If you didn’t already know, animals are awesome. From the love and loyalty of domestic pets in the home to the beauty and resourcefulness of those living in the wild, animals never cease to amaze us – or make us laugh. We’ve tracked down the best image captures of animals at just the right moment, being their funny, unfiltered selves. Get ready to laugh!
![Squirrel yoga, anyone? Squirrel photographed in humorous stretching pose](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Squirrel yoga, anyone?
Looks like this red squirrel was snapped halfway through his “warrior” pose. Namaste, little one, Namaste.
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Take this quiz to discover which pet is right for you.
![Nothing like a mother’s touch A polar bear and her cub in the arctic](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Nothing like a mother’s touch
Seems like this little cub had a neck itch that only his mother’s knowing nose could scratch.
![Grizzly bear bath time A grizzly bear bathing in a lake holds his foot with one paw](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Grizzly bear bath time
![When you just don’t fit in Crocodile in the midst of a herd of hippopotamuses](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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When you just don’t fit in
One of these things is not like the other; one of these things is not the same.
![Pucker up! Two horses extend their necks toward one another through farm gates in order to connect for a kiss](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Pucker up!
Should the horse handlers at this farm in Turkey really be surprised? After all, it is called a stud farm.
Cute dog names: the 2019 edition.
Cute dog names: the 2019 edition.
![Meerkat gives the “all clear” Two Meerkats are photographed in a natural habitat at a zoo in Australia](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Meerkat gives the “all clear”
Not hard to tell which one of these Meerkats was the “lookout.”
![Nothing a little moose spit can’t fix A moose licks salt off the side-door of a car stopped roadside in Alberta, Canada](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Nothing a little moose spit can’t fix
When these people signed up for a full-detail car wash in the wild, they had no idea…
The golden retriever characteristics that make them awesome.
The golden retriever characteristics that make them awesome.
![Ruffling some feathers A Sparrow is photographed with his leg positioned over the beak of another Sparrow in the wild](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Ruffling some feathers
Well, that’s one way to settle an argument.
![Who screamed first: the baby or the Beluga? Beluga whale startles young girl at an aquarium](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Who screamed first: the baby or the Beluga?
You might make that face too, if you discovered you were trapped in a fishbowl.
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Hypoallergenic cats that won’t make you sneeze.
![Identity crisis A cat looks curiously on at a snowman that has been made to look like a panda](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Identity crisis
This cat does not see the resemblance.
![A royal misunderstanding Prince Charles holds a Bald Eagle on his arm during a public appearance](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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A royal misunderstanding
Whether this was political or personal, we’d hate to be getting the same treatment as Prince Charles from this unimpressed bald eagle.
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The weird pet trends you have to see to believe.
![When the sign clearly says “no photos” An agitated-looking Ostrich looks pointedly at a visitor trying to take its photo](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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When the sign clearly says “no photos”
We’re guessing this ostrich just wasn’t ready for his close-up.
![Gutsy move A bird perches on top of a realistic-looking stone crocodile](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Gutsy move
This silver gull may be perched – and pooping – on a stone crocodile, but who’s to say he knows that?
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Adorable royal pets we can’t get enough of.
![A little privacy, please? Lioness uses her tongue to clean her backside](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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A little privacy, please?
It’s not always glamorous at the top of the food chain.
![Why should cats have all the fun? A bulldog presses its face through a too-small door flap meant for a cat](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Why should cats have all the fun?
![Zero boundaries A Chihuahua gets a little too close to the backside of another dog](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Zero boundaries
Um, excuse you? A little space, please.
![Look at the pretty butterfly! A butterfly hovers over the head of a Yacare caiman in the wild](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Look at the pretty butterfly!
![In the zone A rescue dog with an amputated leg gets wide-eyed while chasing a ball](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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In the zone
This adorable rescue dog doesn’t let his amputated back leg stop him from going after his ball with everything he’s got. Look at the focus in those eyes!
![Just monkey-ing around A female proboscis monkey runs on her hind legs across shallow water ahead of two other monkeys who trail behind her](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Just monkey-ing around
Looks like this female proboscis monkey learned to run from watching Phoebe on Friends.
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These are the 10 smartest dog breeds, according to canine experts.
![Picture perfect Seal pups nestle together](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Picture perfect
So – should we smile with, or without teeth for this one?
![Which way do we go? Two giraffes stand with their necks in opposing directions in the wild](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Which way do we go?
These giraffes really should have stopped for directions…
These are the biggest dog breeds in the world.
These are the biggest dog breeds in the world.
![Comin’ in hot Close-up photo of a ferret kissing its owner on the mouth](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Comin’ in hot
Now this is what we call PDA – or is it FDA for ferret-displays-of-affection?
![But first, coffee! Yellow-eyed owl looks directly into the camera](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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But first, coffee!
![Peek-a-boo! One monkey watches on while another playfully peeks out through his legs](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Peek-a-boo!
Meanwhile, this playful monkey’s companion seems less than impressed.
![If you build it, they will come Red squirrels explore a tiny igloo-scene](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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If you build it, they will come
If you ask us, this Canadian winter is making everyone a little “squirrely” – see what we did there?
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Check out the world’s 10 rarest dog breeds.
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