snow

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 Ginger, the snow-loving cat! 

Ginger is from Russia, and if there's definitely an abundance of something in Russia... it's snow. Luckily for Ginger, that doesn't seem to be a problem. This gorgeous cat was once adopted from the street and has never looked back! Ginger is a fluffball and absolutely loves dashing through the snow! Oh, and we're assuming Ginger does some part-time meow-deling on the side when not playing in the snow. "Why?" You might ask, well, just take a gander at the images below and then you'll fully understand. 

Follow Ginger on Instagram for more frolicking through the snow goodness! 

Read up on last week's star on Instagram: PuiPui, The World's Stylish Bunny.

Mmmm delicious -- so many powdered donuts! It's just what we needed to go alongside our hot cup of coffee! And what makes it even more magical is the fact that is it cold outside, so we're all snuggly with our hot cup of joe, and adorable powdered donuts ready for us to stuff our faces into! For some people, it's even snowing out there right now which actually makes this one list the most perfect for you and you alone. 

We can all definitely enjoy this delicious morning offering, however, and enjoy ourselves some major cuteness about to thrown our way! 

Snow. You can love it, you can hate it, you can be unsure about it, you can be fascinated about it, you can be scared of it. There are so many emotions you can feel about anything! And even though animals can't really talk to express their emotions about snow... their reactions to it tells us pretty much all we need to know. 

Such reactions are just universal truths. If you see a cat run away from something, you can tell they're scared. If you see a dog running through the fields and jumping into the lake, you know they're having a blast and seizing the day. There are just some things we can tell without any exchange of words happening. And just like that, we can understand each of these animal's reaction to snow. And they're all different and wonderful in each and every way.  

The circle of nope: the mystical creation that is only seen during the coldest time of the year when our curious, ferocious kitties decide to venture out into the snow and experience the magic of winter for the first time and immediately decide........ nope, and turn right back around. Cats vs. snow- the ultimate battale.

It's hilarious in its simplicity because you can just see the decision making process in the paw prints in the snow. "Nope," that's the whole thing. Some cats go: "nope, maybe that way, no that way, aaaaah nope." It's rare for a kitty to love snow. Most cats really, really hate it. But let's be real, it is a lot more amusing for them to be nope-ing right out of it. 

It's winter, and Earnie is about to experience snow for the first time, and the lesson of snow is learned the hard way. It may look like a beautiful, fluffy white blanket, but it is cold.

Meowmoirs: Earnie is not on a leash, the human is. 

Read about Earnie's first time experiencing snow and the pure betrayal of the white blanket. 

Read last week's entry about  Earnie's chasing the Red Dot of Evil (aka, the laser pointer) here!

You can hop back to the first entry about the day of adoption right here as well. 

Incoming! The most dangerous animals in the world is about to attack you with its cuteness. Shield your eyes. The cuteness can be too much, and it is truly not for the faint hearted. Do not go on this adventure of cuteness if you are unprepared. And for those of you who are ready... we wish good luck. 

These fluffy marshmallows of cuteness will take over your heart in a second, and you will want nothing more than to hug them. So, prepare for this incoming attack by clutching your favorite teddy bear to your chest and taking a deep breath, and enjoy this fluffball wintery delight in the form of the cutest pictures of polar bears.

It's cold, it's snowy, some of us love it, some of us hate it, but all of us are going to celebrate it. Because no matter how much you may hate snow, you will 100% love these insanely adorable snowy stoats chilling in the chill white snow. If they love it, we love it. And if they're all happy and snuggly in their snowy blankets than so are we.

So, let the magic of winter and the magic of winter-loving animals take over you, and enjoy the cuteness of these tiny little animals. Prepare though, if you've never seen these snow-loving creatures before, you're about to have your cold heart start melting right away. 

It's officially snow season! And though we may hate it because cold, wet, omg snow to shovel, and more cold, our doggos love it. And their joy makes the whole shebacle kinda really worth it. Their little doggo smiles and tiny tail wiggles. Yes, we don't mind shoveling some snow if we get to enjoy seeing that.

And since our doggos love the snow so much, and we love them so much, we've put together a whole bunch of snow dogs enjoying the freshly fallen snow for everyone's enjoyment. So, it's time to snuggle at home under some blankets and plan your next snow trip with your dog. And remember: even though snow may be cold, snow doggos make our heart pretty dang warm. 

Brrr... it's getting colder and colder! Winter is well on its way and there's no stopping it. At least one thing we can look forward to is seeing all the different reactions animals have towards wintery things, such as snow and Christmas! 

Those moments of dogs seeing snow for the first time are magical. Or when cats see their first Christmas tree! Granted, they'll end up destroying it but we're talking about that magical moment where they take in all that beauty they see and all you can see is pure excitement. 

Dogs are already pure enough as they are so when you capture them in a moment such as a first-time experience, well, it's simply too much for the heart to take in! Not only do we have first-time experiencers here but we also have quite a few senior doggos that just make our hearts smile! 

We hope you have a wonderful day!

Though the sign itself may seem funny, and it is, there's a serious reason behind why officials in Canada put it up. Salt it a snack that moose absolutely love, and apparently, they have realized that they can get it off our cars. 

"They're obsessed with salt, it's one of the things they need for the minerals in their body," a spokesman from Jasper National Park in Canada, Steve Young, told CNN. "They usually get it from salt lakes in the park, but now they realized they can also get road salt that splashes onto cars."

CNN reports that at the Jasper National Park, people often park their cars on the side of the road, hoping to get a look at the moose, but that actually letting the moose near the cars is very dangerous. If you allow moose to lick salt of your car, you run the risk of them becoming habituated with being around cars, and that's risky not only for the moose but for the drivers too. 

"Moose and cars are not a good mix. If you hit the moose with your car, you take the legs out from under it and it's going through your windshield," Young explained, adding that it is simply best to drive away when you see a moose approaching you. He also stressed that it's important to stay in your car and not interact with the wildlife, especially the moose, who will charge you if they feel threatened. 

"We've been seeing a lot more moose lately. The wolf population is decreasing, which means there's fewer predators and the moose population is going up as a result," Young said. "This also means people need to be respectful and give them space."

And though the wolf population in Canada is decreasing, you can read about 2 new gliders discovered in Australia and and watch an endangered black rhino being born in England.

Combine the magic of snow with the majesty of the tiger, and you get some of the most wholesome, chill pictures on the web. Because you know how chill these tigers must have been to sit there for so long and just let the snow cover them, turning themselves from stunning orange and black beauties to the most magical, majestic looking white tigers.

These pictures are the exact type of chill that we need to start our week off with. Cold but snuggly and infinitely powerful and beautiful. So, let this white blanket envelop you and imagine being as chill about it as these lovely big kitties. 

There's nothing quite like the magic of snow. White covering everything in something that feels like a blanket of purity. And though we may be hiding at home, it's the winter animals' time to absolutely thrive. 

One of our favorite winter animals is the fluffy, gorgeous arctic fox. Arctic foxes are honestly just as pure as snow, both because of how perfectly white they are, and that's beautiful, but also because... they're foxes, and is there anything purer than foxes? Arguable. Foxes are always adorable and wholesome, but arctic foxes in the snow really bring out that wintry magic.