27 Assorted Animal Memes for the Feral of Heart and Cozy of Mind

Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor

Nov 10, 2026 10:45 AM EST

There's nothing more relaxing than animal memes, even if they're not of the most relaxing animals in nature.

When it comes to animal memes, I tend to think they're divided into three main categories: The good, the bad, and the ugly. So, like with anything, let's start with the good. What are good animal memes? The ones that I'm always striving to find and bring here for the benefit of all animal lovers around the world. They're the memes that get you to giggle, the ones that remind you how much you love animals (as weird as they are), and the ones that are made in good faith by people who actually appreciate all these creatures living beside us on this planet.

Then you have the bad animal memes… The memes of the dark corners of the internet, done in bad faith, with no regard for the animals within them. I personally don't like seeing memes where it's clear the animals inside are afraid, angry, or depicted while having a really bad time caused by humans. It's not nice to the animal, which automatically makes the meme not funny. And what's the point of a meme existing if it doesn't make you laugh? Especially if the person who made it expected you to laugh at the meme at the expense of the animal in it. Not cool.

And finally, you have the ugly memes. They're not ugly per se - they're the ones that make you ugly laugh so hard that you can only feel relaxation after. Like sitting in the middle of a quiet forest clearing, or diving underwater and hearing nothing of the world above. That's how great ugly animal memes actually are. They're the best.

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