Bills, traffic, mean bosses, the news... So many things can ruin our mood every day. Luckily, there’s also an antidote: animals. Whatever’s happening, there’s something about a goofy dog, a tiny kitten, or a fluffy duckling that clears the mind and warms the heart.
So, if you need a quick pick-me-up, you’re in the right place. We went on the hunt for the cutest, funniest, and downright silliest animal pics the internet had to offer and put together a collection that lets you hit the reset button. Go on, try not to melt.
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A Leopard Was Sneaking Into A Village At Night To Visit The Cow That Nursed Him As A Cub
I do actually believe this could happen. James Herriot (all creatures great and small) told a story about a kitten who nursed at a sow with her piglets. He had no reason to lie as a veterinarian, and kittens do need this kind of high fat, liquid diet initially.
Adult cats should not be given cow's milk as they are likely lactose intolerant but it's probably OK for kittens
Load More Replies...A Puma Cub Admiring His Mother
Paying attention to animals can teach us not only about the wonders of other species but also about ourselves.
"For centuries, philosophers and scientists have tried to understand what makes us unique. But people often forget that humans are not alone in being unique. Every species on the planet has some features that it shares with other species, and some that make it stand out," Dr. Tom Smulders, Director of Education and Reader in Evolutionary Neuroscience at Newcastle University, wrote.
"What the evolutionary approach allows us to do is to investigate which features or traits are shared with others and what that sharing tells us about the species in question."
Hello World, 15 Minutes Old
Until they slaughter and eat it.Just kills me how everyone is OMG that baby cow, pig, lamb goat is sooo cute. Knowing full well this was bread for food. It hypocritical.
Load More Replies...I know that may not be an actual smile, but the one in my heart and on my face because of this little lamb is!
I Don't See Myself As A Great Photographer, But I Was Very Happy With This Pic :)
now that's a great timing shot !!! as we used to say...."A KODAK MOMENT...."
I'm A Horse Vet. This Adorable Little Guy Fell Asleep On My Feet While I Talked To His People.
Species can share a trait for a couple of reasons: either they are closely related and have inherited the trait from their common ancestor, or the shared trait is an adaptation to similar evolutionary pressures.
Both of these ways of looking at similarities can be enlightening when trying to understand the nature of humans as well.
Good Friends
Lucky you, it might be a loved one that has passed using their earth guardian angel visitation pass... or so I like to think.
Cow Posing With Their Buddy
Sure it can, it's just love. "There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time." Jane Austen
Is this the baby longhorn from above that was raised with dogs? (Grown up, that is.)
you can feel the love....It's in their eyes.....nature is so amazing......
This Little Guy Comes Over To Say Hello When I Get To Work
In the next town over, I would frequently see a fox 🦊 when I drove down a particular road along my route. I would always see them trotting along down the sidewalk, at all different times throughout the day. It was so adorable.
My mom also feeds foxes. There's a whole family that lives on their property. The mother fox has kits every spring. They're SO cute. One of the kits from last year likes to come up and sleep on the porch furniture. Fox-688542...471d49.jpg
4yo In Virginia Today Went Outside To Play Then Came Back To The Front Door With A New Friend
It's hard to choose which one is cuter - the boy or the baby deer!
we get 2 to 3 babies come thru our front yard everyday in AR where we have a corn pan for the deer....the babies don't eat the corn, they just nibble the soft grass...eventually a Mom or Dad comes to joins them...it's a Beautiful scene to enjoy !!!
"Everybody expects chimpanzees (and bonobos) to be similar to us, because they are our closest relatives," Smulders said. "So when we look at them, we usually focus on the ways in which we differ from them. After all, any traits we don’t share with them must have evolved in our own lineage and therefore be uniquely human."
However, there are two problems with this approach.
"First, any differences between us and chimps are just as likely to be due to changes in chimps since our last common ancestor as they are changes in us. So we can only start concluding that a trait has evolved through the human lineage if chimps share their traits with other apes and maybe even other primates, but we don’t," Smulders explained.
