The clip circulates from a subtitled performance of Fera Ferida by Maria Bethânia, one of Brazil's most celebrated interpreters of MPB. The title phrase animal arisco describes a skittish, wounded creature that will not be approached, a metaphor that gives the excerpt its lasting pull. Cut down to just a few seconds for soundboards and short video, the moment keeps being reused because it compresses a well known Brazilian song into a single, recognisable emotional cue that older and younger audiences share online today.