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Kabosu (dog)Atsuko Sato posted a photograph of Kabosu on her blog in 2010. The dog sat on a sofa with her front paws crossed and looked sideways at the camera. People reused that expression with short, deliberately awkward captions, turning this one picture into the face of the Doge meme.0 - 2
Moo DengShort 2024 clips from her keeper at Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo made this pygmy hippo calf a star. Most of the action was small and fast, the kind of fidgeting that made an easy loop. Fans pulled her expressions out of the clips and gave them new meanings in memes.0 - 3
Pesto (penguin)Pesto was a king penguin chick in a thick brown coat when SEA LIFE Melbourne began sharing his growth in 2024. He stood out in pictures beside the adults because he already looked so big. Later updates followed his molt, as the brown down gave way to the sleek feathers people expected a penguin to…0 - 4
Fiona (hippopotamus)Fiona was born about six weeks early at Cincinnati Zoo in 2017. The zoo’s posts followed her care and small milestones, then brought that story to Facebook Watch as The Fiona Show. Viewers who had first seen a premature calf could keep following her as she grew and joined her family.0 - 5
Boo (dog)A rounded haircut made Boo recognizable even in a small Facebook photo. His page turned pictures of ordinary things, such as sitting among toys or looking at the camera, into a steady supply of images fans passed around. J. H. Lee’s photo book carried that format onto the page.0 - 6
Noodle (dog)Jonathan Graziano’s 2021 TikTok videos turned his pug’s first moments out of bed into a daily forecast. If Noodle stayed up, it was a bones day. If he sank back down, it was a no bones day. The second phrase became a way for viewers to describe taking it easy.0 - 7
Tuna (dog)Courtney Dasher’s Instagram account for Tuna took off in 2012 with photographs of the adopted Chihuahua and dachshund mix. His pronounced overbite made the face easy to recognize when pictures traveled beyond the original account. Those pictures gave rise to the Phteven meme and gave Dasher an…0 - 8
Tika (dog)A 2020 compilation showed Tika in outfits she had worn indoors while events were canceled. The joke was the contrast between an elaborate wardrobe and having nowhere to go. The clip made Thomas Shapiro’s Italian greyhound a fashion personality beyond the people already following her account.0 - 9
Esther the Wonder PigSteve Jenkins and Derek Walter began sharing Esther’s home life as she grew far larger than they had expected. The pictures let followers see a full-grown pig making herself at home among people and other pets. Esther’s audience helped the pair raise money for a farm sanctuary in Ontario.0 - 10
Snowball (cockatoo)An early clip shared by the rescue Bird Lovers Only showed Snowball bobbing and lifting his feet to a Backstreet Boys song. Researchers followed up by playing music at different speeds and checking whether he adjusted his movements. The widely shared performance had prompted a study of one…0
