30 Flying Animal Memes to Gladly Glide Through the Workweek

Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor

Jul 16, 2026 8:15 AM EDT

Woosh! Let's skip this week right to the weekend.

We know the weekend is technically close by this point, but just as every human in the modern world of achievement chasing and goals racing, we also wish for the weekends to come faster. Don't get us wrong, writing about various animal memes is honestly the best job a person can find, but it never diminishes the importance of the weekend and what it brings with it. The weekend is the time to relax, unwind, and get everything you didn't manage to complete done. The weekend is the best time to spend with your friends, family, and your pets. Every person in the modern world appreciates the weekend.

Now, if you've been around these parts for more than a few seconds, you know we tend to look up animals for inspiration for anything. And when we think of how we can woosh the workweek faster, we think of animals that can fly. Birds, bats, bugs, and even the Quetzalcoatlus - the gigantic winged dinosaur (that's technically not a dinosaur, but that's besides the point) that could glide menacingly from above its prey. Flying animals are quick; nothing on the ground could ever stop them - and this is how we want to get to this next weekend.

So strap that safety belt like you're in an airplane - because it's time to fly fast past this workweek, or what's left of it, and glide right into the weekend. We think it's an awesome plan. If the winged animals can do it, so can we. At least in our imagination. And of course, when it comes to getting us all inspired to do so, we've gathered some unique animal memes - they all have wings, and they all fly right to the weekend with us.

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Bird wings are made of feathers, but also hollow bones that help reduce the overall weight, and powerful muscles. These structures work together to generate lift and thrust, which can take migrating birds through literally half the world.
Insect wings are made of chitin - a tough, flexible polysaccharide (basically sugar molecules linked together) that makes up their outer exoskeleton. This material is arranged as a thin, double-layered membrane. It is supported and strengthened by a network of hollow veins and provides structural support.
Bat wings are made of living skin stretched over elongated finger and arm bones. This membrane, called the patagium, also contains nerves, muscles, and elastic fibers. Because bats are mammals, their wing bones are structurally similar to a human hand and arm (so we see what we miss on because we don't have wings).
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via @GuitarmanJoel
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via @woofknight
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via @ColleenLindsay
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via CrazyMyra
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via @AnimalMemeX
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via @spookyxxb*obs
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via @Hoodville
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via @wholesome-animal-images
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via @RespectfulMemes
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via @spookyxxb*obs
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via THEFEEDSKI
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via @grumpyanimalmemes
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via @tastefullyoffensive
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via @wholesome-animal-images
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via @grumpyanimalmemes
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via @AnimalMemeX
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via @WholesomeMeme
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via @Cocopuffdaddi
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via @RespectfulMemes