What is "cassowary"? There is a saying that it is "turkey". Is there an academic or literary explanation?

Q1: What is "cassowary"?

■Cassowary

●Distribution area: Australia, New Guinea

●The cassowary, also known as Emu in English, is one of the oldest birds in the world. It is a close relative of the ostrich. Due to its huge size, its wings have long since degraded to the point where it cannot fly.

●Cassowaries usually go out in the early morning or evening and feed on fruits and insects.

★In addition, they have a unique habit and are very curious about glowing things. When they see the ashes of charcoal abandoned by humans, they will definitely come forward to peck at it and swallow a few extinguished ones. Add charcoal to the sand bowl to help grind indigestible food.

●Australia is a unique place. It drifted away from all continents during the Pangea plate movement 70 million years ago. It is independent of the global ecosystem. Local creatures do not have to face jackals, tigers and leopards. Waiting for the threat of viviparous carnivores, they can reproduce with peace of mind, so many rare species have been preserved.

The cassowary is a representative of this special environment and is as famous as the kangaroo in Australia.

●The cassowary is a large and flightless cassowary of the order Cassowary. It often collects leaves or branches to build nests at the roots of big trees. Female cassowaries give birth to three to three babies at a time. Six light green eggs. The mature cassowary is about 150 centimeters long and weighs about 80 kilograms. Its wings have degenerated along with the sternum. The cassowary has a towering horny crest, which protects the bare body like a steel helmet. heads, which can clear branches from their way as they dash forward. They can run at speeds of up to fifty kilometers per hour, and they are also good at swimming.

Q2: Is there a word for "turkey"?

■It is completely different from turkey.

Turkey has a unique appearance, with a tall and majestic body, a long and broad back, particularly developed chest and leg muscles, an exposed head and neck, fleshy cones on the upper nostrils, and skin tumors on the lower part of the head.

●In male turkeys, when they are calm, their flesh cones become longer and their skin tumors are light blue. When they are excited, their flesh cones become smaller and their skin tumors turn red. Different species have different feather colors. Male turkeys have spurs, a tuft of whiskers on their chest, and well-developed tail feathers that expand into a fan shape when excited.

●Female turkeys have smaller heads, slender necks, undeveloped skin tumors that are difficult to change color, and no spacing on their shins. Their body weight is only 2/3 of male turkeys.

Q3: Is there any academic or literary explanation?

■ Regarding the mythical color or literary nature of the cassowary or turkey, I have an explanation online. I haven't found it on the road yet, maybe it doesn't exist.

◎But there is a story about the fire phoenix

(I think most people may mistakenly call it the fire phoenix)

(It’s just that the fire phoenix is ??not a cassowary, and more Not a turkey)

Fire Phoenix: It is a Western allusion and an Egyptian myth.

In the desert of Egypt, there is an immortal bird called the phoenix. It burns to ashes every five hundred years, then regenerates from the ashes and lives for another five hundred years.