Cassowary Dung’s Seedy, Smelly Secrets | National Geographic

the first thing that I had really
learned about cassowaries was about
they’re done because they deposit these
enormous piles of dung little full of
seeds and it’s actually everywhere and
impressive so for example when I arrived
at this bird-watching lodge there was
there was a large pile of dung on the
steps it’s very clearly a cassowary dong
because it’s huge and and full of seeds
but the thing that I was curious about
is what does it smell like so when I was
on a walk through the rainforest
I stopped to investigate this and the to
a guy that I was with was most
astonished as I knelt down and began
snuffling away but actually it was not
unpleasant in the way that that dog
feces are unpleasant it was it actually
smelled pretty fruity although my sense
of smell is not very good so so I
insisted the Christian also back up my
my claims and make his own independent
investigation I got some pretty
interesting requests by email I’m just
noticing I never really counted the
seeds can you count four or five cows
with vampires and cribben numbers I
before it the raw data actually yes as
far as you could do anise nuts this is
the depth of research that goes into
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