The bird that killed its owner in Florida will be auctioned with 90 other animals

A copy of a cbadowary, the giant bird and irritable who killed his last owner, is for sale.

The animal – with long dagger-shaped claws, a foot size similar to that of a tall person and a horrible attitude – will be auctioned on Saturday, two weeks after the murder of 75-year-old Marvin Hajos, breeder and lover of exotic animals.

Hajos was raising the birdwho does not fly and who has a blue face and a crest on his head, with other exotic animals in Alachua County, North Florida.

He died on April 12 after accidentally falling on his farm and was violently attacked by the bird nearly two meters in height.

A total of 90 Hajos animals will go on salesaid Scotty Wilson, auctioneer of the cattle auction on the Gulf Coast in Madison, Florida.

They include macaws and marmosets, or pocket monkeys, primates 13 to 15 centimeters long, said Wilson, who met Hajos several years ago.

"Marvin was a beloved figure and exotic animal community from there, it is small but very united. So, I guess we will have a big stake in the auction, "he told the news agency AFP.

There is no initial price established for the casoar and Wilson declined to say how much could be obtained for the animal.

In case nobody wants it, several conservation groups They have already told the auction house that they will take care of the cbadowary.

The proceeds will go to the widow of Hajos and other members of his familyWilson said.

These birds are like emus, they can reach nearly 1.8 meters in height and weigh up to 75 kilos in the case of women and a little less for men, according to the site.