Elon Musk Compares His Son to Baby Ape in Twitter Video, Starts a Meme-Fest Online
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The world's richest man and Tesla chief Elon Musk and singer Claire Grimes welcomed their son X Æ A-12 Musk in May 2020. However, in September 2021 the couple parted ways after a three-year relationship.
A Twitter video of a baby ape playing in a bed of straw caught the eye of the SpaceX boss on Friday.
Commenting on the video reshared by a Twitter user with the online version of a book titled "The Nature of Play: Great Apes and Humans", Elon Musk said it reminds him of his son X Æ A-12.
Baby X is just like this haha
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 21, 2022
The Italy-based user said that the video is a brilliant example of how great apes and humans share play.
Soon, netizens bombarded the post with memes and their opinions.
https://t.co/n5biSs5X6t pic.twitter.com/ZEkq2yF2Cw
— Tonya de Vitti (@TonyadeVitti) January 21, 2022
BabyDoge is also just like this pic.twitter.com/C0QE0uvs8p
— Digvijay (@digvijay1221) January 21, 2022
Baby X is like this except probably a super genius too. 😍
— Angella⭐️King (@PicklePunchD) January 21, 2022
When Baby X token Elon?
— Tolani (@IdrisTolani) January 21, 2022
Some Indians, waiting for Musk to roll out Tesla cars in the country, asked if baby X is driving the Tesla model.
Is Baby X driving a Model X?
— Sahil Jain (@splash_sahil1) January 21, 2022
Elon Musk and his partner, Canadian singer Grimes, dominated the headlines naming their son X AE A-12 in May 2020. Musk had said that Grimes came up with this name which means: "X, the letter X, and the 'Æ' is pronounced, 'Ash', and, A-12 stood for "aircraft Archangel 12".
However, they had to change the name to X AE A-XII Musk as per California law, which mandates any name can only use the 26 alphabetical characters of the English language.
Last September, the SpaceX founder confirmed his semi-separation from Grimes after three years of dating. Clarifying as to what what "semi-separated" means, Musk said that she still lives at his house in California and they continue to raise their son together.
