Who hates manatees? Sea cows, mermaids, whatever you want to call them—these massive, slow, people-loving warm-water swimmers are naturally adorable and devoid of natural enemies. But hundreds have died already this year, and deregulating Florida lawmakers could doom the rest today.

Spending time at work looking at photos of cute animals might actually be good for business if a new Japanese study holds up to scrutiny.

Double Dutch Dog can jump rope better than most people can regular jump. Coming to Dollywood summer 2012.

Knackered kerchiefed pooch tries to fend off early morning sleepies to little avail, but a staggering amount of cuteness.

Veronica Mars survivor Kristen Bell was on Dancing with the Degeneres this afternoon and shared a videotape of her first meeting with a sloth. She freaked the fuck out. Apparently she has loved sloths her whole life, and when her fiance, comedian Dax Shepard, went to introduce her to the hairy couch potato, she absolutely lost her shit.

It's Summer! You doing something tonight? You should be! Anyway: coinciding with all the animal/food coverage we did today, here's a meme-tastic, strangely hypnotic video of a bunch of cute animals snacking on a watermelon, like I'm about to do.