A clutch of six giant neon-green eggs the size and shape of mangoes just lying on top of leaf detritus on a forest floor. They're close to the colour of lab safety signs, the kind that warn of radiation or biohazard, or maybe the colour of Death Cap mushrooms: a colour that says "go very far away from here RIGHT NOW". The photographer sensibly used a telephoto lens.

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1. Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jan-2024 03:44:55 JST Charlie Stross

   It turns out cassowaries have been domesticated—as guard-fowl.

   I figure some brave soul grabbed one of the GIANT LUMINOUS NEON MARKER GREEN eggs (the colour of "do not fuck with me for I am deadly" in nature) and ran away with it. Then it hatched, and they fed the giant murder chicken that kept following them around.

   <supervillain>
   When I get my island volcano base the inland jungle will be patrolled by giant murder chickens LOYAL ONLY TO ME! Take that, laser-sharks!
   </supervillain>