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Smiling Dolphin
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The Smiling Dolphin meme is based on Miharu, an endangered male Yangtze Finless Porpoise (born May 3, 2022) of the Miyajima Aquarium.[1] in Japan. A photo of the Miharu's head, where he appears to be smiling, became a viral internet meme in September of 2024. Large accounts, such as Buzzfeed,Gamestop, X, and even celebrities like T-Pain, posted content featuring the smiling dolphin meme.
Origin
[edit]The image of Miharu, who is actually a "Yangtze Finless Porpoise"[2] or "Neophocaena Asiaeorientalis"[3] was first uploaded to the internet by an anonymous ZooChat user, who added the image to an album titled, "Miyajima Public Aquarium". The photo was uploaded to the internet on August 11th, 2023.
The Reaction Meme
[edit]The Smiling Dolphin meme features a photo of a Yangtze Finless Porpoise with a slight smile and is used to express a wide range of emotions, spanning from genuine joy and contentment, but is most often used to express awkwardness or frustration.
Online Presence
[edit]Since going viral as a reaction meme, garnering over 32 million impressions on X, numerous articles have been written about the phenomenon of Miharu the Smiling Dolphin, including coverage by BuzzFeed, The Daily Dot, Know Your Meme, [Thunder Dungeon], and more.
During this period, numerous cryptocurrency memecoin[4] projects have been launched, celebrating the Smiling Dolphin meme, as well as conservation initiatives aimed at leveraging Miharu's popularity to draw attention to wildlife conservation[5], environmental concerns, and other endangered species[6]
See Also
[edit]Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo that gained online popularity in 2024.
Pesto, a baby penguin that gained online popularity in September 2024.
Fiona, another hippo that gained online popularity.
Peanut, a viral online squirrel that was killed in 2024.
References
[edit]- ^ Toda, T., Kitamura, K., Kume, K., Yukawa, M., Koyano, T., & Ueno, M. (2023). The joy of the 11th International Fission Yeast Meeting in Hiroshima (POMBE2023 Hiroshima) after a long wait due to the COVID‐19 pandemic.
- ^ Wang, D. (2009). Population status, threats and conservation of the Yangtze finless porpoise. Chinese Science Bulletin, 54(19), 3473-3484.
- ^ Amano, M. (2018). Finless porpoises: Neophocaena phocaenoides, N. asiaeorientalis. In Encyclopedia of marine mammals (pp. 372-375). Academic Press.
- ^ Stencel, A. (2023). What is a meme coin? Dogecoin to the mo
- ^ Edelblutte, É., Krithivasan, R., & Hayek, M. N. (2023). Animal agency in wildlife conservation and management. Conservation Biology, 37(1), e13853.
- ^ Wilson, H. B., Joseph, L. N., Moore, A. L., & Possingham, H. P. (2011). When should we save the most endangered species?. Ecology letters, 14(9), 886-890.