Homunculus Loxodontus (nicknamed Zhdun, "The One Who Waits", Snorp, or WOSH) is a statue by Dutch artist Margriet van Breevoort [nl]. It was made for the Leiden University Medical Center and installed in the spring of 2016.[3] It became popular in post-Soviet countries where it is called Ждун (Russian informal term for "one who waits)
The sculpture depicts a legless, gray creature with the head of a northern elephant seal, a larval body, and human arms clasped together in front of it. It sits on a waiting room chair, and, according to the sculptor, the figure symbolizes the emotions of people who wait at the doctor's office
After being posted on the social network Pikabu in 2017,the sculpture (renamed Zhdun, or "Awaiter") became an Internet meme in a number of Eastern European countries, e.g. Russia and Ukraine, in which it is edited into famous paintings, photographs, videos, and other visual media