And second, just because humans are the only primates that have a certain trait does not automatically mean that trait is uniquely human. "One obvious example is vocal learning. As far as we know, humans are the only primates who learn to make the sounds that comprise their means of communicating with one another. We call this trait 'vocal learning,' and it is the basis for human speech and language. However, there are many other groups throughout the animal kingdom that learn their vocalizations, for example, parrots and songbirds, seals and dolphins. So we're far from unique in this case."
My Local Wildlife Shelter Had One Of Their Soft Release Raccoons Manage To Sneak Over The Fence And Into The Deer Pen. Adorableness Ensued.
Orphaned animals will naturally find comfort with others, even if they are not the same species.
New Disney movie, but they'll probably break the animals up like in "The Fox and the Hound" and I'll have more Disney related trauma to add to the pile.
The Homeowner Said That The Buck Shows Up Every Day, So He Put Out A Bed For Him
Read this too fast and thought I saw the word "duck." Then I spent a few confused seconds looking for the duck and totally missed the buck, lol
As long as he doesn't have ticks. A lot of wild deer carry them and they can infest bedding and k**l pets and people.
Not A Puppy Or A Kitten, But Asteria Is Still Adorable And Has Made Some Amazing Progress In A Month And A Half!
I have had horses for 70 years. All my horses have a loving home for life and a peaceful resting place on our ranch when they pass from old age. I have seen some incredibly cruel treatment (reported some incidents myself) but I see great successes like this sweetheart and I still have hope. Please give her a carrot for me!
Horses are expensive and take a lot of care. So many people think they can handle it.
Just A Valais Blacknose Sheep Smiling Back At You
These little guys are probably some of the cutest looking sheep in the world. They look like plushies.
Back when I had loads of free time I used to crochet little sheep like these for my friends having babies.
According to the evolutionary neuroscientist, this framework allows us to examine evolution as a natural experiment, helping us understand the conditions under which vocal learning can evolve and how these insights apply to humans.
"In songbirds, for example, song learning might have evolved through sexual selection—from females preferring mates with complex songs. Those males who could mimic sounds composed more complex songs, which gave their genes a better chance of being passed to the next generation. Analogously, some have suggested that human vocal learning may have originally evolved as a male sexual display, in other words, singing. This is just one possibility, but it illustrates how comparative approaches can tell us more about ourselves," Smulders said.
An Ultra-Rare White Cougar Was Born In Nicaragua. There Are Only 4 Such Albinos In The World
White cougars are NOT rare. The single mothers at my daughters high school are predatory though. Nigerian cougars also.
And he’s ALREADY got attitude. Looking at the camera like, “What’re YOU lookin’ at? I’ll tell you what you’re lookin’ at. You’re looking at the finest and most amazingly gorgeous specimen of puma in the entire world. THAT’S what you’re lookin’ at, buddy. Now get TF outta here, yer botherin’ me.”
Their eyes are so beautiful, mom I mean. I'd like to see through them for a bit.
OH MY!!!! how lucky someone was to catch this shot!! I wonder if he/she will be protected?
Hedgehog With Plushie
A stupid ad has just popped up on my screen saying "we have thousands of people everyday looking to buy pets like yours!" I think I'm going to be sick.
Dream Come True
Jabba
My son just filled their new built in pool )in NC) and the kids can't wait to get in everyday....now they're finding at least 1 or 2 toads in the water daily......
PERFECT spot and perfect little house. Bet Jabba helps with insect control too>>>RIBBIT!!
He also said that many animals, from pigs to bees, will act "pessimistically," that is, respond as if they expect the worst following a bad experience.
As you may have experienced, this is a common characteristic among humans in a low mood as well.
"It's still not clear what these animals experience subjectively, but the findings do give us a much deeper insight into why we respond to negative experiences the way we do. Increased caution after a bad experience may well be an evolutionary adaptation that increases our chances of survival," Smulders said.
This Is Willow, A Premature Longhorn Calf. She Has Been Raised By Dogs And Thinks She Is One
Giraffe Saying Hello To Terminally Ill Patient During “Last Wish”-Event In Dutch Zoo
That is Mario ... a maintenance worker who worked at the Diergaarde Blijdorp zoo ...
