Check out this week’s best viral animal photos, plus our top reader submissions.
If you’ve got a pet photo that’s ridiculously cute (and/or hilarious) that you’d like featured in a future edition of ‘This is Why Animals Are Awesome,’ please send it our way: AwesomeAnimals@slice.ca.
![I wish we loved the snow as much as Fixit and Lucy! I wish we loved the snow as much as Fixit and Lucy!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
Vince Pahkala
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I wish we loved the snow as much as Fixit and Lucy!
![Pig-a-boo! Pig-a-boo!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Pig-a-boo!
![Dashing through the snow… Dashing through the snow…](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
Jenna Lawson
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Dashing through the snow…
![“We’re meltingggggg.” “We’re meltingggggg.”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“We’re meltingggggg.”
![Someone wants to decorate the tree! Someone wants to decorate the tree!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
Jenna Lawson
5 / 83
Someone wants to decorate the tree!
![This just in: ’90s bowl cuts are back. This just in: ’90s bowl cuts are back.](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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This just in: ’90s bowl cuts are back.
![“Bork! Bork! You are giving me many frights!” “Bork! Bork! You are giving me many frights!”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
Jenna Lawson
7 / 83
“Bork! Bork! You are giving me many frights!”
![Seven month old Maggie: Cute, sleepy and mostly ears! Seven month old Maggie: Cute, sleepy and mostly ears!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
MIchelle Burdz
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Seven month old Maggie: Cute, sleepy and mostly ears!
![Maggie may be asleep, but those ears never rest! Maggie may be asleep, but those ears never rest!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
MIchelle Burdz
9 / 83
Maggie may be asleep, but those ears never rest!
![“Wait for me, Mom!” “Wait for me, Mom!”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“Wait for me, Mom!”
![“You won’t BELIEVE what I overheard at the pond.” – Gossip Duck “You won’t BELIEVE what I overheard at the pond.” – Gossip Duck](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“You won’t BELIEVE what I overheard at the pond.” – Gossip Duck
![You know you’ve had a fun day at the beach when… You know you’ve had a fun day at the beach when…](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
Jenna Lawson
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You know you’ve had a fun day at the beach when…
![Awww, is somebody feelin’ tired? Awww, is somebody feelin’ tired?](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Awww, is somebody feelin’ tired?
![Mega cuteness alert! Mega cuteness alert!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
Jenna Lawson
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Mega cuteness alert!
![“Seriously?” “Seriously?”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“Seriously?”
![That feeling when you are both little spoons. That feeling when you are both little spoons.](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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That feeling when you are both little spoons.
![“Walla-YOU lookin’ at?!” “Walla-YOU lookin’ at?!”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“Walla-YOU lookin’ at?!”
![Somebody went a bit nuts! Somebody went a bit nuts!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Somebody went a bit nuts!
![We’ve always had a soft spot for rebels. We’ve always had a soft spot for rebels.](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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We’ve always had a soft spot for rebels.
![FLOPPY! FLOPPY!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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FLOPPY!
![This should be a painting. This should be a painting.](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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This should be a painting.
![Touched by an angel. Touched by an angel.](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Touched by an angel.
![Monkey business! Monkey business!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Monkey business!
![Who’s a pretty girl?! Who’s a pretty girl?!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Who’s a pretty girl?!
![When your favourite song comes on. When your favourite song comes on.](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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When your favourite song comes on.
![Bear bums! Bear bums!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Bear bums!
![This beluga is over it. This beluga is over it.](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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This beluga is over it.
![LOOK AT ITS NECKY!! LOOK AT ITS NECKY!!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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LOOK AT ITS NECKY!!
![When your mom says she is ordering pizza. When your mom says she is ordering pizza.](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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When your mom says she is ordering pizza.
![It’s a dog eat dog world out there! It’s a dog eat dog world out there!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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It’s a dog eat dog world out there!
![“You’ll pay for this, hooman.” “You’ll pay for this, hooman.”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“You’ll pay for this, hooman.”
![“What do you mean the treats are all gone?” “What do you mean the treats are all gone?”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“What do you mean the treats are all gone?”
![Basket of Joy! Basket of Joy!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Basket of Joy!
![“Weeeeeeeeeeee!” “Weeeeeeeeeeee!”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“Weeeeeeeeeeee!”
![When you wake up from a nap and don’t know where you are. When you wake up from a nap and don’t know where you are.](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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When you wake up from a nap and don’t know where you are.
![“So… can I have those now, or right away?” “So… can I have those now, or right away?”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“So… can I have those now, or right away?”
![Prime napping real estate… Prime napping real estate…](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Prime napping real estate…
![When you are feeling fresh after a new hair cut. When you are feeling fresh after a new hair cut.](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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When you are feeling fresh after a new hair cut.
