Instead of blending in, this chameleon is standing out.
At least on Twitter.
Emma Ward, a 19-year-old from Michigan, has taken some adorable photos of her pet chameleon, Olive, and the internet can’t handle it.
“I thought it’d be an interesting idea to hand her toy weapons, since she’ll grab anything that goes in her claws,” Ward told HuffPost.
Ward took a few Lego swords and Evangelion weapons, snapped a few photos and posted them to Twitter.
The post quickly went viral, receiving more than 400,000 likes and 170,000 retweets.
But the best part was the response that Olive’s photos received.
Some users posted photos of their pets holding weapons.
My Flying squirrels : ) pic.twitter.com/mhLoTrnoIi
— むぎごはん飼育員@SCP財団 (@SCP_DrMugimeshi) August 18, 2017
— devin (@d3vin_harmon) August 18, 2017
Make peace not war 🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/nMvqvEjg9s
— Issy☁️ (@IssyVincent) August 21, 2017
My chameleon holding a Danish flag 😂 pic.twitter.com/ZbtGM97Zxe
— Amanda | I saw him (@DanishHooligan) August 18, 2017
And others shared some really cool fan art.
Well I got just a tiny bit carried away with this. pic.twitter.com/rXATGbOk9x
— Stephanie Haught 🔮 (@smh1589) August 17, 2017
Had to do it! pic.twitter.com/rtlRSTSdyk
— pupp3tStudios (@pupp3tStudios) August 17, 2017
@Emma_The_Ward Please More cute animal!!!🤩 pic.twitter.com/JvEFVkKkpg
— Ymed Omri (@Ymed_Omri) August 18, 2017
Olive even got memed.
"THEY MAY TAKE OUR FLIES!.. BUT THEY WILL NEVER TAKE, OUR FREEDOM!!" pic.twitter.com/HSIMOtcYf0
— Shawn Mastillo (@Tokon0) August 17, 2017
— GOOFY GOOBER (@GeckoTime8) August 17, 2017
— QuietGuyJosh (@jbdbz25) August 18, 2017
Really poorly done phone photo shop: Lizard in the north! pic.twitter.com/GqOA5UYsYp
— Carsten Weizer📷 (@cars10theweiz) August 17, 2017
It seems like Ward has a firm grasp on what makes for a cute post.
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