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Zoos Get Into Brutal #CuteAnimalTweetOff Battle, And It’s Exactly What The Internet Needed
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While bad news and political turmoil were turning everyone against each other, a #CuteAnimalTweetOff erupted, and it was exactly what Twitter needed.
The catalyst was a precious grey seal pup released to the press by Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Sarah Hill, a user from Virginia, challenged the VA Aquarium to do better – or rather, cuter. A friendly fire of back-to-back adorable animal moments followed, and hundreds of Twitizens eagerly watched it unfold in real time. Eventually, the Bronx Zoo decided to step into the ring, and hashtagged 7 other zoos in with them.
The animals that flooded the Twittersphere were a heartwarming distraction from the latest headlines, so do yourself a favour and take them all in below.
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Hi random people scrolling down the comments. Have a nice day.
You too!!
And you!
Thank you and have a nice day too Jasmine. ^_^
Hello, good evening if you're reading this!
Same to you Jasmine Chen
^_^
Hello there. You too 👍🏻
Aww nice. You too
hi back from random person just Scrolling by.You have a great day to Jasmine Chen
*too
Thanks! You, too!
Thanks, I've been having a rough day today... :-/
Don't stop! In need of a continuous feed of this stuff as an antidote to the world atm...
I agree... please don't stop!
Thank you...I have just spent 5 minutes detoxing .....awesome idea!
OH MY GOD cuteness overload *________*
Can we have that everyday on all social media please???
And you know the best? These little cuties are all saving their species from exctinction. Sure it's sad that we have to make captive animals reproduce for this but isn't it better than nothing? And if they are well treated they are in way less danger than in their natural environment.
Made my day :D
OMG! This is the best ever! I needed some cuteness in my life.
pudu wins it for me
https://www.buzzfeed.com/taylormiller/tiny-pudu-fawn?utm_term=.iswkV0al8#.ej2X27NmB That's just a collection of gifs of a pudu kissing his mom. The cutest thing ever!
We all needed this, give us more!
I can't even hear myself think about which one should win, over my own squeals of joy! <3
All adorable but I'm voting for the tiny gecko cos reps need love too!
So very cute !
The world could do with more of these
Rowan wins.
incredible: every DAY I MUST LOSE MY TIME SIGNING PETITION AGAINST ZOO! I well know there are institute who cares about animals like the Durrell institute, but TIGERS IN A ZOO?! RED PANDAS?! AND WHAT ABOUT SEALS: SHAME ON YOU AND ON YOUR DAMNED WORK. IDIOTS!
Zoos are actually protecting many species from extinction
I just showed this to my 5 year old. Totally brightened both of our days. To all the zoos and aquariums involved, THANK YOU for the little ray of sunshine in the midst of all the political chaos!
Queens Wins >.< never even seen one like that so cute!!
Adorable all of them !!
This is amazing!
got tears in my eyes :')
They are all so cute. Certainly puts you in a good/ better mood while scrolling.
Perfect! Can we have this every day?
OMG 😲 this is sooo cute I'm a sucker for baby animals. All of them are winners
Omg my favorite is the sloth "I got here as fast as I could!"
The poor critters are suffering from cuteness overload cancer T<T </3
The poor critters are suffering from excessive cuteness overload cancer T<T
Ahhhh love this than you much needed
Love it Thank you!!!!!!!
These are fabulous!! Everyone wins ;)
There all pretty darn cute. :)
The Otters will get me every time .. its in even in ther name . aaaaaaaawtters
Thank you and please keep sharing - we need this now that the Obama-Biden Bromance Memes have ceased.
Best idea ever! @MemphisZoo but that hair!
They are all winners! Love this ♡♡♡♡
Best Part Of My Day! Keep them coming!
Faith in humanity rising...
Atlanta Pandas for the Win (although the red panda is a close second)!
Queens obviously.
As a native Philadelphian, I have to vote for the baby gorilla at the Philly Zoo (I have seen her in person and she's is so cute). But the look on Rowan's mom's face in that last pic is giving me life.
Being a native Philadelphian, I have to go with the gorilla from the Philly Zoo (I have seen her in person, she is so cute). But Rowan's mom in that last pic is giving me life.
It would be really great if you embedded the Tweets in your article (instead of screenshots) so that readers could like the content directly from te creators.
EVERYONE'S A WINNAH!!! When there is a cute animal tweet off!
Thanks to all the zoos for taking such great care of all these cute animals, their moms and dads and all their fellow zoo mates. I love great zoos!
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153762394375909&id=11071120908 From the land of Oz. Our contribution
Great!
Thanks for this. Really needed something to make me smile after the horrors of the last week.
Gawd! SO very love cute, much fail grammar. Can't breathe!
I enjoyed this article a lot because it shows how much the general population still cares about animal species. I personally also enjoyed the amazing photos. You can still make things better by volunteering time or simply calling/writing your representative. (Google is probably better at helping you with that than I am) :) Stay loving and caring. - W
This needs to happen every single day!
Sloth #1, Hedgehog #2, Otter #3.
ONG!! All adorable!
so cuteee...
I squeed myself! And then I squeed myself again! So much cute!
<3
I'm between the turtles and the elephants... sooooooooooo cute
Awe man if i would have seen this sooner i just gave brookfield zoo 15 years of photos my family and i have taken over the years theyre all cute
I think you went on Storify and recreated my original post Went on Storify and created my original post https://storify.com/emoskal/getting-started
Sorry to rain on everybody's cute animal appreciation parade but ... Zoos are terrible prisons. Animals do not belong in cages. Flora and fauna should be free to live their lives without barriers, walls and human beings controlling their lives and restrict their movements. If you really believe in freedom and respect for all living things, these zoos should be shut down immediately and the animals reintroduced into their native habitats.
