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You might recall from a few weeks ago, the story we covered of the pregnant two-year-old Dachshund named Sugar. Sugar had a gorgeous maternity shoot that was captured by the talented Laura Shockley.

Well, as one would hopefully expect with any pregnancy... the puppies have arrived! And they're so deliciously cute, we want to gobble up all those mini-sugar pups! 

And to celebrate the occasion, Laura Shockley once again photographed the new family and just a warning, there will be definite squeals -- out loud and in your heart. 

Prepare yourself for some serious cuteness!

The finalists of the 2019 AGORA Awards have been selected, after 130,000 submissions! And they are all spectacular! The winner will be announced November 6th, and win the title of 'world's greatest photo' along with a whooping $25,000!

Any while all the selections are breathtaking, we've simply only collected the animal pics. For the complete selection, head over to the AGORA Awards site. 

Via AGORA Images

You've probably never heard of him, but you've almost definitely seen his photographs. I'm talking about Walter Chandoha, the American photographer, cat dad and husband, who photographed cats for most of his life and was the virtually the pioneer of cat photography. Here is his story. 

Photographer Alexandra Bochkareva likes to explore the eye-catching beauty of red hair. In order to do so, she often pairs her redheaded muses with ginger animals, ranging from a rescued lynx to majestic Maine Coon cats. Each duo in these fairytale photographs has been personally paired by Bochkareva, who strives for matches that are "very similar, both in an external and internal way." Check out her Instagram page. 

What could be better than someone taking care of your beloved cat while you're away? Getting professional photos of your beloved cat! When Miranda McDonald asked her friend Josell Mariano to take care of her blue tabby cat Jade, he went above and beyond with an impromptu photo shoot of the beautiful Jade! 

According to Best Ten News, Mariano explained how he captured the magic below, "I used a 6Dmk2 with an f/2.8 24-70LII, and an f/1.4 50mm. Lighting is an Einstein strobe with a 24-inch beauty dish." But it also helps when your model is so darn photogenic! Mariano said, "Jade was a better model than I thought but was still super wiggly. She was distracted by treats and her favorite toy (which is a broken string on a stick)."

Sounds like the perfect cat sitter to us! These are almost as good as kitten memes, but nah, nothing beats those.

This photo was recently posted by Saurabh Desai, a wildlife photographer. It was captured in the Spiti Valley of Northern India and once posted, it confused many internet users. At first glance, it appears to be a simple landscape shot but Desai was actually snapped a snow leopard in this photo, a big cat whose perfectly camouflaged coat makes him blend into his landscape to a breathtaking degree. Can you spot him? Via: Paws Planet

Japanese Photographer, Nyankichi Rojiupa, doesn't have any cats of his own, but he is fascinated by these enigmatic creatures. So when he stumbled upon a group of strays in the city, he decided to stick around ,watch and take amazing photos. Check out his instagram page for more.    

During a trip to Kenya, Will Burrard-Lucas (@willbl) captured several photos of a wild melanistic black leopard, also known as a black panther. The images are believed to be the first of their kind taken in Africa in 100 years.

The person who took these fantastic pictures is Jess Bell and they're magical since they capture each and every dog's personality through the beautiful colors.  

From his website: "I recently organized some of my very talented dog-owning friends (and their exceptional pups of course) to participate in colored powder photo shoots in order to experiment with a new technique I wanted to try out. The results are bright, crisp and dynamic! These photos are turning heads all over the internet. These crazy colors and dynamic swirls are captured in-camera in real time and on location. As a result, every single image is unique and highlights the amazing differences between how dogs of various breeds and body shapes move. The powder acts as a perfect action amplification device". For more, visit his instagram page. 

Raj Sarkar is a Street Photographer and Educator. He is the founder of World Photographic Forum, Curator of APF magazine Street Photography and also a member of street photography collective called in-street. He loves exploring possibilities on street. His main object is to Freeze the emotions and actions of people and animals. Via: 121 Clicks

For more, visit his Website/ Instagram page

A couple of months ago, photographer Barbara Jensen Vorster was at the Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana when her DSLR was stolen by a… cat burglar. 

Amelia Paul Forman is nineteen years old and has a mom who is a world-class photographer with a predilection for photographing animals. Since she was three years old, Amelia has been her mother's muse and the subject of her photographs. That is why she has portraits of herself with elephants, llamas, ponies, tigers, kangaroos, chimpanzees, endless dogs, cats, and other animals—portraits that hang in the collections of art museums around the world. Take a look at some of these amazing photos on Rubin Scwartz instagram page as well as on her homepage. 

Birds are so majestically beautiful. For more info, check out their website.

ATOM is a Japanese photographer who travels all over the world in search of great scenery for a great photography. In the past two years, he has visited 63 countries and the most recent destination he's traveled to is Antarctica. He traveled around Antarctica for ten days and came back with an incredible reportage documenting the behavior of these Antarctic penguins. Here are some of his photos. For more, visit his instagrampage. Via: My modern met 

You will enjoy this  series of funny and cute photographs by illustrator Aled Lewis who is having fun fun staging his toys in cute and twisted situations.