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A Seattle raccoon named Jimothy, born with short spine syndrome, became a global phenomenon after a mid-July Instagram video of him waddling around a Ballard yard hit 8 million views — spawning memes, merch, a mural, a bobblehead, and a Daily Show bit where Jon Stewart called him "a short king."
A zoo otter discovered his capybara roommate's coarse, brush-like fur is the perfect scratching post, and the capybara's response is to simply... vibe — eyes half-closed, completely unbothered, a true patron saint of chill.
Dobby the white-bellied caique parrot has one move for when he wants attention: he marches, stomps, and jumps with pure theatrical conviction — and has since added the Moonwalk to his repertoire, racking up hundreds of thousands of likes on TikTok.
The Houston Zoo welcomed a 46-pound male eastern bongo calf on June 25 — one of fewer than 100 of this critically endangered African antelope left on Earth — and he's already bonding beautifully with his mom, Bernadette, in the African Forest habitat.
Baby macaque Punch at Japan's Ichikawa City Zoo went viral worldwide for one very good reason: he will not go anywhere without his enormous stuffed orangutan toy, and the internet collectively decided this was the most relatable thing it had ever seen.
