December 06, 2018

Here are the Top 20 animal-related tweets of 2018

Leave it to our furry friends (and foes) to make social media a happier place

By Brian Hickey
PhillyVoice Staff

Pixabay.com/From Pexels.com

Anybody know the WiFi password in here?

With a single tweet (that turned into hundreds of thousands of tweets) earlier this month, Sully the Service Dog – and his commitment to the late President George H.W. Bush – showed the impact that pooches and other animals can have across Twitter.

The image of Sully laying before Bush’s casket is one that will resonate, even long after contrarian haters wasted their time chiding folks who connected with it.

However, that’s not the only really cute or cool tweet involving our non-human companions.

No sir-ee Bob.

In this Tweets of the Year installment, let’s take a look at some other memorable ones (in no particular order, but most notably excluding PETA’s call regarding mean-word-ism). If we missed some, by all means share them in the comments section. Also, in the spirit of fair warning, one of these tweets drew an NSFW tag on account of profanity.

There is no such thing as enough good-pet/wild-animal/rodent/singing-fossils content.

(Oh yeah, be sure to check back on Friday and Monday for other Tweets of the Year lists.)

13/10. Great pup superzoom.

i tried using the superzoom option on instagram with my dog and this happened pic.twitter.com/Pvle3qW3DF
— Sara ||-// (@bIurrysara) February 7, 2018

Cleanliness is godliness.

Nothing to see here. Just a rat scrubbing itself in the shower. pic.twitter.com/4RN03admo9
— Megha Mohan (@meghamohan) January 28, 2018

The hero we don’t deserve (but that pup sure did).

If you see this man... HUG this man ❤️ pic.twitter.com/3A2xofxZLp
— UnsilentMajority 🖤 (@The_UnSilent_) May 24, 2018

Good thing this biased cat ain’t on the jury.

you’re going to jail, karen pic.twitter.com/99MnbzVJqN
— Kristen Arnett (@Kristen_Arnett) March 19, 2018

Baby Hippo Alert!

You rang?? pic.twitter.com/8sC3R1cnD6
— Santa Jay 🎅 (@VIEWSFROMJAY23) September 11, 2018

Screaming Cowboys (Cenozoic Era Edition).

"𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘐𝘚 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘍𝘜𝘙𝘙𝘠 𝘈𝘙𝘛, 𝘐𝘚𝘕'𝘛 𝘐𝘛?" pic.twitter.com/1LxqrpFLyP
— Tay @FURUM 2018 (@Monochromemutt) August 18, 2018

In which Putin saves a pup from pain.

imagine being the guy who holds a puppy like such a monster that Vladimir Putin has to come in and save the day pic.twitter.com/k8dZl464NF
— J.D. Durkin (@jiveDurkey) October 18, 2018

Best non-Gritty Halloween costume award goes to…

Dan sent me this pic of an “everything beagle with cream cheese” and I’m DEAD pic.twitter.com/HzE7Wwl5WR
— Becky 🖤🍍 (@beckyg862) October 31, 2018

Who’s a good trainer? Oh yes you are!

my man just swiped a treat from his dog on national tv pic.twitter.com/qCh0rndGgw
— Michael (@_FleerUltra) November 22, 2018

Makes you think.

did a spider write this pic.twitter.com/UK91QFd1ck
— Jon Savitt (@savittj) May 29, 2018

Pizza Rat Deux.

I JUST SAW PIZZA RAT! I repeat: I JUST SAW #PizzaRat! #Blessed pic.twitter.com/t8NHvXAw2a
— Michael Scott Courant (@michaelcourant) April 28, 2018

Quite an image.

today in west philly i saw a rat run down the street and jump onto a homeless mans leg and he said “HENRY I MISSED YOU!!” i have seen it all
— Payge Carboni (@mac_arboni) June 12, 2018

There’s no allegedly about it. (Please don’t sue us, seagull.)

I’m relieved ABC News used “allegedly.” Nothing worse than a litigious seagull. https://t.co/sHzKOABhpD
— Yuletide Serota (@maggieserota) January 13, 2018

It’s the pigeon’s kitchen now. Move along.

UHHHHHHH pic.twitter.com/SWUfDHz5DT
— Stephen Smith (@smithsj) March 2, 2018

Chilling.

A message to my enemies. pic.twitter.com/kMjGN5WBe6
— Amanduh (@msduh) February 9, 2018

The only logical conclusion. (And also one that warrants an NSFW tag for profanity.)

This just in: this motherfucker’s delicious. https://t.co/DpAD76IsMM
— Kevin Christy (@kevingchristy) September 2, 2018

Dog-park etiquette across Philly.

*someone asks to pet a dog in Manayunk*

“Uhh yeah sure”

*someone asks to pet a dog in Rittenhouse*

“As a matter of fact you can! His name is Rufus but I have to warn you...he’s EXTRA cuddly!”
— Anthony Capelli (@Anthony_Capelli) July 28, 2018

¡Dale!

Pitbull insinuating he died of alcohol poisoning from his own vodka brand and came back as a beach dog is exactly what I needed to get through this day https://t.co/u80lPWFMCE
— L Ron Mexico (@LRonMexico) June 11, 2018

"HUNGRY DOGS RUN FASTER!"

“HUNGRY DOGS RUN FASTER. AND THAT’S THIS TEAM!”

Jason Kelce just lost his voice and delivered one of the greatest parade speeches EVER. [NSFW] pic.twitter.com/d2wjGDBgYL
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 8, 2018

Hang in there!