Internet legend Kabosu is not doing well. The Japanese dog suffers from leukemia and liver disease. He is the face of the dogecoin cryptocurrency and the inspiration for countless internet memes.
Kabosu is seventeen years old, which is quite old for the Shiba Inu breed. The owner of him is late Instagram know that Kabosu stopped eating.
The animal became world famous thanks to a photo from 2010. In that photo, the dog lies cross-legged, looking questioningly into the camera. The image has been used countless times to create memes.
The dog has also become the face of the dogecoin cryptocurrency. That coin was introduced as a joke in 2013 when the value of bitcoin started to rise. For a long time, dogecoin was cheap, but the price exploded when Elon Musk tweeted about the coin last year.
