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Duo Maxwell, a 3-year-old Asian water monitor lizard, climbed onto his human uncle's shoulders and settled in for a full-on snuggle — 11.6 million TikTok views later, the internet is rethinking what "cold-blooded" even means.
Barley the golden retriever was losing her spark to epilepsy medication — until a 4-day-old Pekin duckling named Louie waddled in and changed everything. Two years on, they wake up together every single morning and the internet cannot stop watching.
Ollie the golden retriever puppy and Cilio the cat started as deeply unhappy roommates — then Ollie got sick, something in Cilio shifted, and now they share a nap spot every single day. ABC News has the transformation video and it earns every second.
Lori Adams filmed what she was certain was a mountain lion stalking through her soybean field in Bucyrus, Ohio — it went mega-viral, state wildlife officials reviewed the footage, and their verdict was: most likely a very large, very dramatic house cat. Lori stands by her mountain lion.
A squirrel executes a flawless sandwich heist from a picnic blanket, only to have a passing dog steal it right back. A heron rides a hippo like a private yacht. An Amazon parrot reproduces a tourist's ringtone with haunting accuracy, then delivers it again just to be sure we all heard it.
