Celebratory cute baby animal round-up

So I just narrowly prevented an air conditioner from falling out my bedroom window. (Calm yourselves: I live on the ground floor. At most it would've been super annoying and I would've sworn a lot.) And so to celebrate (and because my computer's battery is running down), I present you with these wonderful picture of a mama and baby Siamang. Ahhhhh!!!!


From Zooborns

And this herd of baby capybaras. BFFs on parade!!!


From the LA Times Blog

And finally these kissin' baby meerkats!

From the Telegraph.co.uk site


Everybody's so happy! YAY!!!

Dressing up animals: kitty wigs edition

A coworker keyed me into the fabulous and fantastic world of KITTY WIGS!!!!!! At first I thought it'd be really disturbing and kinda sad, but it is not. In fact, it totally reminds me how, as a kid, I used to dress up my awesome, dearly departed cat Dusty up in Halloween costumes such as a witch, a hula girl, a cowgirl, and a gypsy. Also possibly more: I was realllly into this. It was fun, okay???? DON'T SAY THAT THIS IS KINDA DISTURBING AND KINDA SAD. It's not. It's adorable. Quirky. But not in that "movie starring the preacher dude from There Will Be Blood as the love interest" sorta way.

Check out the Kitty Wigs website, if you haven't already. My coworker told me that the above picture reminded him of Diablo Cody, which gives the site like 500 extra points in my book. And hence this post.

Coolest French people ever and their incredible backpacker cat

A coworker keyed me into this INCREDIBLE (read: I wish this was my life, kinda) story. This young French couple decided to backpack from Miami to Tierra del Fuego, all while spending (I believe) a euro a day. AND HANGING OUT WITH THE COOLEST CAT EVER THE APPROPRIATELY NAMED "KITTY," who they encountered in Louisiana, and has been their traveling companion ever since. You can read about the journey and check out some amazing photos on their website Turn of the World.com. It's handily equipped with Google Translate.

Also check out the article and video over at the Urlesque site.

He has a tiny cat umbrella in the video. Ahhhhh it's too much--I love him!!!

Baby sloth bonanza!!!!

What's cuter than a baby sloth? This post proves the answer: A SLOTH IN A BOX. This first guy here is my desktop theme at work. I was sick the week of my birthday and it made me totally mopey and self-pitying...until I looked into this lil' fellow's adorable, kinda weird eyes. And all was right in the world. I strongly encourage you to google image "Baby sloth." There are more cuddly, Precious Moments-eyed wee slothy creatures than you could ever imagine. AND THEY ARE ALL THE BEST THING EVER.









*Pictures from LA Weekly, Daily Motion, Trip Advisor, and The WB)

Badger and Otter: Best of Friends

I am always so excited to find out about Unusual Animal BFFs. And these two are especially delightful! The young badger and otter were orphaned at an early age and struck up one of the most unlikeliest/adorablest friendships!!! Check out the video of them playing at Secret World Wildlife Rescue in England. This place sounds wonderful! And yes, I did rip off the headline of this post from the following video on YouTube. It sounds like a super heartwarming illustrated mid-century children's book.

The tiny BFFs make the funniest little giggling noises. Well, depending on your POV, they either sound cute and sweet, or like something that lives under the stairs at your grandparents' creepy old house and that runs around making mischief at night. Your call!

Muffy and Tiddlesworth's ocean adventure

Continuing the (possibly annoying) mental theme I seem to have in regards to all small animals, I readily assumed that these guinea pigs are a) British and b) on their way to the most delightful picnic/tea time/garden luncheon. "It's the most delightful day for an outing, wouldn't you say, Muffy?" they seem to be saying. But OH DIP this is Peru, friends, not Albion, and well, let's just leave it at that. Ideally the pair was released afterwards to frolic and scamper in a charming wee boat made of a hollowed out coconut and a handkerchief for a sail, a tiny conveyance that would bring them safely and shipshapedly to their friends across the ocean.

(Photo from The Spokesman Review.)

Momongas!

Thanks to my friend, the lovely and talented Stacy for leading me to these tiny fuzzy bundles of adorableness. (Also thanks to Cute Overload for not putting up one of those "I steal photos" gifs since I credited them for their hug-inducing photo PLEEEEEASE!) There is not a lot out about these cuddly lil' fellows, although I did find some sort of online squirrel forum called The Squirrel Board which has some pretty awesome pictures of tiny baby squirrels, including two baby squirrel BFFs that could probably bring about world peace in 93% of the world's war torn regions if they were to become international ambassadors. UN, think about it. Heck, that cat ambassador in Japan is doing wonders for his proud nation, and their pancakes in particular.