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 alternative.
The 67-year-old is retiring after nearly 16 years as German chancellor, however she continues to be out campaigning for her center-right Christian Democratic Union occasion.
On Friday, she made a shock go to to the northern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the place she visited a chook park within the city of Marlow.
There, whereas holding some chook feed, she posed with some colourful Australian rainbow lorikeets.
Issues… rapidly went south.
When the overzealous birds nipped at her palms, Merkel let loose a screech that was captured by Georg Wendt, a photographer with the DPA information company.
The unbelievable photos quickly went viral.
Folks discovered the images to be immediately meme-worthy.
And lots of comparisons had been made…
Get pleasure from retirement, chancellor, and thanks for this closing present on the way in which out.
