40 Tiny Animals So Adorable Your Heart Might Actually Explode

If you’ve had a long day, a tough week, or just need a reminder that pure joy still exists, you’ve come to the right place. Because what could possibly make the world feel softer than tiny animals doing their adorable little things? Whether it’s a baby hedgehog curled into a perfect ball or a duckling learning to waddle, these small creatures are living proof that cuteness truly has no limits.

We have gathered some impossibly adorable tiny animals that might just make your heart explode. Proceed with caution because side effects include smiling uncontrollably and wanting to adopt every creature on this list.

#1 Our Sweet Emmett The Otter

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#2 Cutest Baby Elephant

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#3 A Baby Fox Showed Up To Say Hi At My Grandmother’s House

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#4 Moo Moo Everyone

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#5 Baby Boy

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I found him all alone; he’s still in his milking phase, can’t be older than one month.

#6 Remember Kiwi & His Goth Girlfriend? Well, Now She’s His Goth Wife, And They Have 4 Beautiful Half Goth Babies

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#7 First Family Photo – Santa Barbara Zoo

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He was 6 feet at birth. His dad (on the right) is a little over 16 feet tall!

#8 This Duck Used To Come To My Porch For Food. Recently, She Brought Her Babies. I’ve Been Watching Them Grow Up

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#9 Baby Skunk Fell Asleep In My Hand Yesterday As I Returned It To Its Burrow

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Not a pet. My son found it in the driveway. I’ve seen its mother on the hill above my house, always in the same spot. Figured it was where they lived, and I was right; there was another baby sleeping outside a hole in the ground. It ran into it when I approached, so I set its sibling down next to where it was sleeping. It ran inside.

#10 I Think This Is The Only Time She’s Stood Still For Me To Take A Photo. Baby Socks

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#11 Applesauce, He’s Got Pointy Ears Now

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I feel like he’s grown and ready to pack his bags and leave the house. He’s changed so much. Someone tell him to slow down!

#12 My Coworker Brought Her Day-Old Lamb Into Work

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Lamb was rejected by mum.

#13 Babies Are Healthy And Hanging Out With New Friends

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Their mom passed away, and I brought them to a wildlife sanctuary. I get weekly updates.

#14 Really Cute

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#15 Happy Sleeping Baby Wombat

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#16 Look At This Adorable Shelter Bunny

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#17 A Baby Squirrel Saved, Now She’s Demanding Peanuts

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#18 Ctrl C + Ctrl V

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#19 Teeny Tiny Itty-Bitty Froggo

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#20 Butterscotch, 2 Days Old And Already Stealing My Heart

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#21 Miss Stripey Has Been Taken Into Custody

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She has the cutest nose!

#22 About 7 Months Ago, I Posted About Having Rescued This Baby From A Hoarder. She Is 9 Months Old Today. She’s Doing Amazing

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She knows how to tug my heartstrings to get what she wants.

#23 Baby Pandas

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#24 One Of My Babies. Name Ideas? I Love Her Teeny Little Ears

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#25 Our Little Beagle! Meet Belle

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#26 Adorale Baby Dingos

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#27 Baby Anteater

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#28 Found A Baby Hawk At Work Today

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#29 One Of Our Baby Raccoon Rescues Is Waving “Hello”

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My wife has her wildlife rehabilitation license in Florida, and the doctor at the veterinarian clinic she works at sees wildlife pro bono, so we often have all sorts of wildlife in our home. The patients we have eventually “graduate” to another local rehabilitator who has much more space and resources than we do, but sometimes we get to facilitate a release.

#30 Whacchu Lookin’ At, Peasant?

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#31 Sleeping Baby Tiger At Animalia Park, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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#32 Baby Racoons Nursing On My Deck

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#33 So Much Cuteness

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#34 I Moved In Recently With My Friend, Right After She Got A Puppy

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He is the absolute sweetest thing in the world.

#35 Javelina Baby

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We’re still getting javelina babies (also called “reds”) this time of year. If separated from their mothers and the herd, it can be touch-and-go for a few weeks because they’re pretty sensitive to the cold. For these adorable (but feisty!) babes, a heat source is a must for survival. Depending on their age at arrival, we offer a warm incubator, ceramic heat lamps, heating pads, or heated mats in their enclosures until they’re several months old and ready for life with a new herd. Oh, and they all get a cuddle buddy!