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There's nothing more innocent and wholesome than seeing a tiny sleeping kitten. What do they dream about? Cute kitten things probably. If you're in the mood to have that serotonin flowing through you, feast your eyes on these impossibly adorable kittens. For more cute cat photos, have a look at these pictures of happy cats.

Dogs are pretty good at tiring themselves out, especially after a day of doing zoomies around the park. When they do fall asleep, it can happen instantly. And that means that sometimes they fall asleep in the weirdest, most awkward positions. We don't know how they can sleep like that, but somehow they manage it. And it's hilarious to see. For more funny animal photos, have a look at these dogs that are dressed better than you. 

Sometimes, animal mommas need breaks too. And when they're babies are too tired to walk on their own, other animals and humans come to the rescue. Such is the case with these donkey nannies carrying newborn little lambs on their especially-made saddles, and the lambs look so content and happy, we cannot help but smile. 

Laying in their little pockets and looking ready for a nap, these little lambs are some of the most adorable we've ever seen. Each one of them has the cutest itty bitty face in the world, and their mommas look just as happy as their lambs to finally be getting their well-earned break.

Once a week, we will be featuring an extraordinary animal account on Instagram! Their story, the adorable pictures, and pawesome videos! This week's spotlight goes to Barnaby, the cat whois adorably disheveled and looks like he hasn't had his morning cup of coffee yet! 

Barnaby's unique look definitely resonates with all of us humans everywhere. He looks scruffy and sleepy and we feel that from the depths of our hearts. In an interview with CatCon, we get an inside glimpse into Barnaby's life! Barnaby is a one-and-a-half-year-old dollface Persian cat from Missouri. 

In an interview with CatCon, we get an inside glimpse into Barnaby's typical day routine: 

"Well, I wake mom up at 4:00 a.m. because I am hungry and I miss her. Then after breakfast, I let mom hold me and brush me for approximately 3 minutes. I eat wet food with gravy, so I like mom to brush it out of my beard afterward. Then I play with my humans and run around and act like a big scary predator and make them all laugh for a little while. I like to hide behind objects that are much smaller than me and then jump out when the humans least expect it. Often I go and lie under the couch and sleep until dinner time. I used to meow at my PURRents all night long to try to get them to wake up, but I've stopped doing that recently. I seem to get more treats now."

We also got to find out what Barnaby's life motto is:

"I'm always very busy." Whether I'm taking a ten-hour nap, or watching dust float, I'm always very busy.

Barnaby, never stop being your adorable sleepy-looking self! We admire your work ethic and your ability to connect with people around the globe! We wish you nothing but love, health, and happiness! Follow Barnaby on Instagram! 

Read up on last week's star on Instagram, Wolfie, The Smiling Cat.

Is there anything that makes you happier than when your pet shows you love, trust and affection? Personally, it's one of the things that makes me the happiest in the world. One of the best ways to see that love and affection, of course, is when your kitty comes to sleep in your bed at night. It's a show of trust not just from the cat but from you too, closing your eyes next to each other like that, and that only brings the two of you closer. 

Having your cat curl up next to you is one of the purest, most wholesome things in the world, but seeing your baby curled up with your cat might be even more cuter. Prepare yourself, the cat tweets you're about to see are so cute and heartwarming you might just get an inexplicable urge to immediately go hug your cat.

Oh... to be a cat is something one could only dream of. The ability to not pay rent, not work, people bring you food, you can sleep allllll day long. Jealous. We're jealous of our own cats sometimes. But one thing we're particularly jealous of is the absolutely supernatural ability that cats have to fall asleep anywhere and everywhere. 

There is nothing worse than having a long day and knowing that tomorrow is a long day, then not being able to fall asleep at night. If we could only have a sprinkle of our cats ability to randomly fall asleep in our plant, we would be fixed for life. 

Well... for now, we can only watch and admire. A nice bonus though is that cats falling in the most uncomfortable positions is heckin' hilarious.

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. 

Do you feel that? It's a big ol' yawn coming on and you know what that means...

Nap time! Sorry, too much excitement there... we mean, gently, it's time for a nap... Ah heck, we can't lie to ourselves, we get so excited about the idea of a nap! 

To get you into the pillow dreaming mood, we've got some master nappers up in here to inspire you! 

Zuu took the internet by storm with his unique and ultra-sleepy look! Many, obviously, could relate to him on a deeper level. 

Zuu embodies all of us so perfectly. And putting his sleepiness aside, he is simple a pure joy to look at. 

And we could all use some pure joy, am I right? 

Let these adorable Zuu pics wash over you and bring you some much-needed happiness. If you need even more Zuu-related content (we don't blame you), you can follow Zuu and Bocco on Instagram!