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We here at Cheezburger have the absolutely softest spot in our hearts for foxes. Foxes are just... so adorable and so wholesome and so funny. They are one of our favorite animals in the world (along with a whoooole lotta other animals that we love of course) (but foxes are extra special and cute to us). 

Something else that we love a lot is baby animals. Any baby animals. Any animal in its Tiny Form is the cutest, and no one can argue that. Now, combine foxes and babies and you get... a cuteness explosion of epic proportions! So, if you feel like you need some extra cuteness in your life, we don't know of many things much better to offer than tiny fox cubs being their adorable selves/

The twitter account @OregonZoo - or as they like to call themselves this Halloween season: "Oregoth Boo" - have decided to share with us some x-rays that showcase the absolute beauty of animals - inside and out. And it's perfect. It hits just the right mood for Halloween - "gothy" and "Halloweenish". 

The thread with the x-ray pictures has gone viral on twitter, with people agreeing with us about how cool these photos are, with some people even adding their own pets' x-ray images, surprising all of us with no one but two x-rays of pregnant pets! A turtle and a cat - tini tiny skeletons inside slightly bigger skeletons. 

This year's Halloween may have been little bit different than last years, but that doesn't mean we didn't have an insane amount of fun! You guys are proof of that! When we asked you to send us picture of your pets in their Halloween costumes, our incredible Facebook users really showed up, sending hundreds of pictures! 

We've picked some of our absolute faves and put them in this little collection :D The rest of the amazing costumes that we might have missed, you can always see on our Facebook page challenge. Though not everyone is in this list, we want to thank everyone who participated and sent pictures of their adorable pets. We have looked at every single picture that we got, and oh my goodness, we could not stop smiling! We hope you had amazing Halloween with your pets this year, and that next year we'll be able to freely walk around with our puppies and kitties, collecting all the candy we want!

You know that cat look - when they suddenly pause and glare at something, pupils slightly dilated, curious with a look of very mild confusion on their face? Yeah, that look. The look they give the bird that sits on their windowsill as if someone dared give it permission to sit there. Rude bird. The subreddit r/MildlyStartledCats knows what we're talking about. 

It's that cat look that you, as the owner of said cat, cannot help but laugh at. I mean, cats are always hilarious, that's kinda their thing. They're silly and have a tendency to zoom right into the wall sometimes. But what makes them special is that, really, even their very mild confusion by simple, totally normal things, is hilarious to anyone who loves cats at all. 

Wolves may normally be depicted as scary, snarling, evil creatures - the big bad wolves, right? - but they're also known as some of the most affectionate, cutest animals out there. They're always running in packs, they howl if they're separated from their pack, sometimes as a signal, sometimes just to show some love, and some of them even mate for life. 

These terrifying creatures really know how to love each other, and the do it in the sweetest ways possible, nuzzling each other, randomly placing their heads on each other. A little like doggies. They even wag their tails when they're happy. And since these wolves are happy and in love, and we love them, we've decided to let some of this love envelop us in these stressful days, since we all need a little wholesome love right about now. 

The Kallima inachus, also known as the orange oakleaf or dead leaf butterfly is nature's perfect example of how something may not be the most beautiful on the outside but is hiding incredible beauty on the inside. This butterfly may not look like much when its wings are closed, hiding in plain sight, camouflaged as a dead leaf, but the moment its wings open, so does our eyes open in awe.

This butterfly has one of the best camaflauge abilities we've ever seen. It is so easy to miss. You might have even seen one in your own life at some point, and because it's wings were closed, you didn't even know about it. That's how easy it is to miss someone's inner beauty, and we hope that this incredible creation of nature will remind you how important it is to appreciate what is inside.  

There's a reason that all of us cat lovers also have a special place in our hearts for big cats, and it is that all big cats are basically regular cats... enlarged. They have the same faces - just bigger, they are just as silly - just bigger, and they have the same habits... just bigger. 

And so, their bleps are also... bigger. And though in this case, bigger is not necessarily better, it is definitely just as cute. Regular cat bleps are some of our favorite all time cat pictures, but they're, of course, not the only animals who can do the blep. Foxes are already strong blepping competition, and now, the big cats are officially entering the race too. You be the judge deciding who you think is the master of the blep. 

In their hearts, we know that all kittens feel like the fiercest, most powerful lions. When they yell at us for food, it's not just yelling, it's roaring for the servants to bring them their prey. When they fight a fly, it is actually them hunting for their next meal as they would in the wild as big cats.

And much as we don't like them having battles with our curtains, we do really love that they have these fierce instincts, and when we look at the real fierce big cats, we are reminded of our little kittens. All little kittens are our baby lions, and we love hearing all of them roar. Just not at three in the morning, please, I'm trying to sleep. 

Is there anything more ominous and spooky than a cat and a graveyard? We're not sure. All we know is that when we look at these pictures, we feel like the cats in them... know something. And seeing one in a graveyard ourselves definitely gives us the feeling of them possibly wanting to tell you something. 

Maybe they're able to sense the souls of the people there. Maybe they're coming to visit an old friend of theirs that they met in one of their previous nine lives. And maybe those moments when cats suddenly start staring at the wall, confusing us, are truly moments when they see ghosts. There's no way to know, but we wish we did know what's going on through these cats minds. 

