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The Daily Treat: This Little Piggy Walks and Rolls

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The Daily Treat: This Little Piggy Walks and Rolls

Update 06/11/2013 05:30 PM Originally posted 06/11/2013 01:00 PM

We all could really (wheel-y!) learn a thing or two from this pig.

Despite being born with malformed hind legs, 6-month-old Chris P. Bacon just rolls with it in a pseudo-wheelchair crafted by his owner, Dr. Len Lucero. The pig was brought to the vet, who resides in Sumterville, Fla., in December after his mother had rejected him and withheld milk due to his deformity. But, "he was full of life," Lucero told The Gainesville Sun. "He had a good heart rate and the attitude of a normal pig."

Since being taken in, Chris has also become a viral sensation thanks to YouTube videos posted by Lucero of the piggy in his wheelchair. But the budding star's latest public appearance on Monday at the University of Florida came on the heels of some more serious news: Chris underwent an operation for a hernia.

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The Daily Treat: Nothing to See Here, Just a Wheelbarrow Full of Puppies

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We don't normally associate wheelbarrows with cuteness. Farming, sure; manual labor, yes; but now, a litter of newborn puppies has turned something ordinary into something extraordinary.

A sheepdog named Star from Leominster, England, recently gave birth to 14 puppies, considered twice the size of a normal litter. In fact, the black-and-white furballs are so numerous, their owners can only successfully transport them in a wheelbarrow.

The pups are being cared for by Star currently, but will eventually be put up for adoption to find homes of their own. While we admit the energetic brood seems like a handful, we do also prefer our puppies all in one place. All the better to ogle them!

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The Daily Treat: The Backstreet Boys Cause Panda-monium

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PHOTO: Backstreet's Back – with Panda Cubs!

Update 05/31/2013 05:00 PM Originally posted 05/31/2013 12:30 PM

Just when you thought the Backstreet Boys couldn't get any cuter!

While on break from touring in China on Thursday, the reunited boy band – members Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough and A.J. McLean – made nice with a group of panda cubs during a visit to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in the country's Sichuan province.

Judging from the photo, we're not sure which quintet had the better time: While each guy happily cradled his furry buddy, the little ones gleefully kicked back, too, relaxing and indulging in delicious drinks.

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The Daily Treat: This Tiger Cub Would Like Some Privacy

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The Daily Treat: This Tiger Cub Would Like Some Privacy

Originally posted 05/24/2013 01:00 PM

Robert Pattinson, Justin Bieber and more stars have taken to the press to voice their ire with the paparazzi – and this little guy knows just how they feel.

Tily, a 2-month-old Bengal tiger cub, was just looking to enjoy an afternoon to himself in his enclosure at the Fundación Refugio Salvaje animal refuge in San Salvador on Thursday. Instead, he had to spend it fending off photographers looking to snap shots of his adorable mug.

While we have to admit, we'd be tempted to click some mementos of our own if we got anywhere near Tily and that purr-recious face, the cub had its own ideas about how to best handle the impromptu photo shoot – with his teeth.

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The Daily Treat: Mama Orangutan Cuddles Her Newborn

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The Daily Treat: Mama Orangutan Cuddles Her Newborn

Update 05/12/2013 04:05 PM Originally posted 05/10/2013 01:35 PM

A happy Mother's Day, indeed.

A week after giving birth, Sumatran orangutan Sarah was snapped giving her newborn a sweet peck inside their enclosure at the ABQ BioPark Zoo in Albuquerque, N.M. Just like a human mother, she gingerly cradled her little one before leaning in – and judging from that smile on her face, the babe's already lapping up the attention!

The pair were fêted with a Saturday baby shower – just in time for Mother's Day. During the festivities, the park revealed that the tyke is a female.

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The Daily Treat: Elephant Is So Excited to Be Covered in Sand

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The Daily Treat: Elephant Is So Excited to Be Covered in Sand

Update 05/03/2013 06:30 PM Originally posted 05/03/2013 05:30 PM

We've all been there.

Your mom's nagging you to hop into the tub and clean up, but what do you really want to do? Make a mess – and that's exactly what this 18-month-old elephant did.

A resident of the ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in England, Asian elephant Scott promptly returned to his enclosure's sand pit after being hosed down. The mischievous pachyderm rolled around in the pit, covering his entire body in sand, before taking it one step further and splattering sand all over himself with his trunk.

Though we're sure his keepers were none too pleased, we have to admit: how could something that makes someone look so happy be wrong?

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The Daily Treat: How to Play Like a Baby Monkey and Lion Cub

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The Daily Treat: How to Play Like a Baby Monkey and Lion Cub

Originally posted 04/23/2013 01:15 PM

The bigger you are, the harder you fall!

An adorable 32-day-old lion club learned that the hard way on Friday while enjoying playtime with a mini-marsupial at China's Guaipo Manchurian Tiger Park. Though the monkey, only 16-days-old, might be much smaller in stature than his big cat companion, that hasn't stopped the two from becoming fast friends.

Both baby beasts share a need to be fed by a keeper after their mothers were unable to breastfeed them – and isn't that the secret to friendship? This calls for a dinner date with your BFF.

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The Daily Treat: Lamb Stays Warm in Style

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The Daily Treat: Lamb Stays Warm in Style

Originally posted 04/18/2013 02:15 PM

Now that's shear brilliance!

To keep lambs warm during the unseasonably cold weather in Langley, England, farmers have been covering the furry animals in orange plastic cut to resemble a jacket.

While we think there's no better complement to a coat of fur than a bright accessory, this critter's facial expression seems to suggest otherwise. Maybe it's the color palette?

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The Daily Treat: Baby Tiger Just Wants to Play with You

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The Daily Treat: Baby Tiger Just Wants to Play with You

Originally posted 04/15/2013 07:30 PM

You're probably already hard at work catching up on all those nitty-gritty things you didn't do over the weekend.

But if you have a minute, this rare Sumatran tiger cub would love to play with you.

The San Francisco Zoo's 2-month-old unnamed addition is a bundle of fun – and quite a paw-ful for her mom, a tiger named Leanne, now that she's allowed out of her cage.

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The Daily Treat: Border Collie Puppies Pose for Family Portrait

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Aww: Border Collie Puppies Pose for Family Portrait

Originally posted 04/12/2013 11:45 AM

What could be better than a border collie puppy? Six of them!

This sextet of siblings, born on The BIG Sheep farm in Bideford, England, was wrangled together by photographer Richard Austin for a family portrait on Sunday.

The puppies are all looking for a home to call their own, so their caretakers believed a group photo would be the best way to show off the pooches' adorable faces – and we couldn't agree more!

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