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We've got a wonderful gathering of videos this week, fellow cat lovers! So many heartwarming videos, it has our hearts bursting out the seams! 

Week by week, we dig through Instagram's top and best cat videos only to deliver you here the top 5. To make a video worthy of being in our top 5, it has to hit certain elements. Elements of happiness, adorableness, and silliness. Oh, if you can find one with all three, that's striking gold. Sometimes, we come across videos that also just hit us in the feels and that's also considered striking gold.

These hilarious and beautiful videos deserve your undivided attention, we promise you -- they are worth it. As always, please turn your sound on to feel the full effect of these wonderful vids! If you need another dose of cat video goodness, you don't have to look too far. 

Sunday already? Wow, the weekend always flies by way too quickly for anyone's liking. Thankfully, we still have today to fully seize and we like to start that seizing with fresh animal memes! 

The best way to start the day is with a good laugh and what better than memes? Oh, we know the answer to that -- animal memes! Animals have the power to bring more joy into our lives so the combination of memes and animals is simply impossible to beat. Last week's hearty animal meme meal was especially nutritious, we hope to bring you the same quality today. 

This is definitely our favorite way to start the day we hope it brings you the same joy! Happy Sunday, everyone! 

Our hearts may just burst completely wide open and there's nothing that can be done about it. It's a phenomenon called cuteness overload and this cub has all those characteristics in the making. 

We've seen dogs frolicking in autumn leaves, heck we've seen cats enjoying the beautiful Fall weather, but lion cubs? Lion cubs in piles of fallen leaves and attacking them? Well, never have we ever seen anything so precious! 

Autumn is still here, and these photos are the only things keeping us warm right now. With winter right around the corner, we think we could all use these heartwarming images to help us brace for the inevitable cold. 

Here's something that's never crossed our minds, if you had an identical twin, would your pet confuse the two of you? Well, seems like someone did think about it, Redditor u/Asshiq, asked the Reddit community, "Identical twins that own pets, what was your pet's reaction when they saw your twin?"

The responses were delightful but we especially enjoyed reading the silly stories people had to share about their experience as a twin and a pet. So now we're going to ask you, before reading the comment below, do you think the pets were able to tell the identical twins apart?

There's something particularly aww-worthy about large scary men hanging out with tiny animals. It's just... not what your brain expects to see. You expect big large scary man to have big large doggo. So, when you see a dude-bro hanging out with a small kitten and your brain catches up with it... the immediate reaction is: "AWWWWWWW."

You know what makes what makes that even cuter? When the big large scary man is scared of the tini-tiny little puppy. 

A tumblr thread about stories just like these - of large men being scared of/totally enamored by tiny little animals is one of the site's absolute gems, and we always go "aww" when we see it. So, today, we're sharing this tumblr classic with you. 

There's nothing that we love more than our pets. Absolutely nothing. In every situation, no matter what they're doing, whether they're being cuties asking for pettings, or whether they're being the biggest hooligans, we love them forever and always. 

Catching pictures of them being total derps will always make us laugh. Every time we accidentally come across these pictures on our phones or computers, we laugh anew. They're some of the first pictures that we show people of our pets just to get them to laugh too. And it always works. It always makes everyone smile.

That's why the subreddit r/AnimalsBeingDerps is one of our ultimate favorites, because it gives us the bestest of derpiest animals. To share the smiles with you guys, we've brought you some of our favorite derps from the subreddit. 

Happy Caturday, everyone! We've got the cat goods that you've been waiting for all week. They come at a hefty price and are of the highest quality memes. We offer them to you on this very fine Caturday to celebrate all things cats. 

Each Caturday, we dig through the depths of the interweb and dig up gold. Sometimes it's more silver than gold but this week's treasure hunt is all good, and we're excited to present it to you. If you want to get into the true spirit of Caturday, you must devour the following cat memes, some more cats, take a giant nap throughout the day only to awaken at 3 am for late-night zoomies. 

It's what the cat ancestors would've wanted. Who are we to deny them? Enjoy this fine collection of cat meme goodies! 

Another brilliant comic by the creator of 'Pixie and Brutus,' Ben Hed! Ben Hed, commonly known as @PetFoolery on Instagram, is constantly providing the world with hilarious and wholesome comics. 

This time, the artist has reimagined a classic, 'Clifford the Big Red Dog,' as 'Clifford the Big Red Cat.' And that's already has a ton of golden potential. A giant cat? Sign us up for the mayhem! 

