From the HouChron:
Bonus: Florida man!
Double bonus:
Bill Grotjahn, who investigated the death for the Medical Examiner’s Office, said Hajos had died from trauma inflicted by the bird. He called it “such an unusual situation.”
“I’ve been doing this for 18 years and I’ve never had a thing like this,” he said. “I’ve had them killed by alligators and snakes but never by a bird like that. I know ostriches and emus have their moments, but cassowaries are an extremely, extremely dangerous bird. You don’t want to fool around with them. They have no sense of humor.”
“…this doesn’t look like any ostrich attack that I’ve ever seen.”
(Yes, yes, I know: cassowaries are not ostriches or emus. But unless I’m badly misreading Wikipedia, they are in the same family.)
How does it taste?
Answer #1: I assume that it tastes primarily with its mouth, tongue and taste buds, with some assistance from the olfactory system. But I am not a ratite biologist, so I can’t say for sure.
Answer #2: “As for eating the cassowary, it is supposed to be quite tough. Australian administrative officers stationed in New Guinea were advised that it ‘should be cooked with a stone in the pot: when the stone is ready to eat so is the Cassowary’.”