How Aliens Would Reconstruct The Animal
About
How Aliens Would Reconstruct the Animal is a multi-pane exploitable format that shows an actual animal skull, an exaggerated or comical drawing of the skull (labeled: "how an alien would reconstruct the animal") and the actual animal.
Origin
On June 9th, 2020, Redditor[1] DobriDobrev03 posted the earliest known usage of the meme in the /r/natureismetal subreddit. Within two months, the post received more than 45,000 points (96% upvoted) and 960 comments (shown below).
Spread
The following day, Redditor[2] shiesty-1 shared a variation to feature the science fiction character Predator. The post received more than 114,000 points (95% upvoted) and 930 comments in less than two months (shown below, left).
Over the next few days, the meme continued to spread on Reddit. On June 11th, Redditor[3] Xenolifer shared a variation featuring a joke about the Karen meme. The post received more than 29,000 points (95% upvoted) and 110 comments in less than two months (shown below, center).
That day, Redditor[4] Dakduif52 shared a variation of the meme about platypuses in the /r/dndmemes subreddit. The post received more than 22,000 points (97% upvoted) and 215 comments in less than two months (shown below, right).
Several media outlets covered the meme, including BoredPanda,[5] Cheezburger [6] and more.
Various examples
Template
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – /r/natureismetal
[4] Reddit – /r/dndmemes
[5] Bored Panda – People Compare How Aliens Would Reconstruct Animals Based On Their Skulls Vs. What They Really Look Like
[6] Cheezburger – If Aliens Were To Reconstruct Animals Based On Bones
Top Comments
TerribleTrike
Jul 15, 2020 at 06:00PM EDT
Nedhitis
Jul 15, 2020 at 07:27PM EDT