This is a special super spooky treat for Halloween, and yeah, we got the heebie-jeebies from this true spookiness as well. So, if you need to balance out the spooks, here's some wholesome cats doing wholesome cat things. 

There are times when we look at a picture and get lost in it. It's just that we see so much in it it's hard to describe in simple words. Even 1000 of them. There are whole worlds in some pictures. It's exactly those pictures that we love the most, because they are incredibly inspiring. 

Every single week, we bring you a collection of pictures just like that in the hopes that they will inspire you too. Each one of these pictures is unique and special in its own way, either because of the animals in it or because of the incredible/wholesome/hilarious/100% magical circumstances that we just know had to come about for such a picture to be taken. These kinds of pictures inspire us to write stories of our own, they really bring out the creativity in us. Hopefully, they'll do the same for you!

We know that summer is technically over. But it is never over in our hearts, and we miss hanging out at the beach so so much. So, we decided that we wanna feel the sun on our skin and the wind in our hair through some wholesome pictures of animals absolutely loving the beach. 

It's not just the animals you expect enjoying the beach either. It's cats and kangaroos and elephants. Everyone loves the beach, and we love all of these animals. These pics are for anyone looking for some summery feels, and we hope they bring you at least a hint of the joy they brought us. And if summer is not your thing, here are some cats enjoying autumn. 

Lennon and Ringo, two rescued kittens, have become inseparable best friends. 

The ginger kitten, Lennon, who is now about six weeks old, was found on the day that would have been The Beatles star's 80th birthday, as reported by Express & Star. He was named Lennon by a Beatles fan who also happens to be an RSPCA inspector. The location where he was discovered was also John Lennon Drive in Liverpool, so the name really seems quite perfect. 

After a while of being cared for in the RSPCA Wirral and Chester branch, Lennon found a best friend in a newly rescued tiny little black and white, now three weeks old, kitten. The two of them got so close, purring and enjoying spending their time together, that the staff decided to name the black and white kitten Ringo Starr. 

"Ringo has been hand-reared by staff since he was rejected by his mother at birth," but luckily, he found a new friend in Lennon who he treats like he's part of the family, adorably finding an older brother figure in him. Kay Hawthorne, the branch manager, said: "We introduced [Ringo] to Lennon when he arrived as we were helping feed them both and the pair just hit it off. Lennon is like an older brother and loves looking after Ringo. They play together and cuddle up together. They get on so well, it is really sweet."

"We just couldn't resist naming the youngest Ringo when we could see he was getting on well with Lennon," she added. "They both seem to be doing so well and are certainly getting by with a little help from their friends at the branch." These two little ones will hopefully be adopted together once they are able to leave the center, and we are keeping our fingers crossed for them to find the most incredible forever home in which they will never be let down.

Take a look at the most adorable pictures of Lennon and Ringo below! And for more heartwarming stories of animal friendships, check out these adorable dog who has the most adorable friendship with a wild dolphin. 

They may be slow, but oh my god, they are so quick to get right into our hearts and stay there. Sloths are just such unique and interesting creatures. Being so slow in nature has to have its downsides, but sloths persevere, surviving, not going anywhere (mostly literally), making tiny little baby sloths to continue their slow-building legacy.

They're the best creatures to remind you that it's okay to sometimes take a break and rest, that even if you're not the fastest, that doesn't mean that you're not strong (and totally adorable. We love sloths. Who doesn't love sloths. And today, were appreciating their tiny legacies together. 

Every cat owners knows that the second the laundry comes out, the cat comes out too. Really, it's enough to look away for one second, and once you turn around, your cat is already sitting on the fresh laundry, leaving their lovely lovely fur all over the place. 

Maybe it's because sometimes the laundry is warm, maybe it's because they just wanna spread their scent everywhere, and maybe it's because their tiny little scoundrels who just wanna sit where they aren't supposed to sit. Regardless, they sure do have the strangest fascination with laundry, and much as cat hair on our clothes can be frustrating, seeing them in the laundry pile still kinda makes us laugh. So, enjoy these silly little creatures and their love for laundry, but don't get distracted if you just took your laundry out! Oh, well, too late, kitty is already in there. 

Cats are mischievous little creatures. They get it from their relatives - the big cats. The instinct to hunt and stalk and act like a big scary kittens is strong. They forget sometimes though, that they are not big cats and they are not in the wild, they're tiny little fluffy creatures of love. 

And yet! Sometimes, we catch our favorite little loving felines staring at us from behind a corner, and we wonder... are they plotting against us? The answer is obviously yes. Pfft, what else would they be doing? They are the masters in the house, and they're thinking up ways of disciplining their disciples. Doesn't matter that they're fluffy and adorable and that they totally love belly rubs, sometimes they have to plot, and that makes for some hilarious pictures. 

These big-eared bunnies and rabbits are truly the best listeners ever. They are always ALL ears. And really, they don't talk back to you (because they're rabbits and bunnies), so they kinda always have to listen. Regardless, they and their ears are absolutely adorable - fluffy and big and floppy. 

We love animals with big ears, there's something so special about them. Cats with big ears, puppers with big ears, bunnies and rabbits - we love them all. They're all just so earresistibly cute, and we want nothing more than to rub behind their big, huge ears and make them the happipest big-eared animals on the planet.