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We can't help but be protective of animals. We love them too much. They're just so tiny and squishy and pet-able, even the big ones. So, when this Japanese trend of making adorable animals into edible rice creations, we were a little confused. Because... how are we supposed to eat something so incredibly adorable? 

We can't help but admire the creativity though. Even if we probably couldn't eat it ourselves, these animal rice creations are so insanely cute and adorable that we just had to share them with you guys. We promise the closest thing we do to eating cuties like these is kissing our cats and dogs on their foreheads. 

Kittens, kittens, and more kittens. Cuteness and cuteness and more cuteness. An absolute puurfection overload. So be prepared. 

Cats are arguably the most adorable animals out there, okay? No need to bicker about it, anyone who ever cuddled with a cat will agree with it. But kittens - tiny baby animals are a whole other level of cuteness. So, kittens take first place on the cuteness scale. Okay. But what beats that? You guessed it - many kittens, purrfect little kitten litters. Kittens being a total mess, all over each other - tiny clusters of wholesomeness. 

So, if cats make you 'aww', prepare yourself, for you're about to see pictures of collections of tiny widdle mini cats. 

Dogs are a person's best friends, and we're theirs. But what happens when you aren't home and they get a little lonely? Well, you must get them a stuffed animal buddy. And not just for your dogs. All animals could use an extra tiny soft friend to cuddle with and care for, even hedgehogs and owls.

And to make them feel more familiar, get them a stuffed animal that looks just like them. Perhaps there will be some confusion at first, but they'll become best friends quickly. And for us, their doppelganger love will make for the most wholesome and adorable picture moments, just like the ones you're about to see right now. 

People may say that cats are stoic and show no emotion, but we, cat owners, know the truth. Cats are some of the funniest creatures to ever exist. They're silly, they're playful, they run into walls in the middle of the night, and when they love someone, they bonk heads with them. What more could you ask for. 

Saying that doesn't make people any less skeptical though, so we must prove it to them. The following pictures are the ultimate piece of proof to show to people who think that cats don't have feeling of just how ridiculously silly and expressive cats are. There is no more convincing weapon to use again any cat haters than this.

You ask some men, and they will tell you that the struggle of growing a mustache is very real. Their entire lives, sometimes, they will not be able to grow them, and they watch with envy those full bearded people walking around out there, hoping and dreaming that one day, they will have a mustache as epic as theirs. 

Well, we would like to comfort them by saying that it's okay and that the lack of mustache doesn't say anything about them as people. And it is true! But instead of that, we're about to give them some animals to be envious of as well. We apologize. But these dapper animals are too cute to not be shown. It's true though, their mustaches are 100% better than all of ours.

There are certain pictures that, when you look at, you feel absolutely speechless. Those pictures, a lot of times, are the most incredible ones. They make you think, they make you wonder about all the details that led to that weird, funny, beautiful, or simply wholesome moment. And words, even 1000 words, are not enough to describe them.

Those kinds of pictures are some of our favorites because they truly get our imagination running. So, every single week, we bring you a new collection of pictures like that in the hope that they inspire you as much as they inspire us, that they give you the creative energy that we all thrive on. 

Fun tip for this week's list: not everything that is a leaf is a leaf. 

Is there anything better than a cat? A mini version of that cat of course. Adorable tiny copycats, learning how to cat from their older copies. 

An explosion of adorableness like you've never seen before. So much smallness. So much cuteness. It's impossible not to smile at these pictures, and we really want to give you something that'll bring you some joy before the week starts. Something that'll give you a boost of wholesomeness and energy that'll allow you to start the week more easily. So, take these pics as a purrsonal gift from us, enjoy them, have a wonderful week, and may the cat gods bless you with a cat headbutting your hand this week. 

Okay, so we know cats are adorable. They just are, in every situation. But sometimes, the cute is so overwhelming we have to cover our faces with our hands and shield out eyes from it. It's too much, one more look and the butterflies will burst right out of our stomach.

They don't even know how cute they're being when they're doing it, that special moment when they're sleeping, you gently touch them, and they just squeezeeeee their tiny widdle faces. All instincts tell us to give them a big ol' kiss in that moment, but we can't. We must not interrupt them when they're doing the squeeze-face thing. It's too precious to ruin. 

There are moment in life when we realize that animals... animals are not that different than us. They communicate with each other, they show each other affection, they eat and sleep, and they also sit like us. Sometimes. Actually, it's kinda weird when they do that. In an hilarious way of course.

