‘Planet Earth II’ Gets Better & Better, Gifts Us A+ Shook Capybara Meme

 

Sweet mother of Christ, we had no idea that Planet Earth could bring such a ruddy rollercoaster of human emotion – but, it turns out that it absolutely fucking does. 

In Sir David Attenborough‘s ‘latest humans-creepin’-on-fauna‘ offering, ‘Planet Earth II’, we’ve so far seen (and been deeply affected by) a gloriously dramatic lizard/snake chase and an actively distressing snow leopard rape. 

Now, we bring you: Shook Capybara. 

He’s just seen SOME SHIT. He is DONE. 

Basically, he’d just witnessed a jaguar hunting a caiman, which is a kind of alligator. 

SPOILER: the jaguar totally won, and the final climactic scene of the tense hunt is the jaguar violently chomping down on the skull of the caiman, during which we hear some delightfully nauseating bone-crunching sounds. 

The immediate shot after this, is:

Poor capybara. He woke up that morning thinking “ooh what a beautiful day! Just lovely!” then BOOM! VIP front-row tickets to the skull-squooshing of a gator. What did he do to deserve that? Poor lil’ guy. 

Anyway, the internet lost its mind, as it understandably has with all previous ‘Planet Earth II‘ stories:

That capybara watching the jaguar eat the crocodile on Planet Earth was literally my facial expression ?? pic.twitter.com/kaM1B2l8tO

— EmilyBeswick (@EmilyBeswick) November 20, 2016

All of the Capybaras expressions during the whole Jaguar section on Planet Earth II ?? #capybara #jaguar #watchoutlads #planetearth2 #pe2

— C R Mosh (@crmosh) November 20, 2016

That shocked capybara is all of us #planetearth2

— ALIENS ARE REAL (@NaomiFJones) November 20, 2016

I definitely think “Shocked Capybara Face” should become a thing #planetearth2 pic.twitter.com/geYgu2YEdj

— Owain Connors (@OwainConnors) November 20, 2016

Fuuuucking hell that jaguar is my hero, might get a big poster of it and put it on my wall. Also the shocked capybara #planetearth2

— Amber Lanfranchi (@amberlanfranchi) November 20, 2016

When the jaguar caught the caiman ?? even the capybara was shocked #PlanetEarth2

— Kat Wales (@KatLWales) November 20, 2016

Open-mouthed capybara watching that jaguar carry off a cayman like “Shiiiiiiiit” #planetearth2

— Emma Dunn (@Soulgirl32) November 20, 2016

That Jaguar eating the Caiman was amazing #planetearth2 pic.twitter.com/uKQNdWVHrh

— Connor McNamara (@connormcnamara7) November 20, 2016

this capybara on #planetearth2 is SHOOK pic.twitter.com/QcDfQYtfAN

— chloe sargeant (@chlosarge) November 20, 2016

Favourite moment so far on #planetearth2 the shocked capybara – priceless

— Julia Maltby (@Ju_Malt) November 20, 2016

The dramatic cut to a shocked capybara after it saw a jaguar haul off a crocodile on Planet Earth 2 was outstanding.

— Hayley Royston (@HayleyRoyston) November 20, 2016

I love the shocked capybara on #planetearth2 . It’s all 😮

— Ali Hancock (@crochetninja) November 20, 2016

I’ll tell you what, the BBC can double the licence fee for me just for that shot of the shocked capybara. #planetearth2

— ThereWillBeGin (@ThereWillBeGin) November 20, 2016

The deeply shocked face of a capybara as the jaguar crunched through that that caymans skull ??#planetearth2

— Méabh Redmond (@MeabhRose) November 20, 2016

my new meme is the shocked capybara on #planetearth2

— siân (@SPIDERRLING) November 20, 2016

Also that shot of the shocked capybara after the Jaguar vs Crocodile fight was so relatable pic.twitter.com/AhKBtmJS1o

— Sophie Coleman (@sofester) November 20, 2016

There was even a Twitter Moment dedicated to the Shook Capybara:

Planet Earth II’s shocked capybara is so relatable

However – it wasn’t the *entire* internet losing its mind about Shook Capybara. There was this one other guy, who was pretty shook himself over this monumental realisation:

Capybara is just a massive guinea pig #capybara #planetearth

— Dan Whelan (@danwhelan) November 20, 2016

Yes. Very good.