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Southern cassowary population discovered in northern Cape York for first time in 40 years

A group of cassowaries have been spotted at the tip of Australia's mainland for the first time in 40 years, signalling new hope for the endangered bird.

The southern cassowary is widely known as one of the world's most dangerous birds and is only found in far north Queensland, Papua New Guinea and eastern Indonesia.

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