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A tale as old as time... The first act: dads insisting on not getting a pet. The second: dads complaining about the pet the family got and acting like they can barely tolerate it. Act three: finding your dad cuddling your new cat/dog on the couch... still acting like they can only barely tolerate them. 

Really, they should stop pretending, we all see through them. No one can withstand the power of the cute.

r/dadswhodidnotwantpets on Reddit is the ultimate proof of that, considering how many people share their stories on it. It's wholesomeness galore, heartwarming stories and nothing else, and as someone with a dad just like one of those, I love these stories more than anything.

A chimera cat is very rare, a cat with a two-colored face that's split down the middle. We've seen a few that have skyrocketed to Instagram stardom. 

This handsome chimera cat goes by the name Narnia, and he is perfectly split down the middle resulting in two-colors: black and greyish-blue.

Narnia recently welcomed a new litter of kittens making him a dad once more! Amazingly, all of his beautiful kittens all happen to be in each of his colors! Take a look below! 

Happy Father's Day to all the amazing dads out there! And if you're a father of a pet -- Happy Father's Day to you, too! 

Here's a special shout out to all those tough-exterior dads who didn't want a pet... but it turns out, having one opened up that jelly center of theirs and now they can't imagine life without those fur faces. Happy Father's Day to all the pet dad's in the world! 

What makes a good (or bad) dad joke? 

First of all, the one-liner has to be administered by a dad, it has to be both corny and somewhat amusing, and most of all it just has to have a well-timed pun to make it the best joke ever. 

Scroll down below to see some of the best funny dad jokes about animals we have found around.  

It appears parenting is difficult for all living creatures and not just us humans! Here's a lion dad who properly reflects some of our human-like reactions when it comes to dealing with little ones...

That face that just screams, "done."

You know the one. If you don't just scroll down to see what we're talking about. 

Back in January, Twitter user @oohhhkayyy shared one of the cutest family chats we've ever read! 

Lucky's favorite stuffed animal was found outside and completely destroyed... or so we thought!

Thankfully, the dad in this adorable family is a professional when it comes to saving the lives of stuffed animals! 

Check out the adorable family thread, complete with photos, and reactions from Twitter that made this tweet go viral! 

"Not sure why Dad wants to put this on the white door food cupboard but he thinks it's funny, I worry about him sometimes"...That's how this twitter thread about a dad writing a personal note to his cats and dogs, starts...oh, and he insists on posting it very low on the refrigerator door :) 

Twitter user, Steph Veerman, shared with the world a super wholesome story of the time her dad looked after her pet hamster. 

Steph's father is so utterly pure, this might be the cutest twitter thread we've come across in a while! 

James Breakwell, or Exploding unicorn as he likes to call himself on twitter, is a professional comedy writer, amateur father of four daughters and two pigs and one of the most popular dads on twitter. Sometimes, his kids have some funny thoughts about animals and here are the best ones we have picked. 

When twitter user, @_guavaja, brought his new tiny dog, Ginger, to his parents home, his father's first reply was "I'm not taking care of your dog" but as you will see in the following videos, now he won't let Ginger go to sleep before giving her a full deep tissue massage. Isn't that the cutest thing ever?  

What a beautiful little family! When the mother gave birth to a litter of kittens, the dad was right there to help groom and comfort her! If there was ever a picture to make you squeal and go, "awwwww!" this is it. 

And well, see for yourself...Not what you might call a regular bad hair day. That's what happened when this dad took the family cat to the pet groomer and turned him back like an accordion. At least the cat doesn't seem to be bothered by it.