Gorilla memes are still hot, hot, hot, according to sweet internet trends. It's been a one year since the internet got their memes out for Harambe, and it's still easy to find memorials to that ...

Harambe, a 17-year-old gorilla killed at Cincinnati Zoo in 2016, became an unexpected global sensation. From tragedy, Harambe ...

Meme History: The story of Harambe the Gorilla, 2016’s most important meme This story begins on a somber note, but eventually led to a significant moment of internet unity over the love for a ...

It’s hard to know exactly when Harambe memes became politicized, but they eventually did, with the gorilla appearing in bipartisan Photoshops as election coverage increased throughout the summer.

Who is Harambe and when did he die? Harambe was a gorilla that was kept in Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, who hit the headlines after he was shot by a worker at the tourist attraction.

But like every great meme, this dead gorilla combines several traits of internet culture — including the best and the worst of us.

The Harambe meme became the carrier not just for the unresolved emotions surrounding the death of a gorilla, but for a larger pool of emotions seeking resolution in the zeitgeist.

The philosophical gorilla, an inhabitant of the Los Angeles Zoo took Reddit by storm. A photo of the gorilla emerged in which it appears that he is giving a lecture to the attentive crowd.