Angela Merkel was on the marketing campaign path on Friday, two days earlier than Germans head to the polls to elect a brand new parliament and thus her substitute.
The 67-year-old is retiring after virtually 16 years as German chancellor, however she continues to be out campaigning for her center-right Christian Democratic Union get together.
On Friday, she made a shock go to to the northern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the place she visited a hen park within the city of Marlow.
There, whereas holding some hen feed, she posed with some colourful Australian rainbow lorikeets.
Issues… rapidly went south.
When the overzealous birds nipped at her arms, Merkel set free a screech that was captured by Georg Wendt, a photographer with the DPA information company.
The unbelievable footage quickly went viral.
Individuals discovered the photographs to be immediately meme-worthy.
And lots of comparisons had been made…
Get pleasure from retirement, chancellor, and thanks for this remaining reward on the best way out.
