PEOPLE Pets | Sit. Stay. Play!

Sidney the baby otter might have been out of the water, but he seems right at home. Sidney was filmed by his marine park caretaker as he played with stuffed animals, balls and car keys — just like a human baby!

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What happens when you leave an orange out for a monkey to steal? Obviously, he's going to use it as a scrubber to get himself fresh and clean! NatureBreak biologist Vanessa Serrao narrates the clip and has more fun videos, including an incredible one about a botfly maggot extraction...from her head.

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Watch out, that coffee's hot! Lorraine van Jaarsveldt celebrated her last birthday with her mom, who treated her to a nice cappuccino, but van Jaarsveldt's parrot Harry got to it first!

Van Jaarsveldt (nina007), who lives in Knysna, South Africa, tells PEOPLEPets.com that her 10-year-old African grey parrot is famous for going with her every Saturday to Wimpy, a local restaurant chain. Harry is well-traveled: he goes everywhere with van Jaarsveldt. He also likes to eat and drink everything van Jaarsveldt does, and even eats straight from her mouth.

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Texas police officer was just trying to do his job when a rambunctious little kitten got involved! The feline climbed all over the poor officer who was trying to write a speeding ticket by the side of the road. Turns out the little cat, who'd been left on 88-year-old Carl Bittner's property, likes to get into everybody's business, Bittner says.

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Regular customers of the Sign of the Owl Petshop in the U.K are used to the sight of Clyde, a foot-tall domesticated meerkat, poking around the cash register —imagine that! Six-year-old Clyde is the hand-reared pet of shop owner Derek Wakeham and his wife Julie.

The meerkat, with his wiry gray hair and dark button ears, enjoys noshing on fruit, eggs, mealworms and crickets, and he especially loves people. Wakeham told the Western Morning News that "Clyde is very sociable. He loves to play on the counter in the shop and often climbs up on the till — the customers love him." We'd buy what he's selling!

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The Internet has never known stealth like that of Ninja Cat! We first saw him last year, with a video that announced that Ninja Cat "comes closer without moving!" In this latest video, Ninja Cat's methods are laid bare as he stalks his prey (a feather), but "he will never show you mercy."

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This is what we call a work of art — Tony Licata (kadad1) posted this funny photo of his 13-lb. "teacup" poodle, a "museum-quality pup," and we want to see how well you can caption it! Send us your best caption and we'll post our favorite by Friday.

Want one of your pictures featured in our caption contest or in our new weekly feature Animal 'D'oh!'? Submit a photo to our weekly #cutepic contest on Twitter or stock up your profile with the funniest pet pictures you've got — we'll be looking!

Want more funny captions? Check out all our winners here.

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