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Meet Tango, the weirdest horse on Twitter

It's a breakthrough moment for the equine community.

Heather Dockray

on December 15, 2018

Move over, Lil' Sebastian. There's a new viral horse in town: Tango.

Twitter user @mckellogs recently started sharing photos of her horse Tango. As someone who identifies as "not a horse girl," I was skeptical until this particular Tango thread pulled me in.

That's the Tango magic.

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@mckellogs told Mashable that her family adopted Tango and his mother, Lulu, after their owners could no longer afford them. Tango has since grown up largely independently, rarely socializing with other horses. As result he's become something of an ... individual.

Here's how @mckellogs describes him:

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Tango always believes the grass is greener on the other side, regardless of what "common sense" might say.

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He's a hungry boy:

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Best of all, Tango prefers to sleep lying down, not standing up like most traditional horses. Often times, he's caught looking dead:

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Tango is even popular among real people who met him without the aid of Twitter:

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@McKellogs doesn't think anything is wrong with Tango. He's just ... different:

"There's nothing at all medically wrong with him. He's just silly and never spent time around other horses after his mom, I think," McKellogs told Mashable.

Internet, do your thing and keep this animal viral. The world needs so many more weird horses.

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Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.