Abi Yanga - dwarf cassowary of the Papua New Guinea highlands - Ikundi Valley from yanga Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 1 min 88 sec
✓ Published: 24-Nov-2013

Description:
No encounter with wildlife is without some effect on most of us, but having the opportunity to meet animals that are both shy, elusive, and a little bit dangerous, on their own terms is a special privilege indeed.nnThe dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti) of New Guinea is a near threatened species of large ratite, so the same family as the ostrich of Africa, rhea of South America, emu of Australia and little kiwi of New Zealand. Standing at a little over a meter at the shoulder these are birds t