A Wisconsin State Patrol trooper named Schmitz saved a kitten hurled from a moving vehicle — then went back to adopt her himself. The Wisconsin State Patrol posted the story and photos, and the internet immediately declared him the best cop in the country.
Punch is a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan who was rejected at birth and bonded with an IKEA stuffed orangutan — and he is still the most comforting creature on the internet. The story went viral again this month after a pair of influencers jumped his enclosure fence and got arrested, which honestly just made everyone root for Punch even harder.
Robert Irwin casually strolled onto The Tonight Show and described jumping a 700-pound saltwater crocodile in Australia, getting death-rolled and pinned underwater — and then laughed about it. He named the croc Jimmy Fallon. The clip is everything.
Chester Zoo released trail cam footage from Kenya's Maasai Mau forest showing mountain bongos — one of Africa's rarest antelopes — alive in a region where they were believed to be locally gone forever. Released on World Bongo Day. Yes, that is a real day.
Clint Gottinger of Rebel Towing told his waiting customers he had to stop because there was a moose trapped on a frozen pond nearby. Their response: "Oh, that's fine, we'll watch." He rescued the moose. Everyone watched. Peak Canada.