No, 26 year old woman. Mario (54) is mentioned in the article under the link above.
Load More Replies...I'm so glad that there are so many volunteers and organisations that make this possible. It isn't much to us, a visit to the sea shore, a visit to the zoo, see departing planes at Schiphol or attend a soccer match of your local club, but it means more than I can express to people who are terminally ill. It's priceless.
I'm quite sure a visit from that beautiful giraffe would lift the spirits of the patient!
I am incredibly envious! An animal acknowledging you is an incredible privilege.
Cutest Pic I've Seen This Week
Say Hello To Jonathan
Cancelled out your down vote, I suspect they had never seen the opening titles of One Foot in the Grave (British sitcom) featuring a tortoise in them.
Load More Replies...So if you catch yourself seeing a little bit of you in these photos (or in animals you meet in the wild), it might not just be a quirky coincidence. Sure, it's easy to say it's a stretch, but sometimes these moments can reveal something deeper about our place within the animal kingdom!
Baby Deer With Kitten
Deer Crashing A Wedding Photo Shoot
Actually I think that shot is really cool. It's so authentic. You don't have any staged poses or smiles. You really get a sense of the couple. They could be angry or flustered but instead they are smiling and taking it in stride. Sorry guys with the spelling and grammar I updated my phone and now it seems to know more than me. 🙄
Been Trying To Get A Photo Like This For Ages. Mother And Child
Safe In Momma's Paws
Like with dogs and baby rats, they grow into their big feets! (Seriously, baby rats have big clownshoe feet. That's how you can most easily tell them apart from mice).
Load More Replies...The paw you're referring to is the baby's rear left paw. Not everything is AI.
Load More Replies...My Friend’s Horse Showing Off His New Plushy. He Is Very Proud Of It.
Actually he found Flounder (from the Little Mermaid) but same sentiment! 🥰
Load More Replies...I had no idea horses would be interested in plushies! ^.^
They like footballs, swinging hay balls, and other toys. Surprisingly playful given the chance. Too often left standing in a field.
Load More Replies...Uh-Oh--I better not show this to my horses...they wouldn't be happy with their Jolly Ball toys any more! LOL!
This Dog Who Just Wants People To Pet Him
Just A Happy Baby
I Work At An Animal Shelter That Typically Only Accepts Dogs And Cats. Today Someone Brought Us A Ferret, He Was Scared And Lonely So This Happened...
I take it that is not a real dog on top of the cabinet? The ferret and kitten ar cute though.
We had cats and ferrets, they eat the same food but the cats didn't like the ferrets and the ferrets chased the cats away too
I volunteer at a shelter and am constantly amazed at the creativity to make the critters comfy
You Find It In The Snack Aisle...right Next To The "Quackers" ...
Don't know their story, but momma ducks are known to adopt orphan ducklings.
Load More Replies...The Turkey I Saved From Thanksgiving. His Name Is Fred.
Fred it's too pretty to eat. I'm glad he's a pet instead. Eat more vegetables, less animals.
I did once know a rabbit called Stew. The dad named it, the kids didn't twig. The mum did, and tried to veto, but the kids liked the name.
Load More Replies...in chinese fresh is the same character as born so one time a neighbour accidentally bought a live turkey instead of a fresh one for thanksgiving, and he got named Roy, so he got handed over to someone nearby who owned chickens, and there he lived for the rest of his life.
"Right!" said Fred. "I'mmmm too s**y for thanksgiving, too s**y for thanksgiving, instead I'll keep on living"
A Bird Found My Hand And Decided To Chill For A Bit
... You're holding his foot between your fingers. Hard to fly away when trapped. Cool story, bro.
Long Boi
Should NOT be treated as a pet. That is a Serval or a Savannah cross with Serval markings. They are big and potentially dangerous. Beautiful animal but should be kept only in appropriate circumstances.
My Father Found This Owlet On The Ground While Working The Property. Took It To A Wildlife Rescue
Generally they have just fallen from the nest. Look up and should be able to find where it's fallen from and pop it back in. It is a common misconception that birds will reject babies touched by humans.
