Of all the museums that could be trending on social media, you probably wouldn't expect to see The Museum of English Rural Life (or the MERL, as it's apparently called) popping up on Twitter.

But after posting a picture of this "absolute unit" of a ram, the official MERL twitter found itself rocketing to internet fame.

look at this absolute unit. pic.twitter.com/LzcQ4x0q38 — The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018

People were floored by this particularly wooly ram, which had racked up more than 15,000 likes at the time of this post.

in awe of that thicc woolly boy — Matt Ufford (@mattufford) April 9, 2018

Once the MERL noticed its popularity, they indulged it.

Should we now become an account that just tweets thick and fat animal photos and paintings — The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018

And kept indulging in it...

Corpulent carrots, plump parsnips, rotund radishes



You wouldn't believe the binders full of photos of fat vegetables we have



Made by seed merchants to tempt weak-willed farmers https://t.co/PP4GqPQl45 — The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018

This wooly ram is serving as a force of unity in a much-divided world.

Two of our new followers are a self-professed communist and a proud conservative.



Both sides of the political spectrum uniting over one thick boy. https://t.co/yK54CCOYV9 — The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018

The power of the wooly lamb has brought in all sorts of people.

Welcome to the team we mostly tweet about farms pic.twitter.com/UhGZcJJPhH — The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018

And apparently, with an influx of Twitter followers comes an influx of sheep-based puns.

If we have to read one more sheep-based pun we're deleting our account — The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018

The popularity apparently became too much for their social media person.

Can everyone please stop retweeting our absolute unit please our social media person only has an old samsung s5 and it is melting, thank you. #haveathought — The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018

I’ve got to eat a curry — The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018

The Museum of English Rural Life is open to its new fans and encourages them to get to know the museum.

Get to know us! We're a big building full of tractors and fat cow paintings, plus a few toilets etc. - everything you need in a friend basically https://t.co/SB3swm6iC5 — The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018

And to acknowledge the "absolute unit" that landed them the attention of the internet in the first place, they posted this lovely gif.

in awe at the size of this lad. pic.twitter.com/iycPRPjyed — The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018

Though English rural life doesn't always scream EXCITEMENT to the average Twitter user, today has proved that the internet always has the power to surprise us. Here's hoping more "absolute units" make appearances soon.