diff --git a/static/images/cute/turtle.png b/static/images/cute/turtle.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ebee3d131
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diff --git a/zerver/lib/onboarding.py b/zerver/lib/onboarding.py
index 773d6c605a..a10fd8053b 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/onboarding.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/onboarding.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def send_initial_realm_messages(realm):
          'content': "Here is a message in one topic. Replies to this message will go to this topic."},
         {'stream': "zulip",
          'topic': "topic demonstration",
-         'content': "A second message in this topic."},
+         'content': "A second message in this topic. With [turtles](/static/images/cute/turtle.png)!"},
         {'stream': "zulip",
          'topic': "second topic",
          'content': "This is a message in a second topic.\n\nTopics are similar to email subjects, "