Luis Suarez: jokes, bites and memes as internet goes wild

The latest Suarez jokes as 'Jaws' row striker appears on social media with fangs and dressed as Hannibal Lecter

Luis Suarez puts his hand to his mouth after biting Giorgio Chiellini
(Image credit: JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images)

Social media exploded into life on Tuesday night when, in the dying minutes of the tense World Cup decider between Italy and Uruguay, controversial Uruguayan footballer Luis Suarez appeared to do something entirely mad, bad, but perhaps not wholly out of character.

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