We love purrfect cats just as much as you do, but less mainstream mongooses deserve the spotlight once in a while. Today we're all about the tiny mongooses known as meerkats! These cute critters are from southern Africa, and they always look super curious about the world no matter what they're up to. They just want to explore everything, and it's adorable. Scroll down for awesome meerkat snapshots. 

We, as the biggest animal lovers on the internet, always feel the need to give love to all of the animals among us - no matter how different they are. We've showcased so many amazing and unique animals at this point - from rare albino animals to animals with unusual and beautiful color mutations, but we have never given love to melanistic animals, and we've decided that it's time.

Underrated animals deserve love too, and when they are as cool as these melanistic animals, it's hard not to love them lol. So, give these animals the appreciation they deserve, and if you feel like checking out some amazing animals, check out these tweets about strange but beautiful animals.

Declawing a cat is something awful. Taking away something that is natural to then, that is so necessary for their wellbeing is something that we should avoid as much as possible. Yet, we do understand the struggle of some cat owners with cats that are more feisty than most who always, always scratch their furniture. 

Still, there are other options available for preventing your cat from destroying your furniture outside of declawing them, and this twitter thread by @KikiDoodleTweet that is going viral gives you all of the alternatives- with videos to to support their statements and links to items that you can purchase. 

So, read this thread, get informed, and forward it to anyone who needs to read it as well. 

Monday morning has come, and that can only mean one thing - it's time for this week's animal twitter recap!

Every week, we scour through the depths of twitter to find you the best of the best. We look for the funniest animal tweets, the most wholesome animal tweets, the silliest, most ridiculous, and the most viral tweets that we can find, because we know that as animal lovers, you guys want to keep up with the twitter animal shenanigans, but you simply don't have the time. 

That's where we come in, of course. So, please enjoy this collection of animal twitter goodness, and don't forget to come back next week for more!

It's Monday morning, and honestly, all we want is to just stay in bed for a little while longer. But alas, we cannot, we must wake up, get up, and start the day, but! Before you do all that, allow yourself to stay in bed for a few minutes longer, because it's time for some good vibes and good vibes only in the form of this week's collection of wholesome animal memes. 

There's nothing better than starting your week off with a smile, and posts full of animal wholesomeness are a guaranteed way of doing it. So, enjoy these wholesome memes, everyone, and may your week be filled with as many good vibes as there are in these posts.