24 Heartwarming Animal Memes to Cozy Up With While the Leaves Fall Outside

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Sep 9, 2026 8:15 AM EDT

Fall is finally here, and the best thing about it is the ability to curl up under our blanket with our pets and some memes.

Finally, the best season is here. It's no longer burning hot outside, but it's not freezing yet either. It's the season of pumpkin spice, of light rain, of weather that is chilly enough for a sweater but not freezing enough for a coat. It's the best time of year to cuddle with your pets under a blanket, to hold a cup of coffee in one hand and scroll through a bunch of wholesome animal memes in the other. This is a time of calmness, and no matter how difficult the workday ahead of you looks or how hard your day was, sitting down with a couple of cozy animal memes is all you need for a little pick-me-up.

And that is exactly what we have for you today. Fall is just starting, and we are going to welcome it in the best way that we know how. From home, calm, and with a whole lot of cute animals. That's what we need, it's what you need. Really, it's what everyone in the world should have. The world would be a much better place if everyone started their day with wholesome memes.

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01
Even birds get talked to when they do something wrong

via @WholesomeMeme
02
We would frame that and hang it on our wall

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03
He really is that fabulous

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04
We would be terrified of Beans

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05
Every day all day

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We think the second one is better, honestly

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07
And she will bite you

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08
Basically every time, yes

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09
Small dad is doing a very good job

via @tallant
10
Not going to lie, this would have spooked the heck out of us

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11
To this thing, we would swear our allegiance any day

via @Cocopuffdaddi
12
The zoomies are about to start

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13
He was dedicated in that relationship

via PhD in Nonsense
14
Just the most natural

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Oooh we're so, so scared too

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Gotta do whatchu gotta do

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17
Solidarity or mocking... you will never know

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18
We are the right person, actually

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19
It's worth everything

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20
Always in the middle of the night

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21
It still looks fabulous, we promise

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22
We would have thought this was epic

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Excuse accepted. More pictures requested.

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She's stunning

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