About
Laughing Lizard is an image macro of a horned lizard with a caption “hhhehehe” indicating laughter. It is often used as a reaction image.
Origin
The original photo of the horned lizard was taken on April 24, 2009, by Casey Myers Photography[1] in the Tonto National Forest Campgrounds. On August 17th, 2011, a Tumblr user effington uploaded the original macro[2] along with another one. The post over 2 years got over 14,381 notes.
Spread
On January 17th, 2013, an Imgur user OttoTheBoxerDog uploaded an album of image macros with laughing lizards in them[3]. Aside from the original image, the album also included its derivatives, each featuring a different species of lizard. On June 12th, 2014, Philcrifo posted an animated version of the original image (pictured below, left) on Imgur[4]. Over the period of 2 months, the image had gotten over 11,543 upvotes. On June 15th, an edit[5] of the GIF was uploaded, featuring a likeness of Urdnot Wrex from the Mass Effect series (picture below, right).
Notable Examples
