25 Itty Bitty Cute Baby Animals To Bring A Smile To Your Face (January 4, 2026)

2026 simply has to start on the right paw, and this is where you do it. Finally, the new year is here. A new beginning, new possibilities, renewed energy with which to aim for our goals - it's all here. This is our year. This is our time to turn things around for the better and make this year the best one that we have ever had. But for that, obviously, you have to start the first Sunday of the year correctly - with pawsitivity, with a good mood, with a smile, and of course, with a whole bunch of adorable baby animals.

This is what you are here for, and we are going to deliver. Just like last year, every single week, we are going to present to you a brand new collection of the cutest baby animals of the week. Because there are some things that we did last year that were totally the right things to do, and starting every Sunday with baby animals being their cute selves was definitely one of them. So, like always, sit back, relax, use the next few minutes of cuteness to really soak up as much pawsitivity as pawssible, and have a fantastic 2026, everyone!

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We can never emphasize enough how much we love lions and other big cats. Because they really are just… big cats. We forget sometimes. We look at our cats, and we are so used to their silliness and their inability to hunt, that we forget they come from the same family as these meowgestic creatures. And then, we come across some nature documentary on TV, and we realize… We realize not that our cats have lost the instincts that big cats have, but rather that… big cats are just as silly as our little house cats.
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via Unsplash / Vincent van Zalinge - vincentvanzalinge
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Cows… Boy, do cows not get enough love in today's day and age. Cows are such amazing animals, not only because of everything that they provide to us, humans, but because they are just so full of personality and life. If you have ever been around cows for more than a minute, then you know that each one of them has a personality, likes and dislikes, quirks and silly habits. If they were just a little bit smaller, we are sure that they would have already become the third most popular pet for humans. Or at least they should.
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via Unsplash / Jure Zakotnik - jzakotnik
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