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Last week, we made it one hundred weeks of cuteness! And as a reward, we decided to keep the party going!

With our daily dose of cute, you'll be able to gain the strength and sanity we all need to endure the rest of this year. So, take it all in and bask in it's beautiful, warm glow. Animal cuteness is scientifically proven to cure all of life's ailments. 

After scouring the internet for the cutest of the cute, we discovered this hearty and wholesome gallery below and deemed it fit enough to be presented to you. Enjoy! 

Be still our hearts! This sweet-faced kitten is so gosh darn adorable, we're melting right where we stand. 

Meet Penelope Fern, a kitten born was a cleft lip who was found outside all alone. She was brought into Meow Village, an all-volunteer feral cat rescue organization located in Aurora, Oregon.

Meow Village told Love Meow, "A TNR (trap-neuter-return) rescuer spotted her while out trapping cats for spay and neuter. It was obvious that the kitten would need extra assessment. A few calls were made and she was in the arms of a Meow Village volunteer within hours."

After a nice, warm bath to get rid of the fleas, the sweet kitten was feeling better and soon dozed off into a peaceful sleep with a belly full of food. 

Selina, a volunteer at Meow Village told Love Meow, "This kitten has a loving sweet spirit. She eats and drinks just great, and it took no time for her to learn the litter box."

Next the kitten was taken to see a specialist about her condition and she was diagnosed with hydrocephalus (water on the brain), blindness, and ataxia (a neurological condition). It is likely more of her symptoms will appear as she ages and she will need special care because of it. However, Penelope is just as happy as any other cat and shows zero signs of suffering. 

Desirae, a staff member at the veterinary hospital, saw Penelope and fell madly in love with her.

Story via Love Meow

At just about 15 inches tall, Dik-Dik's might just be the cutest animal around! Dik-dik's are actually the world's smallest antelope species, a "dwarf" antelope, as if they couldn't be any cuter -- these animals are fun-sized forever. 

They are commonly found in southern Africa and have tiny tufts of hair that are small horns, much like a giraffe. The males have the horn and the females don't, just like deer. 

Dik-dik's seem to be a mix of everything we love and combined into one insanely cute animal. 

There's always some concern when it comes to leaving your baby with a cat. It's a fair thing to worry about since we know, as cat owners, that no matter how much our cat loves us, accidents happen, and sometimes we get scratched. Despite that, you might have noticed that cats have a tendency to want to be around a baby - smell it, sleep snuggled up next to it, lick its head. It might be because a lot of times babies smell like milk. It might be because cats are just curious creatures and babies are new and interesting additions to their homes. 

There's no obvious explanation for the care cats show to babies, but one thing that we do know is that it is omg so adorable. To show you just how sweet cats and babies can be together, we have gathered 24 pictures of just that to warm your heart and make your stomach flutter throughout the day. 

If you're in the mood for some more animal baby adorableness, here are some pets showing love to their pregnant hoomans.

Leave all that negative energy elsewhere because, from this point forward, there's nothing but good vibes allowed. Let the goodness run through you as you shuffle through the following collection of pure happiness curated into memes. 

Each week, we deliver you the most wholesome animal memes we can get our hands on because it's the beginning of the week and we all know how much that sucks. At least with wholesome memes, we can embrace the day a bit easier, and hopefully, it'll start our week off on the right now! 

Have a great and wholesome week, everyone! 

Baby giraffes are so darn cute, it's hard to think straight whenever you come across a picture of one! With those giant eyes surrounded by long, long, extremely long eyelashes, a beautiful spotted coat, and their ridiculously cute disheveled hair-covered horns!

Obviously, they haven't grown in those horns, called ossicones, but we need to formally address them because they do deserve our attention. 

Get ready to fall in love with some (if not all) the following baby giraffes: 

Finally, some good news in 2020! 

The heartwrenching story of Tahlequah, the orca who kept her dead calf afloat for 17 days, is finally a mother once again! Our hearts are so happy for her and we wish her and her baby calf a healthy, long life. 

In 2018, Tahlequah lost her calf that lived only a half-hour, but this born-to-be mother was so heartbroken, she continuously pushed her baby calf up for 17 days. If that isn't love and perseverance. we truly don't know what is.  

The gender of the calf is unknown. 

Congrats, Tahlequah! You deserve happiness. 

Story via Seattle Times

Tuesdays, basically Monday's only slightly better. That's why we bring you a mega dose of cuteness every Tuesday, to combat those weekly blues! 

Looks at images and vids of cute animals is scientifically proven to improve your mood! We have no idea where that science is but we just know it deep down in our hearts. 

I mean, just take a look at the cuteness below and tell us how you after afterward.

Happos, the hippo version of happiness. Yes, we just made it up, and no, we aren't particularly proud of it. 

Hippos! Also known as possibly nature's most adorable murder machines. That's right. According to BBC, an estimated 500 people per year are killed by this giant and angry blob. They are known to be aggressive and very dangerous. But as we watch vids or look at pictures of baby hippos, they look so derpy and adorable, we can't help but melt. 

If we ever do come across a hippo in the wild, we will be cautious. Until then, we can admire these cute (but deadly) animals from afar. 

Cats VS babies. We already know who will come out of this battle victorious, and something tells us you know so too. 

Thankfully, no one had to say what we're all thinking out loud because The Oatmeal created this comic to say it for us instead. 

Thanks, Oatmeal! Keep spreading the truth (as hard as it may be for some to accept).

Zebras are gorgeous creatures. With those hypnotic stripes, mohawk, and long-eyelashes -- they're definitely the raddest animals around.

And what could be better than zebra photos? Pictures of zebra foals, that's what! 

However, foals are pretty well-developed at birth, and already born with their stripes so to tell the difference between an adult and baby is most due to their size and youthful appearance. Doesn't matter too much to us, we love them all. 

Oh, and ready to feel totally lame? Did you know newborn zebras will already begin to walk within 20 minutes of its birth and run within an hour? Sounds like a superior animal to us.