He Doesn't Bite

About

He Doesn't Bite refers to an image macro series featuring a photograph of a black, snarling dog being held on a leash. Typically people caption the image with jokes about how the dog is well-behaved and does not bite.

Origin

On April 29th, 2020, Facebook ^[1] user Esteban Maximiliano Trejo posted the earliest known photograph of the dog. They captioned the image, "Se da en adopción. Se llama Rocko, lo damos porque la verdad no tenemos espacio en casa. Mas bueno, mira como se rie" (translation: "It is given up for adoption. His name is Rocko, we give it because we really don't have room at home. More good, watch him laugh"). The post received more than 70,000 shares and 3,000 reactions in less than two weeks (shown below).

Spread

The following day, on April 30th, a 9GAG ^[2] user posted the image with the caption "Come in! Don't worry, our dog doesn't bite." The post received more than 2,300 points in less than two weeks (shown below, left).

On May 1st, Redditor ^[3]AbanaClara shared the image on the /r/memes subreddit. The post received more than 37,000 points (96% upvoted) and 245 comments in less than two weeks (shown below, center).

On May 2nd, Twitter ^[4] user @Unavaillableee tweeted the image with the caption "Ayy bro relax he don’t even bite." The post received more than 158,000 likes and 39,000 retweets in less than one week (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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