If you made it this far into 2016 without hearing about Harambe, God bless your soul. If you’re one of the 2-3 people who somehow accomplished that, here’s a quick intro: Harambe is a gorilla who was killed at the Cincinnati Zoo this year and instantly became an internet meme.
Well, he’s not only an internet meme now. Harambe is also on the walls of the head coaching office at the University of Michigan Football program. That’s right – Jim Harbaugh has a picture of Harambe on one of the walls in his office.
@UMichFootball @DeMariniFP @wilsonballglove @CoachJim4UM looking good in his new ball glove! Thanks for all you do! pic.twitter.com/Q2rPljLp0v
— Carol Hutchins (@UMCoachHutch) December 21, 2016
If you zoom in closely to the second picture of Harbaugh alone, there is a drawing of a tiger to his left/your right and just below that and a little further to the right is a picture of the gorilla, the myth, the legend… HARAMBE.
enhance pic.twitter.com/jODztXEg3n
— mgoblog (@mgoblog) December 21, 2016
Naturally, Reddit is going crazy. Twitter is too.
Harbaugh is such a Savage #Harambe https://t.co/vUrYrvJ5hN
— Steph don't hate 😇 (@StepBHatin) December 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/brandonreed30/status/811631978655186944
@mgoblog @AceAnbender pls note Harbaugh's Harambe picture taped up outside his office alongside kid's drawing https://t.co/gaYakgPp6I
— teflon cigarettes (@bridgefuel) December 21, 2016
But it turns out, this collection of artwork has a purpose and it’s actually pretty important.
https://twitter.com/cdbarker/status/811634217742438400
Well then. Good for Michigan and Harbaugh supporting a really important cause (I swear this isn’t sarcasm).
UPDATE: Michigan SID Chad Shepard threw water on the Harambe theory.
Sorry to spoil the fun @darrenrovell:
Animal photos are courtesy of Addie Harbaugh c. last February (pre-Harambe). pic.twitter.com/0DkaHZtMfP https://t.co/ZkYsUA79dn
— Chad Shepard (@UMShep) December 21, 2016
We’re still going to pretend that the gorilla pictured is Harambe, though.
[Reddit]
