Jimothy the Raccoon Becomes the Internet's Latest Viral Animal Sensation

Why we’re all obsessed with Jimothy the raccoon, the internet’s animal of the moment | Elle Hunt

From Grumpy Cat to Moo Deng, viral animals have long united people online. Are they becoming our only source of collective enjoyment? Anyone who enjoys memes (who doesn’t?) has surely by now accumulated a mental menagerie of internet-famous animals. Mine include: Grumpy Cat, the Ikea monkey, Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, Paul the oracle octopus and – my personal favourite – Roger the hot kangaroo (go on, look him up). Now we have Jimothy, a raccoon with short spine syndrome. A familiar sight in h...

By Elle Hunt