This exhausted meerkat is acting exactly like we do when class/work/[insert tedious activity here] becomes more boring than we can handle! This poor meerkat just can’t seem to keep it together. Meerkats live together in large groups in which each member performs a specific duty, like guarding the colony from intruders. Based on descriptions of meerkat sentinel behavior, we think that’s what this meerkat may have been trying to do, albeit very unsuccessfully! Luckily it looks like this group is at the zoo, so there is no real danger. Near the end of the video, the little kat finally gives in and falls asleep right where it is sitting!
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Cute dog doesn’t move a muscle to avoid waking sleeping kittens
This cute dog is going to great lengths to avoid waking the three tiny kittens that are cuddling next to her. All four of them start out laying belly up with their paws in the air, and the kittens look relaxed as they nap with their eyes closed. The dog, on the other hand, is ever vigilant, with eyes wide open to detect any threat to the kittens’ peaceful napping. Wary of waking the kittens herself, the dog chooses to stay absolutely, perfectly still as the kittens cuddle and shift into more comfortable positions around her. There’s no chance that the dog will relax. Then she might fall asleep, and if she did, she might fall to one side, or snore, or shift ever so slightly — and then what? The kittens would be disturbed, or worse, they would decide they no longer wanted to nap at all! Can’t have that.
We love how polite this cute dog is, and how she seems to be looking out for the kittens’ comfort! So adorable!
Scratching many capybaras
We found one simple trick to make a capybara turn over — scratch it! This lazy group was enjoying a nap when one by one, each capybara was interrupted from their sleep by a person persistently scratching their fur. At first each capybara would ignore the person, but after a few seconds, each one would faithfully roll over. Why? Do they want their bellies to be scratched instead of their backs? In their groggy state, is this the closest they can get to running away? Not even the baby capybaras in the back were spared from the scratching — or the inevitable rolling over! Regardless of why it happens, we think it’s really cute! We wish we could test this out ourselves!
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