chonky

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 Panda, the chonky bear! 

Meet Panda, the gorgeous and quite chonky 5-year-old Maine Coon! We were able to get in touch with Panda's owner, Courtney Culligan, and find out Panda's story. "A distant family friend couldn't care for him anymore so my boyfriend's family took him in. They quickly realized a few members of their family were allergic and couldn't keep him - so we took him in!" Courtney tells us.

Upon taking Panda to the vet, they were told Panda was between the ages of 3-7, so they call him "a fabulous 5-year-old." Panda was initially a stray cat, which was made obvious due to the universal sign of a stray cat being fixed - a chipped ear tip. A stray cat who found himself in the right hands! When Courtney first got Panda, he was overweight. Since rescuing him back in February 2019, Panda has lost 3.5 lbs! 

When it comes to Panda's personality, Courtney shared, "He is extremely cuddly and seems like he's constantly purring. He LOVES carrying his toys around the house (like his mini panda). He loves chicken and turkey wet food, hates our vacuum and trash bags, and adores pretty much everyone he meets."

Panda is often featured carrying around his stuffed toys, especially his little panda, and it's probably the most important thing you'll see all day, trust us. Be sure to follow Panda on Instagram to witness his weight loss journey, and of course, watch him be his adorable floofy self! 

Read up on last week's star on Instagram, Thor, the flying cat! 

We must all be good cat owners and take care of our fluffballs, let's start with that. We have to keep them healthy, take care that they have enough water and food, that they get they pets and cuddles, and that they stay active. Keeping cats active can be difficult though, we all know how much they love their beauty sleep. 

Some cats, despite our best efforts, are chonkier than others. These gorgeous big beauties deserve all the love in the world too. So, take care of them, rub their big fluffy bellies, buy them a laser pointer and get them going crazy over it, and make sure that they they know that the bigger they are the more places you have to pet them. 

It's an instinct that we just want, no scratch that, need to pinch the cheeks of adorable animals. They're just so darn cute, we can't help ourselves! And if they happen to have giant and super pinch-able cheeks... then, it's their fault really. 

No animal has a right to be so darn adorable! Chubby cheeks and all their glory: 

When you think of cats, you think of majestic and elegant beauty, do you not? Well, there are definitely cats that are elegant and graceful, most cats actually are both without trying at all. 

Then, there are cats like this... Adorable chonkers who make us do a double-take. Sitting as if they're people, and even wearing a human expression, we can't help but feel a little confused when looking at these images. 

Overall, we do like the images and have decided to be on the hunt for even more cats sitting like so. It has brought us a great deal of happiness. (Honestly, we like an any exposing a cat's fluffy soft belly)

Sit free, cats of the world! Don't let society tell you what's acceptable! 

Squirrels are incredible animals -- they're crazy crafty, curious, and never give up. If they want to steal some of those seeds from your bird feeder -- you better believe they will! 

But we can't help but admire their craftiness and persistence! In fact, I'm sure we all sort of wish we had some squirrel tendencies of our own. Not that whole, burying nuts/food for the winter thing because that could get moldy and nasty quickly. 

Check out some chonky squirrels who are having their cake and eating it too! 

Meet the Dr Manhattan of Caterpillars! This big guy is a Blue Tobacco Hornworn, and a big one! 

His owner, Twitter user @stringmousey shared some adorable pics of the big fella claiming he won't pupate -- only eat. 

Not that we can blame him, food is delicious and all we think about. The tweet went viral due to the massive size of the caterpillar but also because one of the images looks so polite that everyone had something to say! And those who didn't know what to say drew instead. 

Check out the fun thread below! 

When people (and their cats) are mere feet away from the fridge and a bunker's worth of groceries, quarantine boredom can lead to overeating. 

Just take a look at these chonky boys.

Fat Fred is living the chonky dream.

Imgur shared the viral post on Facebook, an image of signs taped to a glass door that shine the spotlight on their glorious chonk -- Fred. 

From what it sounds like, Fred is a very good, chonky boy, and sorry everyone, he is not up for adoption. 

However, as the bottom sign mentions, smaller models are available! 

The popular and continuously growing Facebook group, 'THIS CAT IS C H O N K Y' now has billboards representing the group, and chonks, in NYC, LA, SF, and Chicago! 

If you are unfamiliar with this group, and you are a cat lover, it's probably the best page on Facebook ever created. With nearly half a million followers, a page dedicated to chonky cats from all over the world. 

This beautiful group of people are constantly sharing their cats, love for cats, and every so often console and grieve along side those who have recently lost their furbaby. 

It's more than just another Facebook page, it's support group for all those who love cats and simply love love. 

Congrats on the nationwide recognition 'THIS CAT IS C H O N K Y'! 

Nothing more enticing than a cat's chonky belly! Subreddit r/Delightfullychubby features all the chonky boi and girls and it truly is delightful. 

Enjoy these 17 chonkers to stuff your face into! 

When Facebook user, Ozz Hart, asked the closed Facebook group, 'THIS CAT IS C H O N K Y' (a site dedicated to the beauty that is chonk), "What happens when a nakey cat and a floof (cat) have kittens?" The comment section blew up with some science, facts and best of all -- pics.  

When a user asked on the closest Facebook group, 'THIS CAT IS C H O N K Y' for someone to please photoshop this fantastic picture of his furbaby Critter, the internet came through! 

Also, according to the original poster and Critter's human, Critter had to go to the vet, as pictured but was completely fine, other than being a confirmed a chonky boi.

Chonky animals is our new favorite craze and you can enjoy it too by visiting the #ChonkyAnimals page