Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 24, 2022

Gobble

Don’t worry, Pig. There 677 million pigs in the world and 7 BILLION rats!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING in the USA

DONT thinks about the number of ants Pig, just don’t!

There are more bacteria cells in our bodies than human cells.

Yeah, but that won’t happen because they are turkeys.

Those 450mm turkeys would be no match for the five thousand or so that Ron Klain has mobilized.

Call Alfred Hitchcock so he can do a movie about it.

That’ll do pig, that’ll do.

Don’t look up when it rains, Pig.

There would be a whole lot of turkey left over

The humans would drive them to extinction.

Now I won’t be able to sleep either.

That’s a little over 17 persons per turkey…should be able to handle it unless the turkeys develop some useful weapons. But they’re turkeys!

If they did turn on everyone it would be like the movie “Free Birds” where two turkeys one played by Owen Wilson, used a time machine and went back to the first Thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu and they did by making pizza the main item. I was never a fan of turkey, I always liked fried chicken.

This reminds me of the recent Harley comics.

Just remove your worries cold turkey, Pig!!

Worth worrying about, Pig.

They would gobble you up, Heh, Heh!

Thanksgiving – a day to share what you are thankful for …

… and what you worry about.

It might wind up like that fateful day in Cincinnati

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiSkjcl9yW4

Wrong. Turkey has 85 million and there are plenty in other countries.

The eternal Thanksgiving question: ham or turkey?

And don’t forget that turkeys can’t fly.

Turkeys?? I’d worry about the cows!! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI

450,000,000with feathers another 85 million (at least) without.

Animals get their revenge daily: meat eaters have a higher weight and increased risk of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, and cancer. Enjoy!

Is Rat actually showing concern for someone other than himself in the first panel? That’s amazing! Perhaps we should proclaim this some kind of national holiday!

Hopefully, none of them are on social media. If they were, then I would certainly worry.

Turkeys of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains (or your head).

Only 450 million? I call that a target-rich environment. Get out the shotgun, let’s rock!

Turned on us? You mean like rotisserie turkey?

I’ll take my chances.

What if they turned on us? Then everyday would be Thanksgiving! (Note to self: stock up on cranberries in the event of the Turkey Revolution.)

The turkeys are revolting! (Unless properly prepared.)

The human population recently passed the 8-billion mark, and a simple division says there are about 18 of us for each turkey. So we don’t have much to worry about, especially since we currently kill and eat most of them before their first birthday.

Aggressive turkeysDon’t let turkeys intimidate youWild turkeys that become accustomed to humans and human-associated foods, like bird seed, are likely to lose their fear of people and can cause damage or attempt to dominate people. Once bold behavior is established, it can be very difficult to change. Don’t hesitate to scare or threaten a bold, aggressive turkey with loud noises, swatting with a broom or water sprayed from a hose. A dog on a leash is also an effective deterrent.

Turkeys that repeatedly challenge or attack people may ultimately have to be destroyed. To avoid these consequences, remember to remove all food sources and help keep turkeys wild. It is rarely an option to trap and relocate nuisance turkeys.

Don’t sweat the math, Rick Sanchez will fix things.

so the turkeys can feast for a long time

This could become a great horror flick.

Rat is the one who’s “still up.” Pig’s in bed!

There are still plenty of pigs and rats in the world. They keep reproducing.

8 billion > 450 million…

“They ate Sgt. Yancy! They ate Sgt. Yancy!” Don’t worry. It’ll take them a year to build up their numbers again.

My family can sleep well at night, knowing that we’ll be safe from the turkey uprising.

We have ham, not turkey. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Yeah, I don’t want to fight one turkey, let alone 450,000,000 of them.

They might gobble us all up!

Forgot the zombie apocalypse. We should fear the turkey apocalypse. Especially since turkeys, like chickens, are likely descended from dinosaurs.

Yeah, Rat, it is the middle of the night, so why are you awake and standing next to Pig’s bed?

Spread the love, I mean paranoia.

Depends upon if the turkeys flew at us. then again, “God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!”

Gobble. Gobble.

That’s not a nice thing to say about your fellow beings on Thanksgiving.

They would lose the war but at least they would go down swinging….

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Animal Farm, by George Orwell

Solution: Eat more turkey.

And there’s the inspiration for a new movie franchise: Planet of the Turkeys.

I think we could take’em

“The Night of the Killer Turkeys” has probably already been shot by some enterprising amateur filmmaker, Rat.

Gobble gobble!

Cued to Les’s final remark.

https://youtu.be/lf3mgmEdfwg?t=200

Les Nessman once reported that "The turkeys seem to be … organizing … "

Turkeys (and other “meat” animals) are getting their revenge by making us sick and killing us.