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The <n>Cross-Eyed Bear</n> meme, a pun on a misheard lyric from <n>Alanis Morissette</n>'s song <n>You Oughta Know</n>.

A fawn, one of the famous <n>Nara Deer</n> in Japan. Photo by <n>Noboru Nakagawa</n>.

The '<n>I am a tiny creature</n>' meme, popularly used to represent people with large brown eyes.

A pride of lions in <n>Serengeti National Park</n>, Tanzania. Photo by <n>Robert Fuller</n>.

<n>Kate Beckinsale</n> and <n>Emma Thompson</n> in <n>Kenneth Branagh</n>'s 1993 film, <n>Much Ado About Nothing</n>.

A goat climbs an <n>Argan tree</n> in Morocco. Photo by <n>Strange Ones</n>.

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<n>Mona Tougaard</n> in the Camargue, France, photographed by <n>Tyler Mitchell</n> for <n>i-D Magazine</n>, 2023.

A gathering at <n>Wheeler’s Ranch</n> commune in Occidental, California, 1973. Photo by <n>Stephen Shames</n>.

An editorial for <n>Centerfold</n> featuring <n>Jil Sander</n>. Photo by <n>Lena C. Emery</n>.

Photograph posted by model <n>Lala Takahashi</n>.

A still from the 2007 film <n>Atonement</n>, directed by <n>Joe Wright</n>.

A bear's eyes glow due to <n>Tapetum lucidum</n>, a reflective tissue layer.

A still from the 1971 film <n>The Go-Between</n>, directed by <n>Joseph Losey</n> and starring <n>Julie Christie</n>.

A fawn named <n>May</n>, photographed by <n>Amélie Lévesque</n> in the Laurentians, Quebec.

<n>Lily Fofana</n> for <n>Marie Claire France</n>, August 2021. Photo by <n>Van Mossevelde + N</n>.

A portrait from Inner Mongolia by photographer <n>Kin Chan Coedel</n>, documenting local nomadic communities.

A <n>Leopard shark</n> at Ningaloo Reef, Australia. Photo by <n>Jake Wilton</n>.