Stay away from this crabby ass bird. That foot is absolutely prehistoric.
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Flightless furies are thought to have enhanced ‘psychic’ abilities. The Lady of the Shades has an exceptional casque on her head that is rumored to be a conduit for certain electromagnetic waves, giving her the ability to see and hear things from rumored dimensions.
Another glimpse of Lady c: sitting on her swamp throne with a couple of her giant Diplocaulus inspired pets.
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kind of amusing because the blue jay was already a bunch of triangles so he looks totally normal
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What bird frightens you the most?
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain…
Photograph by Santonius Santonius Silaban
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Here’s a little cassowary family, enjoying some cassowary plums. I love putting together little compositions like this, surrounding animals with their native plants. This one is 7.5 inches square, watercolor and pen & ink.
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Birds with Hairstyles: Days 4-9
4. Cassowary with hi-top fade
5. Emu with faux hawk
6. Ostrich with Britney Spears pigtails
7. Budgie with Snookie poof
8. Amazon parrot with 1960's flip
9. Blue and gold macaw with George Clooney gentleman's cut
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Sure, Aussie magpies are scary when you get swooped, we've all been there. I've been there. But consider: you can befriend them. Whistle to imitate their song, slip them some delectable tidbits, and voila: you have new friends, who are birds. This is good.
Here's the secret: if you're careful and respectful and learn how to interact with them in a way that shows you're careful and respectful, you can befriend *any* bird on that list. Heck, any bird at all really.
*this is not an endorsement for people just getting into birds' personal spaces or feeding wild birds or anything utterly ignorant and destructive along those lines
before y'all say impossible for cassowaries, I will remind everyone that they were tamed, domesticated, and reared as farm animals on Papua/Niugini/Niu Gini/New Guinea
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My flightless bird for Marchirp is the Cassowary 💙
[Image ID: drawing of a tall blue bird. End ID]
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Scroll of birds, late 1800s, Japan.
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Meanwhile, on a N. Queensland, Australia beach: OMG, this cassowary commandeered this family's beach umbrella and he's eating their lunch. In the top photo you can see he's eating a grape and in the bottom, he's totally unperturbed as they stand around waiting.
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Glad to see people like Lady :] here she is not so in the shadows. Also with her spine adornment she wears on her casque sometimes. I do plan to draw her showing off her teeth again.
The swamp she resides in is named “Shades of Acheron” is said to be made of celestial spinal fluid, yummy.
The locals of the small port town outside the swamp, Barrowbask, see her as a sort of spirit or patron saint of fertility and protection. They often leave offerings in the mangrove roots at the edge of the swamp. They dutifully avoid entering though.
She especially loves the red fruits 🍓
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I was listening to Clint's Reptiles on youtube today and learning about cassowaries and doodled one up, trying to really channel that bird rage.
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Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius), family Casuariidae, order Casuariiformes, Etty Bay, northern Australia
photograph by JoeandDianne Smith
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(via 🔥 (Australia) Romper Stomper, a Cassowary well-liked by locals, he is even allowed to enter the local pub. : NatureIsFuckingLit)
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