We know that dogs do it, and we've even seen cats sitting down on their booties like humans, possibly because of our influence on them as our pets, but cows and elephants? Now, that's something to laugh about while also being slightly confused. Why do they do that? We have no idea. But we love it. 

These tiny-tiny monkeys are so small and adorable they barely even look real, but they are. Their scientific name is pygmy marmoset, and they are the smallest monkeys in the world and one of the smallest primates in the world. They're so small, they are literally the size of your finger. Even adult finger monkeys are no longer than 4.6 to 6.2 inches, not including their tails, because their tiny fluffy tails can grow as big and bigger than the full size of their body. 

Mostly, people call them finger monkeys because - you guessed it - they are the size of your finger, but others call them thumb monkeys, pocket monkeys, or even little lions because of the hair around their faces that looks like a mane. These tiny creatures are so insanely adorable, and we of course decided to share that adorableness with you in the hopes of putting at least a tiny smile on your faces. 

There are moments when you look at a picture and feel absolutely speechless. There's just so much in it, so many options, so many stories running through your head, so many feelings coming through that one image. Words are not enough to describe it, not even 1000 words.

Week by week, we bring you pictures like that. The kind of pictures that inspire - that bring about stories, that make your thoughts race, that make you want to show them to others and talk about it. These incredible pictures are not ones that we would ever be able to describe justly in anything less than 1000 words, some of them truly deserve novels of their own. And hey, maybe you'll be the one inspired enough to write a book about what exactly led those six adorable bunnies to have a secret conference, and it'll make you a worldwide best seller. Hopefully. 

There's something about tini-tiny animals that truly gives us all the biggest smiles. Doesn't matter if it's tiny cats or tiny frogs, small animals of all kinds are unfailingly adorable. To further prove this entirely obvious point, today, we give you tiny crabs. 

They're so small they can fit on the very tip of your finger. And seeing them like this really makes you think "m'kay, maybe even scary animals can be cute too." As if all of us big cat lovers ever doubted that lol. We really hope these tiny crabs give you at least a tiny dose of joy and allow you to start this week off with some positivity. 

Think of the last time that you were so relaxed you just... let all of your muscles loosen and laid down in absolutely whichever position you've found yourself in. Maybe you were starfished on your back, maybe you were flat on your face, maybe you put your arm over your head in just the right position and didn't care if it was going to fall asleep because of it. Ladies and gentleman, that means that you, too, have experienced The Sploot. 

Animals are the sploot connoisseurs. Dogs have mastered it, and now, cats must show their skills as well. The following pictures are ones to learn from. Doesn't matter that the week has just started, you have to learn to remember to relax and do the sploot every once in a while, just like these very talented cats. 

In these trying times, one twitter user called @daily__hedgehog does god's work and brings us wholesome, cute hedgehog content on a daily basis. Every day, you can wake up knowing that an adorable new hedgehog is waiting for you in this account. And adorable hedgehogs are something that we all need sometimes. 

 A daily dose of tiny animal cuteness is necessary for a healthier lifestyle, didn't you hear? Even just one picture from this twitter account is enough to give you that daily boost, so a collection of cute hedgehogs is basically guaranteed to energize you for the entirety of the following week.

Ah the blep... one of our favorite animal phenomena. The true masters of blep are, of course, cats. That's inarguable. But! Did you know that foxes do the bleps too? Oh, yes, they do. 

And if we may say so ourselves, they might just be a worthy runner up for the Blep Master crown. It's not an easy feat. Even competing is an achievement. Cats have been purrfecting the blep since the dawn of cat. But... look at these foxes and tell us that they're not worthy competitors - impossible.  

May these foxy bleps bless your weekend. They definitely brought some joy to our day. Because truly, is there anything more bleping wonderful some happy, derpy foxes performing the elusive act of the blep? 

There's a reason we treat cats and kittens like kings and queens even if we don't all know it. Within them, cats hold insurmountable power. They just keep it hidden. They can't allow us to know the true strength that they hold because we may be too intimidated. 

Their power hides behind softness and purring and kneading, but sometimes, in true moments of rarity, we get a glimpse into the true Power of Cat. The following pictures may blind you with their aura, so we must caution you. Look at them at your own risk. And if you feel overwhelmed, here's some wholesome pictures of cats cuddling each other to calm you down.