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Every single cat deserves to have the most loving and amazing forever home. Even the senior cats, even the cats with behavioral problems, the most "difficult" and "unadoptable" animals still deserve to have a forever home worthy of their love. 

We understand why it's hard to adopt a senior - it takes a big emotional toll knowing that they're not going to be with us for a very long time. So, we get why people don't adopt them as often as kittens, but that understanding makes us all the more appreciative when people do adopt senior cats, and especially super-senior cats. 

These tweets are going to make you 'aww' and also make your heart hurt ever so slightly - but in the best way. Your heart will be full of love reading these tweets.

We absolutely adore senior pets, for so many reasons. 

1. They're the ultimate love bugs. They can express their love and gratitude so deeply, it makes our eyes water just thinking about it. 

2. They are a part of us, our senior pets have been there for us time and time again. When all else around you might seem hectic and hopeless, you can always count on them to be there. 

3. Everything. There's something so special about our senior pets, all their quirks, and unique markings. We can spot our pets out of a lineup of all the pets in the world, that's how much we know them and their hearts. 

Share a picture with us of your senior love bug in the comments below. And if you're looking for more senior pets to gush over, look no further! 

This post is for the people in the crowd who truly believe that cats are not affectionate. We, cat owners, know that they are wrong of course, but the stereotype prevails. It's true that cats show love differently than humans and differently than dogs, but they still show it. You just need to know what you're looking for. 

Sometimes, a cat will show you love by blinking slowly while looking into your eyes, other times, they'll do it by showing you their bootie. And sometimes, it's a lot more straightforward than that - when they come to you, asking for physical affection in the form of cuddles. And our amazing Facebook users shared stories of just that which were so adorable we had to share them with you too. 

Is there anything in this world better than your pet? Anything at all? We would argue that there isn't. Our pets - cats, dogs, parrots, even fish - are our little rays of sunshine, bringing joy, energy and calm into our households. Nothing makes us smile harder than they do, nothing worries us more than when they're hurt, and nothing warms our hearts faster than when they show us that they love us back.

So, today, we and our amazing Facebook community are going to shower our little sunshine pets with the love that they have earned. It's wholesomeness and love galore, mixed with some hilarity. Prepare yourself. 

We don't know if you've heard, but there is this rumor about cats not liking cuddles and not being affectionate. We know, how ridiculous is that. Clearly, anyone who knows anything at all about cats knows that if you have earned their love and affection, they will give it back to you tenfold and more. 

Cats are so affectionate. You just have to allow them to be affectionate with you on their own terms. It may take some time for it to happen, but eventually, if you are nice and respectful enough, it will. And maybe your cat will end up as cuddly and loving as this one. 

After a most dramatic rescue of a beautiful swan from a dangerous waterfall, the swan was reunited with her mate, and this amazing, romantic, incredibly heartwarming moment was caught on camera. It's a happy ending like no other, and we are so happy to not only see this rescued swan back in the wild but back in the wild with her mate - who was waiting for it to return at the site of the waterfall. 

As InYourArea reports, "RSPCA officers had teamed up with rangers from the Greenfield Valley Park to help the stranded swan." The swan had fallen down the raging waterfall and was rescued from the bottom of it. Unfortunately, because of a serious eye injury, the swan couldn't be returned to the wild right away and had to go through a period of rehabilitation. 

During the rehabilitation period, the swan's mate was spotted waiting for his at the site of the waterfall where the swan was rescued, so the rescuers were eager to return the swan to his mate. And the reunion was gut-wrenchingly beautiful.

Check out the pictures from the reunion below!

Everyone is just a little bit different, whether it be our hobbies that make us different, our interests, the way we behave or the way we look. But that doesn't stop us from being friends. Amazingly enough, the same can be said about animals. 

Countless times have we seen animals that are so incredibly different from each other becoming friends. Sometimes, it's not under the best of circumstances, and other times, it is completely natural. If you're nice to an animal, it might just be nice to you back. If an animal is nice to another animal, the same principal holds.

Please enjoy this collection of animal interspecies friendship, and fall in love with animals just a little nit more.

One thing everyone out there knows to be true is that animals are cool as heck. There's no arguing about it. Every once in a while, we hear about some weird but amazing thing that an animal does, and we remember just how amazing they are. Even some of the most basic things that animals do- like the ways they communicate with each other are amazing to us. But just how amazing are they?

Well, allow twitter to remind you just how cool animals are and the things they do are with some of the most animal-lovin' viral tweets we've seen on the internet. It's time to appreciate the animal kingdom, guys, and learn some things at the same time. 

For all those out there who think cats are cold, you're about to be proven wrong. Cats love their humans incredibly hard. It just takes a bit longer with some of them to build the trust necessary for that kind of strong love. But once you get there, once that bond is in place, no love will be stronger than your cat's love for you. 

Cuddles, kisses, rubbing up against your legs, mashing their forehead against yours, you'll get it all. You just have to earn it, prove to them that you're worthy of their love. Learn to give them space when they need it and the exact places that they don't like to be touched. It might take some time, but it will be worth it.

Warning: you're about to enter into an adventure full of unexpected plot twists and hilarity like only tumblr can provide. When a story prompt about the most wanted woman in town decided to marry only the person who can open the door to her house with the key around her cat's neck went viral on tumblr, we didn't think much of it.

But boy oh boy were we wrong, because - as tumblr does - it took this story and turned into one of the most simultaneously hilarious and heartwarming story of love, overcoming difficulties, and cats. Never forget the cat.

If you ever encounter someone who is considering getting a pet but is unsure, give them a link to this article and watch them be immediately convinced to get one after they read it. Because today, our amazing users have shared with us stories of ways in which their pets comfort them, and we found ourselves grateful to our own pets all over again. 

It's like they can tell when we need them, coming to us and showing us affection in the best way that they can. And if your pet has ever tried to comfort you, you know that no matter how sad you were, having them showing you love like that did manage to make you at least a little happier. 

You might think it's easy to get some these days, especially with everyone desperate for human contact after lockdown. But it turns out that cat owners often encounter technical setbacks that the average person doesn't, which could stop them from getting lucky in the sex department. Together with The Single Society, we bring you real women's stories of times their cats did everything they could to stop their owners from getting laid, which, if you know a thing or two about kitties, isn't all that surprising. It turns out cats might just be the ultimate c*ck blocks!

We'd love to hear your stories, cat owners! Share it with us in the comments below.

And just a little reader discretion, the following stories are uncensored and quite naughty. Naughty but definitely hilarious, and very relatable. Proceed with caution.

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.