Week for Second Year in a Row by Beating Competitor That Killed Her Cub
Grazer once again surpassed Chunk — who killed one of her cubs in July — in the competition's finals, winning by a healthy margin
PA Media: UK News
Swarm of tadpoles snapped by snorkelling photographer wins international contest
An image of western toad tadpoles won the Natural History Museum’s 60th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
The Independent
Abandoned dog left tied to fence on side of I-75 hours before Hurricane Milton hits
‘Please don’t do this to your pets,’ police said after finding the dog

Latest stories