The Amazing Meme Stoned Fox

It started with a bid. Now a taxidermied fox has become 'the winner of the internet' after becoming a popular meme in Russia. The stuffed creature, known as Stoned Fox because of his 'drug-addicted' look, has found favour with internet users, who have taken to Photoshop and let their imaginations run wild.
Digital trickery has seen Stoned Fox take his place all over history, from posing with US president Barack Obama to wartime conferences with Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill, and a Leonardo Da Vinci painting to the edge of the stratosphere, just like Felix Baumgartner. The fox was the creation of Welsh artist Adele Morse, based in Dalston, east London. She experimented with stuffing the fox, which died of natural causes, and put the finished item on eBay. A bidding war broke out and Ms Morse realised the fox had gained a Russian fanbase when she started getting messages through the auction site showing off the weird and wonderful settings he had been Photoshopped in. Now Ms Morse and the fox, borrowed from its new owner, are setting out on tour. The pair will be visiting St Petersburg in a fortnight, according to the Russian Ministry of Culture.