Rare cassowary chick hatches at Blank Park Zoo

Iowa’s largest zoo as a tiny new resident. Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines reports the hatching of a southern cassowary chick. The zoo’s Ryan Bickel says it’s a creature with which many Iowans may not be familiar. “When you think of a cassowary, think the size of an ostrich or an emu,” Bickel says. […]