This may be the single cutest video the Girl with the Dogs has ever made: Two floppy, wrinkly, whiny basset hound sisters step into the Bathtub of Doom before facing the Puppy-melting Heat Ray.
Pups
Links: Tongue-out Tuesday
Blepping cats, rescued dog’s first Christmas indoors, woman raises orphaned squirrels, and a dramatic snake.
And finally: Argh! Ya Got Me!
The hognose snake is Nature’s drama queen, faking a death to avoid being eaten. Thérèse B. shares a dramatic example.
Hognose snakes are the drama queens of the serpent world.
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) December 4, 2024
Thanatosis is how the small snakes hope to avoid predation, theatrically fakings death. pic.twitter.com/xZsJWdIQLT
Puddle Muddle
(OK, let’s think this through here. On the one paw, that is the kind of mud puddle that you only see once or twice in a lifetime. On the other paw, if I roll around in it, I’m definitely getting a bath when I get home. On the other other paw, I’m already pretty muddy, so I might as well go for it…)

Links: Catpaddle
Swimming cat rescued, dog shows everyone his toys, doxie eats with mom, and a very simulating chew toy.
Paddlers Rescue ‘Mermaid Kitty’ After Leap from a Busy Bridge
Cole & Marmalade, via NTMTOM
Dog Interrupts Window Cleaner’s Shift To Show Him His Favorite Toy
The Dodo / YouTube, via Allein
Paralyzed Dachshund Eats Dinner with Her Mom Every Night
The Dodo / YouTube, via Allein
And finally: R-r-r-r-r-ubber Ball
Allein shares this combination dog toy and gum massager.