Sunday, September 18, 2005

I forgot to tell about one of the most exciting wildlife sightings! On the bus after our snorkeling day, very near the famous cassowary sign, we finally saw a REAL cassowary! Traffic was stopped, even the locals get excited about a cassowary sighting. It had just crossed the road, and was working back through the jungle towards the beach. They're big flightless birds, about the size of an emu, and very, very shy. There's only 1500 of them left, so they are very endangered. My comment that 'they're bigger than the fiberglass ones' got alot of laughter from the locals! There are many fiberglass ones around. Thought I'd better add this before I forgot all about it!

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