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After three weeks away, a dachshund named Cannoli sprints up his ramp, climbs into his mom's lap, and unloads a string of tiny whines like he's giving a full verbal debrief. One commenter nailed it: "it sounds like he had such an eventful day at school."
Instead of scolding her dog for barking at the vacuum, Bowie's owner scolded the vacuum for being mean to him — and he immediately sat down and went quiet. It's kicked off a whole TikTok trend of people defending their pets from scary household appliances.
A cat whose face is a shockingly precise match for the Manchester City striker blew up online — and the man himself gave it his official seal of approval. Once you see the resemblance, you cannot unsee it.
A short-spined, gloriously spherical raccoon waddling through Ballard racked up over seven million views and became a genuine civic icon — murals, tattoos, an honorary University of Washington degree, and an official "Jimothy Summer" proclamation from the city council.
The orphaned baby monkey who clung to an IKEA orangutan plush and broke the internet's heart has had a real breakthrough — he's socializing with the other monkeys at his Japanese zoo. The little guy is going to be okay.