If you're behind on your PetFoolery comics, we can get you up to speed with the new 'Pixie and Brutus' and all the recent Halloween comics. 

Welcome to our favorite wholesome segment of the week -- the newly adopted faces! You're in for a real treat, this week may be our largest gathering of adopted faces yet (so many rescues!) and each one is simply precious and oh so heartwarming! 

It makes our heart's so full and happy to see all these beautiful faces in their new forever homes. There is truly a no better sight! We would like to thank all those who recently adopted, all those who have adopted, and everyone who will adopt in the future. These gorgeous furbabies wouldn't have such a loving home if it weren't for you. And a special shout out to those who adopted seniors pets or those who are in need of some extra care and loving -- you guys are our forever heroes.

If you recently adopted a pet share an image with us in the comments below or send us a DM on Facebook to be featured on next week's list! 

It's finally Friday and we can practically taste the weekend! Fridays are literally the best day of the week (minus Caturday, of course), but it's the best for so many wonderful reasons! Besides the fact that the weekend is here and we get to sleep in tomorrow, we have our user's original Lolcats! 

Each Friday, we gather our the most upvotes cat memes and share them here! Lolcats is the world's largest original cat meme gallery and is constantly turning out new awesome memes by our incredible users! Thank you to all those who contribute on a daily basis, Lolcats wouldn't be a thing without you!

If you want to join the fun and create original cat memes of your own, check out our meme builder! It just might be your meme that's featured in next week's list. 

The Zzz's are coming in hard and fast! It's pointless trying to fight off the inevitable, we are long overdue for a midday nap! 

We know what you're thinking, there's so much that needs to get done, there is simply no time for a nap. And honestly, we understand, but consider this: you've been working so hard for so long, we all deserve to treat ourselves once in a while and a nap is one of the greatest treats we can give our exhausted and overworked bodies. 

And if that doesn't convince you, then perhaps these sleepy pets below can persuade you to feel otherwise. 

It's that time again where we wake up super early and go out cat snap plucking! Only the finest and most ripe cat snaps will do. The best thing about cat snaps is that they're constantly in season and grow a-plenty. 

We will never be without our nutritious meal. Cat snaps are said to be a complete and balanced meal, all on its own. Who are we to deny science? 

If this delicious feast isn't enough to satisfy your insatiable appetite, may we interest you in some cat-snap-related dessert? There's always room for dessert. 

Approximately, two weeks ago at a farm on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, Italy, an Italian sheep farmer named Cristian Mallocci noticed that one of his 8 dogs, Spelacchia, gave birth to a litter of 5 puppies, one of which was born with green fur.

All the other pups in the litter had white fur, just like their mother. Not pistachio. However, while the phenomenon is rare, there is an explanation behind it. You know when you get a bruise and it turns green? Well, that substance is known as biliverdin. It is assumed that when puppies with pale fur have contact with that green pigment, biliverdin, within their mother's womb, then they'll take on a green tint. 

Story via BBC News

Fresh, hot memes, come and get your fresh, hot memes! 

It's officially the middle of the week and we're exhausted, draining, uninspired. That's why we've accumulated this wonderful animal boost to help get you past all that and into the weekend vibe just a wee bit sooner! With the help of animal memes and tweets, we can definitely make it through this week together. 

However. some weeks are tougher than others, with more obstacles and hurdles to get through, and we acknowledge that. That's why we've already prepared this traveling kit of more animal memes and tweets, in case of an emergency. 

Once a week, we will be featuring an extraordinary animal account on Instagram! Their story, the adorable pictures, and pawesome videos! This week's spotlight goes to Zeus, the blind owl! 

You've probably seen Zeus before, he went viral for his incredible peepers! Eyes that look as if they contain the whole universe and all the answers to the unknown. When we hear or think of a 'Wise Owl,' it's Zeus who we think of. Zeus may be blind but he sure has the most enchanting eyes.

Zeus is a Western Screech Owl with a great wingspan. On his Instagram, it is mentioned that he has about 10% of his vision, and is able to see shapes and memorize his immediate surroundings. He currently is being cared for at the Wildlife Learning Center in Los Angeles, California. The wildlife center's mission is to "provide public education that inspires people to care for our wildlife, to care for our environment, to develop a deep interest in the life sciences, and to give loving care and sanctuary to animals in need." 

Find out how you can help them accomplish their mission and how you can help Zeus. 

Read up on last week's star on Instagram, Rex, The T-Rex Cat!