
Beaver Log
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About
Beaver Log refers to jokes about the rodent beavers that are strongly associated with eating wood and bark, primarily in the form of tree logs. The memes grew from variations of animals and other non-human creatures involving begging for food, such as Brother, May I have Some Oats, Moth Lamp and Cats Wanting Fruit Loops.
Origin
The earliest known usage of the meme was posted on September 25th, 2018 by the Facebook [1] group breadandalsowheelchairaccess. The post is photoshopped three-panel exploitable from the 2001 fantasy film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The post recevied more than 1,400 reactions, 8,300 shares and 1,300 comments in about one week (shown below).

Spread
Three days later, on September 28th, the meme was posted on the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit by Redditor[2] SemZ97.
On September 30th, 2018, Redditor[3] simonfridman posted a Drakeposting variation using beavers and logs in the /r/memes subreddit. The post received more than 2,200 points (96% upvoted) and 15 comments in four days. The following day, Redditor CrziKin posted the meme in the /r/me_irl subreddit,[4] where it received more than 6,200 points (97% upvoted) and 30 comments in two days.
Over the next few days, more variations of beavers being enticed by logs were posted (examples below, center and right).



Various Examples






Search interest
External References
[1] Facebook – breadandalsowheelchairaccess's Post
[2] Reddit – BEAVER MEMES SHOWING MASSIVE SHORT-TERM POTENTIAL!
[3] Reddit – These memes are getting out hand
Top Comment
BraveSirJimOfLawl
Oct 03, 2018 at 05:39PM EDT