( CNN ) -- Fact : The most underrated cute animal on the face of the planet is the walrus . Sure , it 's a 4,000-pound , breathing pile of assorted blubbery walrus parts , but so are most Americans . Thus , who are we to judge the walrus . Besides , IT HAS A MUSTACHE ! And that has to count for something . Even if it means they 're the unintentional hipsters of the animal kingdom . So , yes , they 're super fat and toothy , and they probably like bands you 've never heard of , but walruses are still cute . And if they happen to do fun party tricks like sit-ups or playing a saxophone or PBR keg stands , it 's all over . Cuteness overload . Reward the walrus with fish . The same applies to Wilford Brimley : If he performs , feed the man . `` Thanks , Wilford . Have a mackerel . '' But here 's the thing Walruses are n't really ... walruses . Apparently , now , they are officially known as wordbanks . And here 's why . About a week ago , 39-year-old Jim Ruderer of Hillsborough , New Jersey was just washing dishes in his home while his wife , Heather , rummaged through papers in their son 's school folder . Heather walked over to Jim , did n't say anything , and just showed him one particular assignment from their son , Jonas . And it was hilarious . You see , Jonas , who is in kindergarten , had incorrectly identified a seal as a walrus from a word bank of several different arctic animals in a matching exercise . Which , mind you , is easy enough for anyone to do . Especially a five-year-old . But that 's not the funny part . The seal labeling was just a small mistake . And , to his credit , Jonas did correctly identify the shark . And the polar bear . And the arctic hare . And the arctic fox . Just not the seal . Or the walrus . For that one , he chose ... wordbank . As in , the heading from the box where the various animal names were printed . `` Heather and I could not stop laughing , '' Ruderer explained to me . `` Jonas asked what was so funny , but flitted off to play with his brothers and sisters before we could work out what to say . '' So , eventually , being a modern parent , Jim did what was absolutely necessary -- he posted Jonas ' school assignment on the website Reddit . This was on Wednesday evening , right before Jim started making dinner . Ruderer says that , amazingly , by the time they began eating , an image of his son 's schoolwork was already the most popular post on the main page . `` I 've never topped Reddit before , '' he says . `` So , it was kind of exciting to see it well-received . '' And then Reddit did what Reddit does . It went mildly insane . By the time Ruderer and his wife started putting their five children to bed , pictures of walruses labeled as `` wordbanks '' started showing up everywhere , including several Beatles-themed images . I am the wordbank . Goo goo ga joob . Quite simply , Ruderer had created an Internet ... thing . The next day , the walrus/wordbank situation got even stranger as more images and mentions started showing up on Twitter , Tumblr , Instagram and Google+ . It was a modern phenomenon , and walruses had officially become wordbanks . Of course , Ruderer says , Jonas does n't totally understand what 's going on , but nevertheless likes the idea of being in the news and knowing that people found humor in his schoolwork . And he 's sticking with it . Ruderer explained , `` He just started saying 'wordbank ' a lot . Which is pretty much what Reddit did , too . '' And it could n't have happened to a finer animal , for the walrus deserves a moment in the spotlight . Especially before they all die . Despite their blubbery adorableness , they are a stark reminder that being overweight is no laughing matter . It can lead to heart disease and diabetes . So , you check your blood sugar , and you check it often . `` Thanks , Wilford . Have a mackerel . '' Follow @ JarrettBellini on Twitter .
John Smith of Hillsborough , New Jersey shared his son 's schoolwork on Wikipedia . His son , James , misidentified a bird as a ` ` . '' Walruses online are now being called wordbanks ... because the words .