30 Itty Bitty Cute Baby Animals To Bring A Smile To Your Face (January 18, 2026)

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Jan 18, 2026 9:00 AM EST

There is a very simple recipe to starting Sunday with a smile, and the ingredients are all adorable baby animals.

We are simple people at the end of the day. We don't need much to be happy. We don't need much to have our mood uplifted even when we are down. All that we need is a bunch of pictures of adorable baby animals, and our souls are soothed, our hearts are filled, and our frowns turn upside down. It truly is that simple. And we think that every person who loves animals will say the same thing. Animals are just so pure, and baby animals are somehow even moreso. We couldn't stop ourselves from smiling at them even if we tried.

That is exactly why we bring you this collection of itty bittty baby animal pictures every single week. We did so last year, and we will continue to do it this year as well. Because we need more of that purity in our lives. We need more of that simply wholesmeness that makes us smile without thinking. And we want to bring you that feeling as well. And if that means that we have to scroll through the internet in search of more of these adorable pictures, well… we would think of much worse fates than that.

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Oh, pandas. One of our favorite animals in the world. And that's not something that we say lightly. Beacuse we love literally each and every single animal species out there. Yes, including that one. But pandas… pandas are so, so special. They are so full of mischief and joy and… ridiculousness. We don't think that we have ever seen a single video of a panda not being silly or doing something hilarious. We know that if a panda comes across our feed, we have to stop and look at it, becuase no matter what, we will be walking away with a smile. Look, even this one. We did not turn this picture upside down. It's just the panda being its silly panda self.
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Meercats. Honestly, such an underrated animal. We remember the first time that we saw a meercat in real life - in our local zoo when we were kids. And we were simply shocked at how small they actually are. They are tiny beyond our wildest imaginations. And every single time that we have seen them since, we have felt the same way. Truly one of those animals that we could spend all day looking at, and we would never get bored. They are simply too, too cute.
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