I was going to post the same thing. It's best to just put it back in the tree.
Load More Replies...In Italy Some Kids Are Born H**h Up In The Mountains And They Need To Be Carried Down To The Delicious Grass. This Is Done Via Donkey With Special Bags!
Nope, kids. Those are goats, not sheep ;)
Load More Replies...I know! I thought, REALLY? Being used in the exactly right context - the mountains are not down below ground! - and they still block it out?
Load More Replies...Really BP? You censored a word that is a description of the distance of elevation of mountains?
Sloth Hug
Dr Rebecca Cliffe (aka Becky Sloth) works with sloths in Costa rica learn about her work at beckycliffe.com or volunteer or donate at her sanctuary at slothconservation.org. Note, sloths do not like being touched or held, it stresses them out. Sloths used for entertainment in captivity die quickly in captivity, and are quite dangerous with huge claws and a painful bite. Cute? Definitely. Keep them wild though, don't endanger yourself, your kids, or an innocent sloth. 🦥❤️
You can volunteer at Los Aviarios sloth sanctuary in Costa Rica I believe.
Load More Replies...I need a sloth hug! And, a koala hug! They both seem like they are great huggers!
Tortoise Mommy And Her Baby
ironically enough, normally she wouldn't even notice something that small or close to the ground unless she planned to taste it...
Red Eyed Crocodile Skinks, Definitely Not Baby Dragons
I vote we rename them Baby Dragon Skinks, and give them protected status.
These are definitely baby dragons pretending to be skinks. I do NOT want to be told they are not! Let me dwell in my ignorance please.
My Mother Insisted We Put A Bindi On My Bird To Celebrate Diwali
He is gorgeous and he knows it! Happy Diwali! Please keep those diyas safe!
I’ve Heard This Owl For Years And Tonight Is The First Time I’ve Seen It.
I thought it was Barred Owls....correct me, please.
Load More Replies...Look At This Photo Of A Rat After Getting Pasta
What a nice coincidence - I just sat down with a bowl of noodles to eat while I read this and all three of my rats are VERY interested right now. The moment I grab the spork, all three are going to come surging up onto my shoulders to snatch as much as they can get out of the bowl. Or off the fork. They're the most food-driven pets on the planet.
Dari, The Memphis Zoo’s Female Sumatran Tiger, Gave Birth To Two Cubs On May 5, 2023
Their tails make a heart ! That's the most heart looking heart I've ever seen !
OMG!!! they're making a heart w/ their tails....how????? and it's a PERFECT heart....
Oregon Gray Wolf Being Released In Colorado's Rocky Mountains
My 88 Year Old Grandfather Holding A Bunny For The Very First Time!
Glowworm, it's doubtful the rabbit would perceive a printed image like that as a threat.
I don't know, isn't that the reason for big scary eye patterns on different animals bodies? I can only think of butterflies at the moment sorry
Load More Replies...Mother Breaks Into Neighbor's Backyard So She And Her 5 Children Can Play In Neighbor's Pool
I remember that video (3 parts). The mom of the family took it from the upstairs window and is fascinated and chilled by this (it is indeed very cute), in the background the kids are wailing about damaged floaties and the husband about the probably punctured liner and wants the cops to take care. The bear family leaves in the end. It is a house bordering a huge forest (national park iirc), so when deciding to go living there, this is something to take into acvount. And have a huge, sturdy fence. PS: At a certain point the cubs are balancing on the frame, so this is a promo-video highlighting the quality of that pool, too.
I wouldn't care less if they broke the pool, puncture the blow-ups, pooped in the water, demolished the slide, chewed to see if it was tasty, none of that, just to have the privilege to have mama and her babies playing in my backyard.
I see 6 bears,so one of them. Guessing the one in pool? Looks little bigger.
Load More Replies...I really hope that water isn't chlorinated, I'd hate to think what would happen to mamabear after licking five cubs dry...