![Life’s a beach! Life’s a beach!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Life’s a beach!
![I thought I wouldn’t be able to write an opossum pun… but nothing is im-opossum-able. I thought I wouldn’t be able to write an opossum pun… but nothing is im-opossum-able.](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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I thought I wouldn’t be able to write an opossum pun… but nothing is im-opossum-able.
![“Hahahahaha!” “Hahahahaha!”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“Hahahahaha!”
![He’s going BANANAS on hold! He’s going BANANAS on hold!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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He’s going BANANAS on hold!
![“Son, quit monkeying around!” “Son, quit monkeying around!”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“Son, quit monkeying around!”
![“You’re gibbon me a headache…” “You’re gibbon me a headache…”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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44 / 83
“You’re gibbon me a headache…”
![Literal cuddle puddle! Literal cuddle puddle!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Literal cuddle puddle!
![That’s what warm milk will do! That’s what warm milk will do!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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That’s what warm milk will do!
![“Howdy neighbour!” “Howdy neighbour!”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“Howdy neighbour!”
![Off the charts cuteness! Off the charts cuteness!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Off the charts cuteness!
![They’re just lion around! They’re just lion around!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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They’re just lion around!
![What a fox! What a fox!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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What a fox!
![When you see your friends in a crowd. When you see your friends in a crowd.](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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When you see your friends in a crowd.
![Lazy days like… Lazy days like…](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Lazy days like…
![Dancing queen… Dancing queen…](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Dancing queen…
![Look at this snow angel! Look at this snow angel!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Look at this snow angel!
![“Say what!?” “Say what!?”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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55 / 83
“Say what!?”
![Somebody needs a cat nap! Somebody needs a cat nap!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Somebody needs a cat nap!
![When you can’t fly, but you’re feelin’ fly… When you can’t fly, but you’re feelin’ fly…](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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When you can’t fly, but you’re feelin’ fly…
![0.5 seconds after opening the treat bag… 0.5 seconds after opening the treat bag…](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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0.5 seconds after opening the treat bag…
![“I’m flying, Jack!” “I’m flying, Jack!”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“I’m flying, Jack!”
![When you said you didn’t want seconds, but you actually do… When you said you didn’t want seconds, but you actually do…](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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When you said you didn’t want seconds, but you actually do…
![Award winning smile! Award winning smile!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Award winning smile!
![“We’re a shoes OFF house, Carl!” “We’re a shoes OFF house, Carl!”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“We’re a shoes OFF house, Carl!”
![Nom nom nom! Nom nom nom!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Nom nom nom!
![When your mom says no, so you ask your dad instead… When your mom says no, so you ask your dad instead…](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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When your mom says no, so you ask your dad instead…
![When you find out it’s all you can eat… When you find out it’s all you can eat…](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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When you find out it’s all you can eat…
![Love is in the air! Love is in the air!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Love is in the air!
![“I was told there would be sandwiches!” “I was told there would be sandwiches!”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“I was told there would be sandwiches!”
![Looks like somebody toad a frog joke! Looks like somebody toad a frog joke!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Looks like somebody toad a frog joke!
![Hands Holding Prairie Dog Pup Hands Holding Prairie Dog Pup](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Hands Holding Prairie Dog Pup
![You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog! You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog!
![Dream day for this mouse! Dream day for this mouse!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Dream day for this mouse!
![To monkey or not to monkey, that is the question. To monkey or not to monkey, that is the question.](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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To monkey or not to monkey, that is the question.
![Be mine! Be mine!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Be mine!
![GQ Monkey! GQ Monkey!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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74 / 83
GQ Monkey!
![We know who wears the pants in this relationship! We know who wears the pants in this relationship!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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We know who wears the pants in this relationship!
![“I’m all ears!” “I’m all ears!”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“I’m all ears!”
![“Did I do that?!” “Did I do that?!”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“Did I do that?!”
![Snow-body’s perfect! Snow-body’s perfect!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Snow-body’s perfect!
![“I got a bone to pick with you!” “I got a bone to pick with you!”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“I got a bone to pick with you!”
![Puppies? I thought those were two loaves of bread leaning on each other. Puppies? I thought those were two loaves of bread leaning on each other.](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Puppies? I thought those were two loaves of bread leaning on each other.
![Someone is a little nosey! Someone is a little nosey!](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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Someone is a little nosey!
![When you realize you left your hair straightener plugged in… When you realize you left your hair straightener plugged in…](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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When you realize you left your hair straightener plugged in…
![“The cat did it, I swear!” “The cat did it, I swear!”](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
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“The cat did it, I swear!”
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