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An orphaned Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo clings to a stuffed orangutan like it's the last life raft on Earth, and the internet collectively lost it — the toy sold out worldwide and IKEA shipped the zoo a whole crate of replacements. The follow-up footage is the real payoff: Punch is finally making actual monkey friends.
Katmai's live salmon-stuffing cams are rolling right now ahead of the September 22 tip-off, and this year Brooks Camp is absolutely crawling with cubs. Watching a 900-pound bear belly-flop into a waterfall never stops being funny.
A mini dachshund presses his nose to the glass at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary and a grey seal swims over to press right back — then they just stare at each other, nose to nose, like two old friends catching up. Seven hundred thousand likes and counting, and Stanley still goes straight to her tank every visit.
A very good boy is introduced to his own litter for the first time and short-circuits from sheer joy — tail helicoptering, whole body wiggling, absolutely no idea what to do with himself. Pure uncut serotonin.
A jaguar kept as somebody's house pet gets his release day at the Jaguar Rescue Center, and the moment the gate opens he remembers exactly what he is. Stick around for the first bound into the trees.