A Polar Fox Escaped From A Small Zoo In Germany But Got Tired On The Way. A Zookeeper Took Him Back. I Hope That Didn’t Disturb His Slumber
To be fair, zoos do a lot of conservation work for endangered species
Load More Replies...Comfy Deers
So, What exactly is going on here? Reminds me of a trip to the drive in theater.
But why are the cute fawns in the back of a van all comfy? Where are they going?
If I remember correctly, they were lightly sedated so they could be safely moved away from an approaching wild fire.
Load More Replies...Our 15 Year Old Chinchilla Just Gave Birth For The First Time In 8 Years
Jose, our chinchilla, made it to 18 years-old. He survived cancer surgery. We miss him so much!
I had no idea they could live that long. . baby chins are adorable..
So should they just run loose in the house so that they can injure themselves when they gnaw on electrical cords, get stepped on by humans who don't see them, or consume things they're not supposed to? I get what you're saying, but small animals as pets need to be kept in a cage or enclosure, for THEIR safety.
Load More Replies...A Clean Boy
Is this an Australian possum (the tail looks like the Aussie possie). They’re supposed to be a lot more docile than the American opossum, who can be downright nasty-tempered if they’re startled—-which is usually how you come upon them when you’re just minding your own business taking your trash out.
Damn
In Dutch we'd call this "de kat op het spek binden", which is so appropriate for this picture, but also very hard to properly translate (I'll try: binding the cat onto the bacon. Basically it means expecting something of someone that is just impossible. Or entrapment. Like placing a jar of peanut butter in front of a dog and then expecting the dog not to eat it. Or in this case: expecting the tiger not to eat the pigs)
In German, you would say "binding a bear on somebody's back" (jemandem einen Bären aufbinden). It means cheating someone into doing something by absurd means. I don't know if this matches the Dutch saying.
Load More Replies...I wish they would stop showing this it is a fake and those animals were abused to take the pics. China has terrible zoo animal welfare. Do not 'like' this.
Yeah, no, the caption is false. The zoo just did this pretty much as a publicity stunt.
Having worked in wildlife management for several years, I know these things are done with great care for specific reasons and carefully monitored. Mom tiger is filled with oxytocin at this point and likely very maternal toward these piglets. And she certainly doesn't look like she wants to eat any of them…
Enjoyment
I Am In Love With This Little Opossum! I Am A Zookeeper And She Is An Unreleasable Rehab
Friendly Australian King Parrot Landed On My Book As I Was Trying To Identify It!
I have a pair of King parrots that have been coming around for over 25 years. My grandparents started feeding them (they lived right next door) Thye're beautiful, and not destructive like so man y other parrot breeds.
Oh yeah that's my cousin Claire, she's very photogenic, but a bit lairy
My Pet Cow Had A Calf For The First Time Today, She Seems To Be A Pretty Good Mom!
Good Job, Momma. We Weren’t Expecting 3!
Baby Duiker With A Zookeeper At The Kansas City Zoo
Are we sure it's not a Chillen (sp) choosing the new leader of the Wizarding world?
I've seen adult ones in Kenya, they're not much bigger than that. So beautiful
Our Florida Sandhills Cranes Had Their Tiny New Baby With Them Today!!
"You Got This, My Lovely Little Potato!" Mother Hippo Teaches Her Baby To Swim
I thought Hippos did not swim ... but, instead walked across the bottom.
True, they don't move through water in a way that we call swimming. Really cool to see them walking on the floor as well
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Can't Get Over The Fact That Cute Leopard Sharks Exist
For any Americans who know sharks and are confused they’re what we call zebra sharks
Could be, also find a type of leopard sharks that could look like this from the front. There's a type with smaller spots and more rounded nose
Load More Replies...Came Across This Fella On My Camping Trip Around New Zealand...he Was Audibly Snoring As Well 😆
Two Rex Bunnies 🐰🐇
Looks like a third bunny is in hiding in the photo too! Rex bunnies are beautiful, but prone to sore hocks due the the reduced fur on their feet.
