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A backyard squirrel climbs onto a cat's back, and instead of chaos, you get a full-on wrestling-and-chasing playdate — with the cat being almost unbelievably gentle about the whole thing. Interspecies friendship, no notes.
Keepers at Peak Wildlife Park dumped a pit of blue-and-white plastic balls in front of their otters, and the little guys invented about six different games with them — including one who carried a ball into the water to bat it around the surface.
A macaque lowers himself into a backyard hot tub, decides the water is unacceptably cold, and bails — then returns for a full spa soak the moment the owner cranks the heater. Relatable behavior from a primate.
Perfect timing for today: a dog named Tobi gets drafted into his owner's flapper-costume try-on, sits there draped in glamorous accessories, and delivers the most devastating side-eye of the season.
Nine video finalists out of ten thousand entries from a hundred and twelve countries, featuring a crocodile doing its best Elvis, a handstanding leopard, and a sneezing moose. Winners land December eighth in London.
