#EmojisInTheWild Is Taking Over Instagram

For nature fiends, a glimpse of a rare Black Rhino or an endangered Sumatran Orangutan is the stuff dreams are made of. For lovers of the wild terrain that is the Internet, however, we get our kicks from seeing Prayer Hands IRL. May we introduce you to #EmojisInTheWild, the hashtag that's taking Instagram by storm, tagging rare shots of the elusive Eggplant, the mysterious Twin Ballerinas and the infamous Vanilla Ice Cream Cone. (And, before you ask, no one has yet sighted a Smiley Poop.) Ice cream float #emojisinthewild #candyminimal #minimalATX A photo posted by the candy-colored minimalist (@mattcrump) on Mar 25, 2015 at 9:16am PDT Yup, believe it or not, people are actually taking photographs of real life emoji Dislikes (thumbs down) and actual, non-digital emoji Pineapples (a pineapple). It's almost as if the real world was transforming itself into a simulacrum of the emoji world. What is real?! Put on your safari hat and take a look at the many strange and colorful breeds of emoji making their way out of the screen and into real life below. Oh, and did we mention you can hashtag emoji now? # // #emojisinthewild A photo posted by Alex Tan (@alex.tvn) on Apr 4, 2015 at 1:59pm PDT • • : @_alextvn #emojisinthewild A photo posted by Justin Donaldson (@justin_donaldson) on Apr 3, 2015 at 7:28am PDT Having a bad hair day, but it could be worse A photo posted by Ashley Rose (@ashr0se) on Apr 7, 2015 at 8:38am PDT A photo posted by KAT☪ (@blkcbrd) on Mar 31, 2015 at 7:26pm PDT #emojisinthewild A photo posted by Paulo del Valle (@paulo_delvalle) on Mar 31, 2015 at 8:01am PDT Head in the clouds ☁️#WHPlisten A photo posted by JohnSpannos® (@vilonious) on Mar 29, 2015 at 11:41am PDT Hope y'all are enjoying your weekend! A photo posted by Sam (@i_kiks) on Mar 29, 2015 at 8:06am PDT Next level #WWIM11 #WWIM11_ballastpoint #welevitate #emojisinthewild A photo posted by Eric Ng (@perfectlynormal.co) on Mar 21, 2015 at 2:18am PDT Too much #turnup this past week, time to #emojisinthewild A photo posted by Le Ciudad (@le_ciudad) on Mar 22, 2015 at 8:46pm PDT Love my leather egg clutch Use the code "matty20" for 20% off your first purchase @bkbtconcept A photo posted by Matte (@mattebrooks) on Mar 22, 2015 at 4:07pm PDT # #Frühling in #Hamburg. #hamburgerecken #igershamburg #schilleroper #welovehh #wearehamburg #diewocheaufinstagram #emojisinthewild (finally!) A photo posted by melina. (@melinamoersdorf) on Apr 27, 2015 at 11:12am PDT ✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️ A photo posted by ☀️Jonathan ☀️ (@pittindiefreak) on Apr 25, 2015 at 8:50am PDT Summer time aesthetic. #emojisinthewild # #redlipswontquit A photo posted by Amanda (@darlingyogi) on Apr 25, 2015 at 10:38am PDT