things that make you go aahh

Kitten in a Milk Bottle

2007-01-31T10:44:00.000Z

"I wondered if you would like to use this one on the site?" asks Iceshimmeryfairy, "This was my kitten back in 1986 he sadly passed away 2 years ago after living a good old life."

Lovely photo, it's the bemused expression on his face that makes it for us.

Inbox splurge

2006-05-04T16:50:00.000+01:00

Just spent the last couple of hours trawling the TTMYGA inbox. We had over 100 emails of lovely cute animals. We've narrowed this down to four of the absolute bestest photos that have been sent in.

Siberian Husky

Susan Savage writes, "This is my pup Tatyana the Siberian Husky at about 8 weeks old." Oooh, and he's on a cute little bed too. Susan has more photos of Tatyana on flickr.

Barky the wonder-squirrel

Another from Susan who mentions, "He's actually a prairie dog, and he's giving me the eye." Again, more photos can be found on flickr.

Owl

Treve Hodsman writes - "Since I haven't seen any owls on your site yet (I could have missed it), here's one that may pass the cute test." Indeed he does Treve, indeed he does, and if you want more owls, clicking the magic link will produce an abundance.

Sneezy mouse

Rob Boylan writes, "Found this pic of a little mouse about to sneeze. Thought you might like it for your site." Hah! You know us too well. Thanks Mr Boylan. Although we do think he looks a little like Thom Yorke.

When dogs befriend squirrels

2006-04-28T14:07:00.000+01:00

Richard writes - "I just found this page and it is a whole festival of cute. That said, it does apparently seem to be related to some nutter from the Animal Liberation Front, and that group has already twice firebombed my university." Huzzah! Down with universities! Up with squirrels!

(Via ALF)

Baby pandas

2006-04-13T14:05:00.000+01:00

We've certainly done baby pandas before, but look! There is so many of them!

Toy kitten

2006-04-13T14:03:00.000+01:00

Don't think we've linked a toy before, but we defy you not to smile.

The 'real' Firefox

2006-04-06T14:01:00.000+01:00

"Where in hell was my weekly dose of cute in last week's B3ta newsletter?", cusses Elchooper. "Luckily for you, I found this on my travels trying to calm my aching brian. Isn't it just the sweetest tech-cute hybrid you've ever seen? Even my blackened heart is softened by that."

Pets in plaster-casts

2006-02-24T13:59:00.000Z

Combining two of our favourite things - cute animals and cripples - sit back and enjoy this extensive gallery of pets who've suffered little mishaps.

(Via You Couldn't Make It Up)

Yorkshire terrier pups

2006-02-17T14:56:00.000Z

Check out these four-day-old doggy babies. They're like furry little beanbags with tiny paws and tails.

(Via Rnicrosoft)

Puppy monorail

2006-02-17T13:51:00.000Z

We've got an architect friend and if there's one word we can say to wind him up, it's 'monorail'. Apparently they're 'follies, a waste of money, and a really shit form of transport that inexplicably everyone thinks are cool." Wonder what he'll make of this puppy monorail? Suspect a stiff letter of complaint to the Design Council.

(Via Monorails.org)

Labradoodle puppies

2006-01-27T12:47:00.000Z

A Labradoodle is a mongrel dog created by crossing a Labrador and a Poodle, but we care because the pups look like teddybears. Lovely.

(Via labradoodle)

Baby squirrel

2006-01-20T12:44:00.000Z

Who could help falling for this chubby little red squirrel baby, snapped on a breakfast snuffle for acorns? He couldn't be any more delightful if he was wearing a tiny duffle-coat and mittens.

Wolf pup

2006-01-13T12:41:00.000Z

Oliver Barker writes - "Having spent this past summer doing wolf research in the Canadian hinterland, it was the least I could do to provide you lot with a photo of one of the wolf pups I became acquainted with." Blimey. We're jealous of our readers sometimes, isn't 'wolf research' the best-sounding job ever?

(Via Oliver Barker)

Kitten behind radiator

2006-01-13T12:38:00.000Z

We hope it's not too hot for the little chap.

Hamster push-ups

2006-01-06T12:33:00.000Z

When historians come to write the 'History of the Web in Animals', the timeline will be as follows:

1995: Ascii cows
1997: Hamster dance
1999: Monkeys, monkeys, monkeys everywhere.
2001 onwards: Kittens, it's all about the kittens.

Anyway. Let's take a trip back to the 90s and pretend hamsters are funny and cool again with this lovely little picture of Mr. Hammy doing his work-out.

Standing rabbit

2005-12-16T12:30:00.000Z

Little bunny rabbits are pretty standard fare, here at TTMYGA - so believe us when we tell you just how adorable this little baby is, all reared up on his hind legs. He looks like he's just hopped out from the pages of Beatrix Potter. Although we suppose he'd be naked, which she wouldn't have approved of.

(Via the rather talented photographer Tanja Askani)

Spiders

2005-12-09T12:23:00.000Z

We don't like spiders and we're not ashamed to admit it. If only they all looked as cute as this wide-eyed little fellow. Perhaps not quite as big.

(Via Southernbelladonna / Flickr)

Fat Wombat

2005-12-09T12:21:00.000Z

Holy smokes! We're not entirely sure what this laid-back fellow actually is - although we're reliably informed he's a wombat.

Baby caterpillar

2005-11-25T12:18:00.000Z

A lot of caterpillars, moths and butterflies have eyespots to mimic larger animals and scare off predators. This little fellow is the first caterpillar we've seen that successfully mimics a cute li'l puppy to soften the heart of any predator.

Spoiled hedgehog

2005-11-25T12:15:00.000Z

Some animals are just spoiled. Admittedly, they don't come much cuter than this wee hedgehog, but take a look at the luxury euro-biscuit she's snacking on - a cruel waste!

Fat magpie

2005-11-18T12:11:00.000Z

This podgy little baby magpie has a hairstyle strangely like that of a 70s footballer - and perhaps that's why he looks so mournful.

(Via Alan Clemments Bird Gallery)

Yoda Dog

2005-11-11T12:09:00.000Z

We noticed this photo of a dog dressed as Yoda a couple of weeks back and it made us giggle heartily. Had occasion to visit an office yesterday and noticed people were using it as wallpaper. You should too. It's a fine picture.

Cute puppies.

2005-10-21T12:05:00.000+01:00

Oooh look. Lovely puppies.

Wombat baby

2005-09-23T12:02:00.000+01:00

An Australian marsupial, the wombat shares over 90% of its DNA with Kylie Minogue and also takes 14 days to complete digestion. Anyway, here's a little baby one picking flowers. Sweet.

Three baby otters

2005-09-16T11:56:00.000+01:00

The case for otters:
* You can use them to write 'otterly' great puns
* In the film 'Tarka The Otter' they were voiced by the world's greatest raconteur, Peter Ustinov
* They're as clever as monkeys, and will use rocks as crude tools to smash open tasty crabs.

(Via Sea World)

Two baby badgers

2005-09-02T11:51:00.000+01:00

If you search for "badgers" on Google, five out of the ten links on the first page of results are now for copies of Jonti's badger animation. Now, that is success. Imagine the power of owning the word badger? The other badger websites must be furious. Anyways, here's a charming picture of a couple of young badgers.

(Via Weirfield Wildlife Hospital)