Duolingo has said goodbye to their mascot, Duo the Owl, prompting confusion and mixed reactions from the internet. In a statement shared on all social media platforms, Duolingo explained that Duo was dead,

After hours of nail-biting agony, Duolingo users finally have answers to how the brand's beloved make-believe owl mascot named Duo "died" on Tuesday afternoon. The language-learning app shard a video to Duolingo's TikTok Wednesday showing what appears to be a Tesla Cybertruck ramming into Duo in a parking lot,

Duolingo’s green bird is no more. The company announced on Tuesday that Duo the Owl is ‘dead’ and ‘authorities’ are ‘investigating’. Soon, the internet was flooded with memes mourning the death of the cute but annoying mascot.