Eric AlperCassowary warning signs in North Queensland
Estarriol, Terrorist Dragon@EricAlper do not mess with the cassowary.
sortius@EricAlper seems First Dog got a gig
Steve@sortius @EricAlper always enjoy a first dog toon, enjoying it even more because it features a murder turkey
@lilstevie @EricAlper yeh, he does some good stuff, and his murder turkey stuff is always good
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE@EricAlper Our kids were not happy meeting a cassowary larger than they were by the side of the swimming pool in Mission Beach.
We rather suspect that the landlady of the holiday flats was in the habit of feeding it.
@EricAlper The thing is, after all, just a modern version of a velociraptor.
Arthur CopelandI’ve always said that the reason cassowaries are so angry is that they heard we consider dinosaurs extinct.
They take that personally.
Jim Campbell
bjb 
@EricAlper
"Not even joking"
"Not even joking"
Bruno Girin@EricAlper they forgot to mention: they can run faster than you.
Stewart Russell@EricAlper excellent use of First Dog content
krejgo@EricAlper hey @firstdogonthemoon great to see your work out in the wild 😃
Buxton The Red (Matt)@EricAlper I think FDotM is on Masto officially - @firstdogonthemoon - which makes it easy to enjoy their stuff.
IanMoore3000@EricAlper are they the ones who beat the Australian army in a war? Or was that the emus?
@EricAlper it was the emus
Crystal_Fish_Caves@IanMoore3000 @EricAlper the more you know. : )
BrisWombat@IanMoore3000 @EricAlper we dread the prospect of a Cassowary War. They’re much more capable of gutting a human being, despite being a little bit smaller than an Emu.
Essentially the Jurassic Park velociraptor in every way except a beak instead of teeth. No way you’d outrun one.
Even the drop bears won’t prey on a Cassowary.
Essentially the Jurassic Park velociraptor in every way except a beak instead of teeth. No way you’d outrun one.
Even the drop bears won’t prey on a Cassowary.
SoloRunStudio@EricAlper I love that there is no effort to say “it’s as frightened of you as you are of it.” Because no, the murder bird is not, and it will not hesitate to let you know.
A.A. Delafin, radical
David Perris@EricAlper Ah, the work of the famous First Dog On The Moon.
This was done as a public education campaign.
This is the full cartoon (6 different signs):
https://firstdogonthemoon.com.au/cartoons/2022/09/30/how-to-defend-yourself-against-australias-most-dangerous-bird-be-cass-o-wary/
This was done as a public education campaign.
This is the full cartoon (6 different signs):
https://firstdogonthemoon.com.au/cartoons/2022/09/30/how-to-defend-yourself-against-australias-most-dangerous-bird-be-cass-o-wary/
clacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛Cassowaries are called many different things on that page:
- wild animal and it hates you
- enormous homicidal dino-turkey
- awful birds
- dangerous bird
- wonderful
- always angry
- fantastic
- dangerous
- endangered
- bad bird
- not your friend
🤣😍
Daveybot@EricAlper Can't help but think of this:
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxvk8tBn7n5qeKi6gonjPg2ECnCTRhRgDg?si=klPTFqRzeohH_Oxx
🟥 Eveline Sulman 🇳🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦@EricAlper wish we had such boards with warnings against wolfs.
zenkat@EricAlper Remember, cassowaries aren't birds. They're fucking dinosaurs.
(Well, technically all birds are dinosaurs ... but cassowaries especially so.)
Budgegeria 🦜@EricAlper Summary: It is bird!
Violet@EricAlper
"Hey, Big Bird, what's wrong?"
"Hi Susan. I'm just thinking about...my cousin."
"I didn't know you had a cousin. Are they okay?"
"I don't talk about her much. She lives in Australia. And yesterday she...killed another tourist."
"Oh my god!"
"It's terrible. But as they say down there..."
*Bouncy music in minor key plays.*
"If you encounter a cassowary,
Stay the fuck away 'casue they're really scary,
There won't be enough left of you to bury,
Even if it's far away you should be wary..."
the gripe ibis@violet @EricAlper this is a public service announcement. unlike the emu, they can kick forwards as well as backwards, they will fucking brain you with their bone tomahawk, and they won't even care. all birds used to be dinosaurs.
some birds still are
Comrade elronxenu
Ellie 🐍 🎄
@EricAlper @MmeLibertine First Dog on the Moon is so great.
Sabella@EricAlper got a burdbrained friend like this. it's a sweety really.
The Squeakaphelagic Zone@EricAlper It is scary for the same exact reasons a velociraptor is scary. Only, the Cassowary still exists and the danger is very real.
Ralph058 (S/he/it) AF4EZ@EricAlper My wife and I were taking pictures in Sydney's zoo. I got photo bombed by a cassowary. I didn't know they were much different than emus until much later.
europlus 
@EricAlper @cstross First Dog on the Moon is amazing!
Cat West@EricAlper Always nice to see the author/artist next to their work
My Florida Native Garden@EricAlper
The science of communication at its brightest!
The science of communication at its brightest!
earthling
Adam ♿@EricAlper that's a First Dog on The Moon cartoon!
The Frog
skry@EricAlper @Cadbury_Moose #alt4you Photo of a cartoon by @firstdogonthemoon on a sign outdoors, next to a giant blue and black Australian bird that looks like a cross between an ostrich and a dinosaur. Original cartoon and more cassowary:
https://firstdogonthemoon.com.au/cartoons/2022/09/30/how-to-defend-yourself-against-australias-most-dangerous-bird-be-cass-o-wary/
Sign 1:
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A PHOTO
DO NOT CORNER THE CASSOWARY
REMEMBER! IT IS A WILD
ANIMAL AND IT HATES YOU
IT'S FEET ARE DAGGERS AND
IT IS ALWAYS ANGRY
IT WILL SLASH AT YOU, IT WILL CLIMB… (1/2)
https://firstdogonthemoon.com.au/cartoons/2022/09/30/how-to-defend-yourself-against-australias-most-dangerous-bird-be-cass-o-wary/
Sign 1:
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A PHOTO
DO NOT CORNER THE CASSOWARY
REMEMBER! IT IS A WILD
ANIMAL AND IT HATES YOU
IT'S FEET ARE DAGGERS AND
IT IS ALWAYS ANGRY
IT WILL SLASH AT YOU, IT WILL CLIMB… (1/2)
IN YOUR VAN AND EAT YOUR FOOD
THIS IS ALL TRUE! YOU SHOULD
BE FRIGHTENED OF CASSOWARIES
Be CassoWARY
Sign 2:
THE CASSOWARY IS NOT YOUR FRIEND
IT WANTS YOUR
FOOD AND IT WILL ATTACK YOU IF IT THINKS THIS WILL HELP TO GET IT
PLEASE HIDE YOUR FOOD AND
STAY AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE
LET US ENJOY THE MAGNIFICENT
CASSOWARY FROM A SAFE DISTANCE
OTHERWISE IT MIGHT
TRY TO KILL YOU
(Not even joking)
Be CassoWARY (2/2)
Simon ZerafaAbsolutely. Along with Kangaroos they can disembowel given the opertunity 🫤
@simonzerafa Ouch. I didn’t know that about kangaroos.
Yep. The claws on their hind feet are lethal 🙂
Alexander Corby 🇵🇷@EricAlper "Remember, it is always angry and it hates you!" So wonderfully true!😆