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The Bronx Zoo just turned loose its summer-born snow leopard cub into the Himalayan Highlands exhibit, and the footage of her pouncing on absolutely nothing is a full-body mood repair. That silver-and-smoke coat on a body the size of a loaf of bread should be illegal.
A Toledo Zoo keeper set out to film their brand-new baby giraffe with her mom. Franklin, a very large adult giraffe with zero sense of boundaries, inserted his entire face into every single frame instead.
The 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards shortlist dropped last week, and the standout is Kevin Lohman's Santa Cruz squirrel flying through the air to body-check a baby great horned owl clean off its perch — then doing it twice more. The video finalists also include Alexander Hormann's moose going runny nose, to sneeze, to enormous grin.
Golden retrievers Charlie and Mollie pressed up against the otter tank at Northwest Trek Safari Park and the otters came screaming in for a greeting. Charlie noped out immediately; Mollie and the otters proceeded to play tag through the glass.
Kiana Hall thought she was filming a cat in her yard. It was a very round, very short raccoon with a one-of-a-kind silhouette, and the internet adopted him on the spot. He waddles like a loaf with ambitions.