Here is an article that talks about ZAP and whether or not they make for an effective safety symbol.

In the 1980’s, a communication supervisor at Ontario Hydro (Hydro One) created a campaign featuring a cartoon bird named, “ZAP the Safety Bird”. Designed as a safety initiative aimed at keeping children aware and safe from electrical hazards, ZAP is also typically found on hazard labels in Canada.

In the safety campaign, ZAP was a pelican with a red ball cap worn backwards, flying overhead spotting electrical hazards and flying down to warn children before they were injured.

Were they drunk??? That doesn’t really even look like a bird!

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To be fair do pelicans look like birds?

Moreso than that ‘illustration’ 😆

Looks more like a moose flying backwards with blood coming out of its head

I couldn’t make head or tails of it, but now all I see is a moose that got head-shot mid flight.

The what on the where now?

Yes, I remember we had a presentation about electrical safety in elementary school.

I always thought that thing was the ghost of some dead electrified kid.

Lol I saw the pic before the title and I was like “Aw hell yeah, Zap!”

Remember the cutouts you could stick pennies on to make them balance?

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That was a thing? Got a pic?

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here’s a reference to them, though I don’t remember them looking like that. I’ll keep digging

Yeah, that’s all I can find. I remember mine being white and looking more like Zap than a ageneric bird

Mine were recycled many moons ago, but I’ll see what I can find.

Nope (maybe more people would be familiar with it in the Ontario section), but now I’m mesmerized by the first picture because I can’t figure out which contours are which part of the bird’s face. xD

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