Say Hello To My New Boy :)
View From My Kitchen Window This Morning
Take Your Kid To Work Day
This is actually two different species that have a symbiotic relationship. The Galapagos marine iguana protects the small lava lizard from predators, while the lizard keeps the large iguana free of parasites.
That's not a lava lizard. That is a baby/juvenile marine iguana. You are correct that lava lizards sometimes live amongst marine iguanas, but that small lizard is NOT a lava lizard. Attached see photo of a lava lizard - they are VERY distinct-looking and that little one is clearly not a lava lizard. Galpagos_L...93aca0.jpg
A Cassowsries Eggs Are Green!!!
Oh yeah, try and eat one of those and Mum will kick your insides into paste.
Load More Replies...Trash Meeka And Big Standa
Birthday Boy!
I had a green iguana when I was a kid! One day he escaped his enclosure, and we couldn't find him. He was loose in the house for a couple of days; I looked everywhere but couldn't find him. Then, my mom had the idea to leave a watermelon out on the kitchen floor in the hopes of luring my iguana out of hiding. The next morning we found him sitting on top of the watermelon, just hangin' out XD If you look really closely at the attached photo of me, my dad, and my sister at Christmas long ago, you'll see my iguana on my shoulder, wearing a pair of reindeer antlers I made out of cardboard and a rubber band XD xmas_with_...1f10e3.jpg
He's gorgeous! We had chameleons in the garden but my mother said they were wild animals and it wouldn't be fair to keep one. I used to name them and pretend though
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Safety First
Rescued Dove Learns To Eat By Watching Others. No More Force Feeding!
Reminds me how nursing mothers went to Dublin Zoo to show one of the apes (or was it an orangutan?) how to feed her baby..
My Daughter Insists On Going As El From Stranger Things, So I Surprised Her With This Costume For Her Best Friend
Blue Sea Slugs. (The Blue Skin Colour Is Toxic, As To Protect Themselves.)
Five Newborn Blue-Tongue Skinks Found Under A Pile Of Shoes
Bluetongue lizards are live bearing so this is a bit odd. Probably not siblings.
Ovoviviparous doesn't mean they only give birth to one young. Skinks have litters - several babies at a time. Just because they give birth to live young doesn't mean that only one is born. Skinks can have anywhere from 5 to 25 young in a litter. These babies are all the same size and are almost certainly siblings, especially since they were found in the same spot.
Load More Replies...The Foot And Claws Of An Australian Cassowary
Cassowarys are proof we should have been terrified of ever bringing dinosaurs back.
Makes me think of Wikus van de Merwe's hand from the movie "District 9"
Preparing For Winter
No, I thought as well they looked for food with the hammering. Must've been quite job to get this stash 😅
Load More Replies...A Penguin Being Interviewed By A Moscow Journalist (1966)
I wonder what he had to say. Anyone know where to find the interview?
I Took My 96yo Grandma To The Petting Zoo Today. She Made A New Friend!
I Took My Pet Ducks To Mind Games To Look Around Since They Love Browsing Stores. They Stopped And Stared At This Toy For Several Minutes. I Think I Know What They Want For Christmas Now
My Hammy Yearns For The Toilet Paper …. 🤦♀️
I love animal posts, thank you for sharing these, they were all wonderful!
This is a weird question but I want a pet dogs and cats are a no. I'm to weak to have to clean cages and have other medical issues. I won't get a pet unless I can take care of it. Im looking for low maintenance as my dad just had a stroke.
Could you do any dog-walking in your area? I’m sure lots of people would love someone to take their animals out while they’re at work etc.
Load More Replies...I hope that this is what Heaven is like. All of us, Humans and animals enjoying each other's company!!
I love animal posts, thank you for sharing these, they were all wonderful!
This is a weird question but I want a pet dogs and cats are a no. I'm to weak to have to clean cages and have other medical issues. I won't get a pet unless I can take care of it. Im looking for low maintenance as my dad just had a stroke.
Could you do any dog-walking in your area? I’m sure lots of people would love someone to take their animals out while they’re at work etc.
Load More Replies...I hope that this is what Heaven is like. All of us, Humans and animals enjoying each other's company!!
