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Because we feel like maybe you need this right now, (we know we do) here are some videos of cute animals doing things. There's a dog talking about how pumped he is to get a cat, a cat training to be a ninja, and arguably the most obedient dog we've ever seen. Cute pet videos can't fix everything that's wrong with the world, but we're sure glad they're there.

I don't know about you, but we've had kind of a stressful day here in the office. What better way to help deal with that stress than kicking back with a seven-minute supercut of super cute animals doing super cute things set to nice soft music. This video runs the fun range of Internet animal cuteness from a yawning sloth, to a baby owl being petted, to a little raccoon doing little raccoon things with its little raccoon hands. This video pairs well with a warm cup of tea and footie pajamas.

Remember that sharply dressed monkey gallivanting about a Canadian IKEA, putting employees and store patrons on edge? Course you do, how can anyone not remember something as poignant as that? Well, in an obvious push to dethrone North America as the world's preeminent purveyor and manufacturer for viral and productivity-killing videos, Russia has presented its own version of the aforementioned primate in a coat. As much as it pains us to admit this, Mother Russia's snow-loving simian might just exceed the IKEA monkey in the lose-your-mind-over-the-unbridled-cuteness department. Honestly, how do you expect the IKEA monkey to compete with a tail warmer and monkey-sized scarf?

When a friend of 16-year-old Norwegian Lars Andreas Bjercke got a text message that read "Jlv In ø \ a0ab 34348tu åaugjoi zølbmosdji jsøg ijio sjiw," he wondered why his pal would send such a random assortment of characters. Little did he know that the message was written by the fox that had stolen Bjercke's cell phone. What was the fox trying to say? It might have been bragging about snatching the cell phone, or maybe asking for some delicious rabbits. Foxes love rabbits.

Somebody sure is thirsty. Texas has been short on rain for the past few months so this baby armadillo took the opportunity to drink from a nearby hose. Why he doesn't just lick it off the ground is anybody's guess. Maybe he needed a shower too.

(via Reddit)

Somebody sure is thirsty. Texas has been short on rain for the past few months so this baby armadillo took the opportunity to drink from a nearby hose. Why he doesn't just lick it off the ground is anybody's guess. Maybe he needed a shower too.

Seeing as it is the summer and there is not a lot of news, and also that porcupines are quite cute, here are 17 adorable porcupines to brighten up your day.

For almost twenty years, the kind folks at the Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica have been caring for and rehabilitating injured and orphaned sloths who are brought in after encounters with cars, power lines, and sometimes just cruel humans. They are also a source of some of the internet's greatest adorable sloth videos.