• 1. 
    Which bird has been known to kill human beings with slashing blows of its feet, as the innermost of its three toes bears a long daggerlike nail?

  • cassowary
  • lammergeier
  • emu
  • ostrich
  • 2. 
    Which flightless bird once proved a danger to American country singer Johnny Cash?

  • moa
  • kiwi
  • ostrich
  • emu
  • 3. 
    Which bird dines on bone marrow from carrion, which it accesses by dropping its prey from great heights to crack open the bones?

  • moa
  • lammergeier
  • great horned owl
  • barred owl
  • 4. 
    Which bird attacked a jogger in Salem, Oregon, in 2015, striking the scalp repeatedly before the jogger escaped?

  • magpie
  • bearded vulture
  • great horned owl
  • barred owl
  • 5. 
    What bird was invoked in a murder case when the defense argued that it was the bird, rather than the defendant, attacked the victim?

  • barred owl
  • red-shouldered hawk
  • great horned owl
  • bearded vulture
  • 6. 
    Which bird can run at nearly 50 km (30 miles) per hour and is capable of eviscerating animals (or, more rarely, humans) under the right conditions?

  • spur Winged Goose
  • ostrich
  • emu
  • great northern loon
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