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A tiny Yorkie named Benny spotted a full-grown bear in his backyard and decided, with zero hesitation, that the bear was leaving. The bear agreed. Benny's owners caught the whole glorious retreat on camera.
On a farm in Republic, Missouri, a tiny kitten walked into the barn, surveyed her options, and picked a gentle young calf as her lifelong guardian. The cuddling footage has pulled in over 1.6 million views.
A barn cat leapt down from the rafters directly onto a horse's back, settled in, and proceeded to sunbathe. The horse did not care even slightly. Best comment: "Oh to be a cat sunbathing on a horse butt."
Game and Fish trail cameras caught an entire otter family tumbling and wrestling in the mud — and the footage doubles as real news, confirming breeding otters are spreading into places biologists had never recorded pups before.
A sanctuary elephant was walked in backwards, then spun around to find an enormous spread of fresh fruit laid out just for her. The ear-flapping joy is immediate and total — then she stomps through the whole thing like confetti.
