Houston: The 75-year-old owner of a farm in Florida was attacked and killed by a giant flightless bird that is considered one of the world's most dangerous, US media reports said on Monday.

Marvin Hajos was killed by a cassowary, a huge bird with long claws on each foot, after he fell in the backyard of his Gainesville, Florida, home on Friday, officials told CNN. Hajos was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died. The cassowary remains on Hajos' property as authorities conduct an investigation into the attack. The owner was a breeder of the rare bird that is native to Australia and New Guinea. The death was an accident, officials said. It appears the man fell, and the cassowary attacked him after the fall, Taylor said.