Motorists Are the Biggest Threat to Rare Flightless Bird in Australia

The cassowary is a rare flightless bird found in New Guinea and northeastern Australia. One of the main threats to the birds is motor traffic. In a 2006 study, Australian scientists found that 55 percent of all cassowary mortalities were the result of collisions with motor vehicles.

Conservation officials in Australia are urging the government to take more substantial measures to reduce traffic and to enforce lower speed limits in the forest habitat of the cassowary.

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