15 Surprisingly Cute Animals

The internet just loves cute animals. Pictures, gifs and videos of kittens, puppies, meerkats and other adorable animals are everywhere online. But these days, we want more from our cute animals. We aren’t satisfied to just see the animals we expect to be cute. We want to see animals we didn’t realise were cute.

That’s why we’ve put together this list of surprisingly cute animals. Enjoy being surprised by all the cuteness, and then let us know in the comments which animal you think is cutest.

Baby hippo

Hippos are heavy, lumbering animals out of the water and speedy killers within it. But when they’re babies, they are nothing but cute.

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Chinese water dragon

Generally when we think about cute animals, but this Chinese water dragon shows that lizards can be surprisingly cute.

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Emerald Glass Frog

This almost translucent Emerald Glass Frog looks like he’s just heard a pretty amusing joke, and he’s going to share it as soon as the giggles have passed.

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Rat

Rats are disgusting, right? But when they eat, we can see resemblances to their cuddly cousins, like gerbils, hamsters and guinea pigs.

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Teacup pig

There has been a vogue for teacup pigs as alternative pets, and this little guy shows just how charming they can be.

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Sloth

Sloths have a bit of a dedicated following on the internet because, despite their slow, sleepy nature, they can pull off some adorable tricks and poses.

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Armadillo

If you have ever lived in an area with armadillos, you may find it odd to think that these rodents can be so cute when you see them close up.

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Anteater

Anteaters look really weird, so it’s not too strange that they don’t top the lists of cutest animals. Still, they have a certain something that does put them on the list of surprisingly cute animals, especially when they’re young.

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Baby aardvark

Baby aardvarks are so awkward-looking that they can’t help but seem helpless and adorable.

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Puffer fish

These fish are cute enough when they are normal sized – their big eyes and puffy lips make them look so cuddly. But they really get cute when they puff up.

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Tortoise

Tortoises are like cute grumpy old men – like reptilian Victor Meldrews who don’t necessarily dislike the world but instead really enjoy disliking things.

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Baby owl

Once you see a baby owl, you wonder how you ever could have not thought baby owls are the cutest thing on the planet. That is why they are included in this list of surprisingly cute animals.

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Fruit bat

Bats have an ambivalent reputation: they are most closely associated with a crime-fighting vigilante superhero and vampires. But they should be associated with other cute animals.

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Baby alligator

Our ability to see cuteness in almost every baby animal is proven with baby alligators. Grown up, they look like murder machines, but as babies, they’ll elicit coos from pretty much everyone.

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Caterpillar

Insects and bugs are almost universally reviled, but this spicebush swallowtail caterpillar proves that they can be surprisingly cute animals, too. Of course, those big eyes are just markings to scare away predators, but we’re still happy to think that a caterpillar can give us puppy dog eyes.

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These animals are all surprisingly cute, but what do you think is the cutest animal?