The Internet's Most Popular Pets

THE INTERNET'S MOST POPULAR PETS R These days, fame is a fickle thing - and yet somehow, some of the most famous figures out there are not people, but animals who have managed to warm their way into our hearts. The most popular of these pets have had miraculously quick paths to fame - and many of them continue to cultivate a huge following. THE MOST POPULAR PETS AND THEIR STARDOM: EN-PROVENCE UNE DE LA BAUME MIN DE LA BLAQUE AU 7 JUIN 2010 Henri, or Le Chat Noir (the Black Cat), is the online nickname of Henry, an eight-year-old black and white tuxedo cat m art who is the star of several Youtube videos HÉNRY FIRST VIDEO: May 24th 2007 His owner, VWilliam Braden, is a Seattle-based filmmaker LAST VIDEO: April 2012 who uses Henri to parody the style of French Existential films from the 1940's and 50's FACEBOOK: 127,960 followers Braden now devotes himself full-time to Henri's franchise, selling $1,000 worth of merchandise from his apartment HENRY every month Henri has been the star of 6 Henri also has a book deal, with a different YouTube movies, including collection of his work due to be a four-part series sponsored by published by Random House this year Friskies ANNE MARIE AVEY Born 11th October, 2011, Colonel Meow is a 10-pound Himalayan cat adopted by Anne Marie Avey of Seattle, Washington, who is known for his size, excessive fur coat and grumpy disposition COLONEL MEOW COLONEL COLONEL MEOW FACEBOOK: 190,400 likes AUG 9TH 2012 SEPT 18TH 2012 YOUTUBE: 2 million views His owner set up a Facebook Pictures of Colonel Meow TELEVISION: Several TV page for him. Within a week, he had 166 likes were featured on the Daily appearances What and then on Death and Taxes. After his picts feature on the Dily What and on Death and Taxes. Within 24 hours, In 2014 ,Colonel Meow would be the likes on his Facebook page went from featured in the Guinness Book of 200 to 9,40o World Records, for his amazing 9-inch long hair Known as "The cutest dog in the world", this pomeranian was born on the 16th of March, 2006 CUTEST DOG I GOT A NEW BOYFRIEND! CUTEST DOG ON THE PLANET! BOO KE$HA FACEBOOK: 7,377,142 likes BOOK: Boo became popular in October 2010, when singer Boo: The Adventures of the Ke$ha tweeted that she had a new boyfriend and linked to Boo's page. Khloe Kardashian also termed him the Cutest Dog in the World "cutest dog on the planet" In 2011, for his birthday, Boo Boo also became teamed up with Operation Smile to raise $5,000 for children born Virgin am "spokesdog" for Virgin America airlines with cleft palates Born 4 April 2012, Grumpy Cat (real name Tardar Sauce) became an overnight sensation when owner Tabatha Bundesen's brother, Bryan, posted pictures of her grumpy expression on Reddit Mic SEPT 22ND 2012 Within 24 hours, the pictures received 25,300 up votes, while the Imgur GRUMPY CAT GRUMPY. page received 1,030,00o in only 48 hours Grumpy Cat became a sensation so quickly, that her owners were earning FACEBOOK: 1,211,733 likes a reported “mid-five figures" in March 2013, AWARD: and a "low-six figures" by May 2013 1. Most influential cat (MSNBC) Meme of the Year Award 2. (Buzzfeed) Grumpy Cat's fame has yet to subside, with vast merchandising, a planned 2014 1st prize at the 2nd annual 3. wall calendar, many media GRUMPY CAT THE MOVIE Internet Cat Video appearances and a movie deal Film Festival with Broken Road Productions Born January 10th, 2011, Beast is a Puli (a type of Hungarian sheephound) whose popularity can be ascribed to his famous father: Facebook CEO MARK ZUCKERBERG MARK'S BABY BEAST JUNE 2013 Beast was also featured in a free 15-sticker download pack for the Facebook chat feature, FREE making his image easily accessible for all users to send in their messages FACEBOOK: 1,605,160 likes One of the best- Beast is not alone, however, as an known pets estimated 10% of Facebook users on Facebook are not people, but are actually the profiles of pets, brands and products Born July 29th, 2012, Xiao Liwu (Chinese for "Little Gift") is a Giant Panda who was conceived naturally at the San Diego Zoo DARWIN. Since then, the monkey's popularity has resulted in his own video game TWITTER @]KEA_MONKEY 1,021 followers I SAW HIM TWITTER @BRONIEWYN a girl who tweeted a picture Darwin's owner, Yasmin Nakhuda, however, lost her of Darwin rights to the animal when the Story Book Farm 415 followers | 158 retweet primate sanctuary seized him. Born July 29th, 2012, Xiao Liwu (Chinese for "Little Gift") is a Giant Panda who was conceived naturally at the San Diego Zoo XLAO TIWU #CUTE #BABY PANDA #MR. WU The baby was finally unveiled to the public in January 2013, but he had already been made very popular via posts on Tumblr and constant updates on his own blog maintained by the San Diego Zoo's website 1ST BIRTHDAY PART OF XIAO LIWU'S JULY 2013 ALLURE IS.. Drew lots of attention with the There are only 4 locations in pictures of his 200-pound ice cake, the US where one can view Giant Pandas - and with only 2,500 left in the wild, every conservation effort is incredibly flavored with bamboo, apples, yams and honey, went viral important EDDIE A 15-year-old sea otter at the Oregon Zoo, Eddie was diagnosed with arthritis last year FIRST VIDEO: February 2013 within 24 hours it had 100,000 views In an attempt to alleviate the symptoms of his illness, YOUTUBE: 1,109,250 views Eddie was taught to put a ball through a plastic hoop - and quickly became a slam dunk champion, despite being considered geriatric CONCLUSION With huge numbers of followers, multiple platforms across which to reach people and sometimes even a management team, these pets have firmly lodged themselves into the view of the internet-surfing public - and in many cases, it seems that having a popular pet online means making big bucks. 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