The weirdest corner of the internet just got weirder, and Chinese netizens are LIVING for it. “Italian Brainrot Animals“ have escaped TikTok and taken over Chinese social media in what can only be described as digital chaos on steroids.
Picture this: a Nike-wearing shark, an elephant that’s somehow also a cactus wearing slippers, and the undisputed king of nonsense—a literal stick figure called “Tung Tung Tung Sahur”. These AI-generated abominations have no reason to exist, yet they’ve amassed millions of views and sparked a creativity explosion across Chinese platforms. The secret recipe? Take one animal, add a random object (turtle + honey, anyone?), feed it to AI, and watch nightmare fuel emerge with an Italian accent slapped on top.
Chinese netizens have gone all-in on the trend, creating their own taxonomies of these creatures (calling them “Foreign Shanhaijing” or “AI Shanhaijing” after China’s ancient book of mythical creatures), making pronunciation challenge videos, and even producing rap songs about them. The trend has now spread across Xiaohongshu, Bilibili, and other platforms, becoming the latest iteration of China’s ever-evolving AI meme culture.
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