This sheep with its head stuck in a straw bale is our spirit animal

Hay, what are ewe staring at?

It's not every day that you spot two sheep with their heads shoved into both ends of a massive bale of hay. That's why Graham Findlay drove home to grab his camera after spotting the peculiar sight in Aberdeenshire, Scotland last Friday.

By the time he returned to the bale, there was only one sheep.

Findlay snapped the photo and shared it on Facebook.

The hilarious picture went viral and the puns came rolling in.

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The sheep was probably just munching away at the bale of straw, but the image resonates on so many different levels.

It illustrates the moment the hunger hits. It is a personification of the struggle being real. And this sheep is definitely a spirit animal.

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