This is a video highlighting the cushy lives of rescued prairie dogs Pablo and Pedro, who were surrendered by someone who bought them as pets not realizing how much work they’d be. Well now they’re living the dream with caretaker Sarah and “Yahoo!” all the time. Did you know prairie

Presumably in an effort to unlock the mystery of cats, this is a video from Tom’s Guide editor-in-chief Mike Prospero, who attached a thumb-sized Insta360 Go 2 camera around his cat’s neck and let it explore the great outdoors. This is a brief sample of that exploration. I like how

Hands down one of my favorite internet cats of all time, this is a video of Maru demonstrating his ability to melt himself into glass fishbowls. Man, he is GOOD at it. If I were half as good at anything as Maru is at melting into fishbowls, maybe I’d have

Because this is why the internet was invented (“It’s true.” — Al Gore), here’s a video of pet otters Kotaro and Hana (previously) reacting to a machine that makes water drops appear to drip backwards. I think it’s safe to say their little minds were blown. Honestly, my big mind

This is a video from the Wayside Waifs no-kill animal shelter in Kansas City, Missouri in which staff members pull slips of paper out of a bowl, each with a different cat trait written on it that they match a feline to. Apparently the video was a success and these

This is some security/cat cam footage of a cat attempting to jump on top of a pan leaning against a cat tree, that not working out because it was a terrible idea to begin with, and the entire roomful of cats going absolutely nuts as a result. This was clearly

This is a video of Russ the cat using those pushable speaking buttons to air a complaint about not being able to see his friend Kevin. Apparently Kevin is his cat-sitter, or human scratching post as my cats affectionately know their cat-sitter.

This is a visualization created by Youtube channel WTD comparing the sizes of a number of different dog breeds. I learned a lot by watching it. Mostly, that I have what would be considered two small dogs, and one large dog. The small ones weigh around 13-pounds and 18 pounds.