Whale, whale, whale, if it isn't another thread viral animal thread... we love those! It all started with a viral tweet from Twitter user Mx. Leah Velleman, in which they brought up the fact that Europeans avoid using the word "bear" in fear of summoning them. Instead, they call them "brown one" or "honey-eater." Pretty interesting right? And we thought we were superstitious!

Turns out, there's an even more wild European theory about evil whales, from Iceland. If this isn't already fascinating to you, we're not quite sure how to help you because, friends, this is about as cool as it gets. Get yourself ready to go deep diving into the depths of the unknown! 

Whoever said cats can't love has never seen a cat sit on a pizza box. It is so very clear that pizza is their ultimate love. it's warm, it smells delicious, and it's a box - it's the combination of all of our cats dreams. Suddenly, they'll be giving you puppy eyes, trying to convince you to give them a slice of the deliciousness, or they'll be trying to scratch your eyes out because of your futile attempts to get them off their delicious heater. 

I mean, we can't even question their love for it, considering how much we love pizza too, so... get off, you chaotic little hooligan, this pizza is mine. And thank you to r/CatsOnPizza for providing this delicious and mildly strange cat material. 

Some animals like music, that's something that we've noticed. Cats falling asleep when music is playing, doggos head-bopping to music, but a cockatoo? We have yet to see something like that. And this cockatoo specifically might be the most punk rock, coolest cockatoo ever. He's has a haircut cooler than yours, he's more intimidating than any of us by far, and his sense of rhythm is superior to all of us. 

Now, there's speculation about whether this is real or if the music was added after, but considering the fact that cockatoos are knows for their drumming skills in the wild, performing elaborate drumming patterns when trying to attract females, odds are that this is very real. And this birb is amazing. 

Happy Friday, fellow animal lovers! We know it'll be a good Friday after we saw all these recently adopted faces this week! Our hearts are absolutely bursting at the sight of their beautiful faces in their forever homes! 

As always, we would like to start by thanking all of those who have recently adopted a pet, all those who have adopted a pet in the past, and all of those who will be adopting a pet in the future. You all are changing these animals' lives for the better, so, thank you. And a mega-huge-ultra shoutout to those who animal a senior pet or a pet who requires a tad more tender love and care. You are our forever heroes. 

If you're thinking about getting a pet, please consider adoption. So many animals out there are in need of loving homes such as yours. 

There have been times before where we've been asked, by people who don't have pets: "how do you know that they love you back and don't only love the food you give them?" And in our hearts, the answer is obvious - we can feel it. In every interaction, strange and unique as it may be - we feel the love that our pets have for us. 

Today, we're bringing you some proof. Our animal-loving ICanHasCheezburger Facebook users shared with us strange ways in which their pets show them they love them, and they were all so hilariously adorable, we simply had to share them with the rest of you guys. If you love your pet and treat it right, it will show you love back. 

If your pet has some weird ways of showing love too, come tell us about it in our Facebook community: ICanHas Storytime. 

TGIF, everyone! It's time to end the week in the one correct way possible. Every single week, we round up the best of all of the best cat tweets of the week - all of the cutest, funniest, more awwdorable cats that everyone on twitter is talking about. Because we that, as cat people, you want to know what's going on in the cat world.

Cat twitter is so active though (not that we're complaining). It makes it hard to keep up with everything that's happening on your own. That's what you have us for, keeping you up to date with not all your cat twitter news but all of the other things happening in the animal world as well. 

Have an amazing weekend everyone, and don't forget to make the best of it by cuddling your cat as much as possible. 

Happy Friday, everyone! We made it, we're finally here and we need to celebrate the best way we know how... with fresh cat memes from our wonderfully talented users! 

Lolcats is the world's LARGEST cat gallery! All because of our users who are constantly creating original hilarious and adorable cat memes, thank you lovely users, Lolcats would cease to exist without you! Once a week, we scroll through all the new cat memes and gather up the top 25 most upvoted memes. You can join the fun by heading to our meme builder and meme away! Who knows, it could be your meme featured here below!

And speaking of original cat memes, did you know that 'I Can Has Cheezburger' has a new Instagram account where we feature daily original memes, comics, graphics, videos, and more? Be sure to check it out!