Most Dangerous Bird in World Kills US Owner

A cassowary is a large flightless bird native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Photograph: Wilson Ring/AP
A cassowary is a large flightless bird native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Photograph: Wilson Ring/AP
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Most Dangerous Bird in World Kills US Owner

A cassowary is a large flightless bird native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Photograph: Wilson Ring/AP
A cassowary is a large flightless bird native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Photograph: Wilson Ring/AP

Local media sources reported that a cassowary, considered the "most dangerous bird in the world" killed a man in Florida.

The cassowary, a large, flightless, and the second most weighing bird after ostrich, is native to Australia and New Guinea, the German News Agency reported.

The Alachua County Fire Rescue Department told the Gainesville Sun that the man fell, and the cassowary attacked him with its huge claws after the fall. The injured man was then transported to the hospital where he died later.

The San Diego Zoo’s website calls cassowaries the world’s most dangerous bird with a 10cm, dagger-like claw on each foot. The cassowary, which can be up to 1.7 meters tall, can slice open any predator or potential threat with a single swift kick.

According to the Gainesville Sun, the victim was apparently breeding the bird that enjoys a wide popularity among collectors of unfamiliar birds.



International Space Station Welcomes 1st Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Axiom-4 crew of four astronauts lifts off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Axiom-4 crew of four astronauts lifts off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
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International Space Station Welcomes 1st Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Axiom-4 crew of four astronauts lifts off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Axiom-4 crew of four astronauts lifts off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on a mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Nesius

The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday, ferried there by SpaceX on a private flight.

The crew of four will spend two weeks at the orbiting lab, performing dozens of experiments. They launched Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

America’s most experienced astronaut, Peggy Whitson, is the commander of the visiting crew. She works for Axiom Space, the Houston company that arranged the chartered flight.

Besides Whitson, the crew includes India’s Shubhanshu Shukla, a pilot in the Indian Air Force; Hungary’s Tibor Kapu, a mechanical engineer; and Poland’s Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, a radiation expert and one of the European Space Agency’s project astronauts on temporary flight duty.

No one has ever visited the International Space Station from those countries before. In fact, the last time anyone rocketed into orbit from those countries was in the late 1970s and 1980s, traveling with the Soviets.

It's the fourth Axiom-sponsored flight to the space station since 2022. The company is one of several that are developing their own space stations due to launch in the coming years.