When high school student Jill tweeted a video of her classmate Jalen Brooks and his reaction to seeing live animals, she unknowingly created an Internet meme.
Jalen’s facial expressions have gone viral
Zoology wouldn’t be the same without @jloading33pic.twitter.com/lFw2WSuZUB
— Jill (@JillieBean421) December 9, 2016
Since she posted the video on Dec 9, she’s received nearly 300,000 likes. Jalen’s video has appeared on Good Morning America and Buzzfeed.
Jalen says he lives by a zoo and has known animals his whole life. But he’s still always happy to see them.
Big week for @jloading33 became twitter famous AND athlete of the week!!!!! pic.twitter.com/syPtsuhoou
— Sarrrrr (@s_schneider5) December 12, 2016