That would be the ideal, but their native habitats are just as or even more endangered.
Hi random people scrolling down the comments. Have a nice day.
You too!!
And you!
Thank you and have a nice day too Jasmine. ^_^
Hello, good evening if you're reading this!
Same to you Jasmine Chen
^_^
Hello there. You too 👍🏻
Aww nice. You too
hi back from random person just Scrolling by.You have a great day to Jasmine Chen
*too
Thanks! You, too!
Thanks, I've been having a rough day today... :-/
Don't stop! In need of a continuous feed of this stuff as an antidote to the world atm...
I agree... please don't stop!
Thank you...I have just spent 5 minutes detoxing .....awesome idea!
OH MY GOD cuteness overload *________*
Can we have that everyday on all social media please???
And you know the best? These little cuties are all saving their species from exctinction. Sure it's sad that we have to make captive animals reproduce for this but isn't it better than nothing? And if they are well treated they are in way less danger than in their natural environment.
Made my day :D
OMG! This is the best ever! I needed some cuteness in my life.
pudu wins it for me
https://www.buzzfeed.com/taylormiller/tiny-pudu-fawn?utm_term=.iswkV0al8#.ej2X27NmB That's just a collection of gifs of a pudu kissing his mom. The cutest thing ever!
We all needed this, give us more!
I can't even hear myself think about which one should win, over my own squeals of joy! <3
All adorable but I'm voting for the tiny gecko cos reps need love too!
So very cute !
The world could do with more of these
Rowan wins.
incredible: every DAY I MUST LOSE MY TIME SIGNING PETITION AGAINST ZOO! I well know there are institute who cares about animals like the Durrell institute, but TIGERS IN A ZOO?! RED PANDAS?! AND WHAT ABOUT SEALS: SHAME ON YOU AND ON YOUR DAMNED WORK. IDIOTS!
Zoos are actually protecting many species from extinction
I just showed this to my 5 year old. Totally brightened both of our days. To all the zoos and aquariums involved, THANK YOU for the little ray of sunshine in the midst of all the political chaos!
Queens Wins >.< never even seen one like that so cute!!
Adorable all of them !!
This is amazing!
got tears in my eyes :')
They are all so cute. Certainly puts you in a good/ better mood while scrolling.
Perfect! Can we have this every day?
OMG 😲 this is sooo cute I'm a sucker for baby animals. All of them are winners
Omg my favorite is the sloth "I got here as fast as I could!"
The poor critters are suffering from cuteness overload cancer T<T </3
The poor critters are suffering from excessive cuteness overload cancer T<T
Ahhhh love this than you much needed
Love it Thank you!!!!!!!
These are fabulous!! Everyone wins ;)
There all pretty darn cute. :)
The Otters will get me every time .. its in even in ther name . aaaaaaaawtters
Thank you and please keep sharing - we need this now that the Obama-Biden Bromance Memes have ceased.
Best idea ever! @MemphisZoo but that hair!
They are all winners! Love this ♡♡♡♡
Best Part Of My Day! Keep them coming!
Faith in humanity rising...
Atlanta Pandas for the Win (although the red panda is a close second)!
Queens obviously.
As a native Philadelphian, I have to vote for the baby gorilla at the Philly Zoo (I have seen her in person and she's is so cute). But the look on Rowan's mom's face in that last pic is giving me life.
Being a native Philadelphian, I have to go with the gorilla from the Philly Zoo (I have seen her in person, she is so cute). But Rowan's mom in that last pic is giving me life.
It would be really great if you embedded the Tweets in your article (instead of screenshots) so that readers could like the content directly from te creators.
EVERYONE'S A WINNAH!!! When there is a cute animal tweet off!
Thanks to all the zoos for taking such great care of all these cute animals, their moms and dads and all their fellow zoo mates. I love great zoos!
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153762394375909&id=11071120908 From the land of Oz. Our contribution
Great!
Thanks for this. Really needed something to make me smile after the horrors of the last week.
Gawd! SO very love cute, much fail grammar. Can't breathe!
I enjoyed this article a lot because it shows how much the general population still cares about animal species. I personally also enjoyed the amazing photos. You can still make things better by volunteering time or simply calling/writing your representative. (Google is probably better at helping you with that than I am) :) Stay loving and caring. - W
This needs to happen every single day!
Sloth #1, Hedgehog #2, Otter #3.
ONG!! All adorable!
so cuteee...
I squeed myself! And then I squeed myself again! So much cute!
<3
I'm between the turtles and the elephants... sooooooooooo cute
Awe man if i would have seen this sooner i just gave brookfield zoo 15 years of photos my family and i have taken over the years theyre all cute
I think you went on Storify and recreated my original post Went on Storify and created my original post https://storify.com/emoskal/getting-started
Sorry to rain on everybody's cute animal appreciation parade but ... Zoos are terrible prisons. Animals do not belong in cages. Flora and fauna should be free to live their lives without barriers, walls and human beings controlling their lives and restrict their movements. If you really believe in freedom and respect for all living things, these zoos should be shut down immediately and the animals reintroduced into their native habitats.
That would be the ideal, but their native habitats are just as or even more endangered.