Animals

Even rats can fall foul of a few extra holiday inches – and this one had a narrow squeak

This stand-up guy went all Amphibian Grand Designs for the frogs in his garden, and it’s just lovely

13 favourite moments from ‘Out of Context Dogs’ on Twitter to give you an escape from everything else that’s going on right now

There’s never a bad time to rewatch this joyful clip of a wonderful sledding dog

A comic artist has proposed a novel (and funny) way to survive an encounter with a bear, but not everyone was convinced

Giant panda versus fairly large snowman is the cute overload we all need today

No prizes for guessing where this very good boy was hiding. His waggy tail was a dead giveaway

Los Angeles Zoo’s newest baby, Casper the colobus monkey, is driving the internet nuts – 17 best comments

The hilarious payoff to this tale of a beloved family pet and an unsolved Christmas ‘mystery’ is today’s best thing

We can all relate to this video of a group of ducks having second thoughts about the snow

If anything can make you appreciate winter, it’s these dogs living their best lives on a homemade snowy ‘racetrack’

Why wouldn’t you want to watch a video of farting cats taken with a thermal imaging camera?

Loki the cat’s cunning food-theft shenanigans simply never grow old

These ‘frozen’ chickens had TikTok scratching its virtual head – and some people cried ‘fowl’

This mother chimpanzee meeting her new baby after two days of medical care will have your eyes leaking like there’s no tomorrow