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A tiny grizzly bear cub on TikTok appears to wave sweetly at a group of nearby humans — but biologists say he's actually just trying not to topple over, and somehow that makes it even more delightful. Seven and a half million likes and counting.
Trail cam footage from Shevlin Park in Bend, Oregon caught a North American river otter waddling up to a raccoon mid-snack at a beaver pond — the raccoon's frozen, wide-eyed reaction is everything.
The Pet Collective's 2.2-million-like TikTok features a kitten descending a staircase in the most impossibly fluid, bouncy, physics-optional way — and the tiny meow she throws out halfway down will permanently improve your mood.
Discover Wildlife assembled an absolute dream team: a baby elephant in full mud-bath ecstasy, a penguin chick who falls down approximately every third step and absolutely does not care, and two otters in the coziest cuddle formation you have ever witnessed.
This week's viral compilation delivers dogs failing at things they've done a thousand times, cats choosing chaos for no reason, and one golden retriever who has been informed it is Sunday morning and has formally declined to participate.
