(ANIMAL PICTURES) There’s nothing better than 25 images of animals at their best—with happy faces, giddy leaps, and sweet, precious hearts. Check out the gallery below for some cheerful animal pictures. — Global Animal 

The 25 Happiest Animals In The World

BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed Staff

Here are some ridiculously happy animals who have clearly figured something out that they will hopefully share with the rest of us when they are done frolicking or whatever. 

1. This Elephant

The happiest of baby elephants! Photo Credit: utterlycute.com

Secret To Happiness: Ability to blow water out of nose; having no particular place to be.

Favorite Thing: Hurrying anyway. 

2. Boo, The Pomeranian

Boo the famous Pomeranian couldn’t be any happier in his bear costume. Photo Credit: facebook.com/boo

Secret To Happiness: Seizing the day; seeing the silver lining; dressing up like a bear occasionally.

Favorite Thing: Literally everything.

3. This Rabbit

Photo Credit: stuffistolefromtheinternet.com

Secret To Happiness: Looking adversity in the face and squawking contentedly at it.

Favorite Thing: Apartment-grade carpeting.

4. This Seal

Photo Credit: wowcoolpics.blogspot.com

Secret To Happiness: An abiding awareness that life is a series of profound absurdities that are beyond his control and, more importantly, not his fault.

Favorite Thing: Mostly just seal stuff. 

5. This Cat

This happy cat can barely contain their laughter! Photo Credit: Flickr

Secret To Happiness: A high-minded and esoteric sense of humor.

Favorite Thing: Cat food. 

6. This Crocodile

A crocodile leaps for joy! Photo Credit: ianimal.ru

Secret To Happiness: Lives in a river.

Favorite Thing: Probably biting things.

7. This Dog

This dog is the happiest Shiba Inu out there! Photo Credit: pieski.net

Secret To Happiness: An unshakeable belief that the simple things in life require all of our attention all of the time.

Favorite Thing: Drooling.

8. This Stoat

A happy stoat jumps for joy. Photo Credit: newswhip.com

Secret To Happiness: Advanced hopping/pouncing ability.

Favorite Thing: Eating small rodents. 

9. This Sloth 

Photo Credit: honeymoonincostarica.com

Secret To Happiness: Strong sense of self worth.

Favorite Thing: Looking smug.

10. This Squirrel

This chiller squirrel knows how to relax and enjoy the little things. Photo Credit: logs.roanoke.com

Secret To Happiness: Hard work; simple, old-fashioned, American values.

Favorite Thing: Being a homeowner.

11. This Seal

Photo Credit: animal-animal-animal.blogspot.com

Secret To Happiness: Lives on the beach.

Favorite Thing: Jokes. 

12. This Anteater

This anteater can’t wait to tell the world how happy he is! Photo Credit: captiontool.com

Secret To Happiness: Welcomes each new opportunity with open arms and a glad heart.

Favorite Thing: Ants, probably.

13. These Meerkats

These happy meerkats crack each other up! Photo Credit: freakymartin.com

Secret To Happiness: Delight in companionship.

Favorite Thing: Eating small rodents. 

14. This Elephant Seal

This elephant seal can barely hide his smile! Photo Credit: break.com

Secret To Happiness: Good humor, kindness, relentless optimism, and a long floppy nose-like facial appendage.

Favorite Thing: Calamari.

15. This Owl

Photo Credit: funfunmtgxd.blogspot.com

Secret To Happiness: Ability to see the fun side of everything; ability to rotate neck 270 degrees in either direction.

Favorite Thing: Eating small rodents.

16. This Dog

These happy Jack Russels have something to celebrate! Photo Credit: picfor.me

Secret To Happiness: Persistent, unmitigated enthusiasm without context.

Favorite Thing: Interrupting.

17. This Rabbit

Photo Credit: tehcute.com

Secret To Happiness: Getting it. Just getting it.

Favorite Thing: Seeing the bigger picture. 

18. This Owl

This happy owl gives a hoot! Photo Credit: damncoolpictures.com

Secret To Happiness: Wisdom, grace, refinement, and a philosophical temperament.

Favorite Thing: Eating small rodents.

19. This Owl

This little owl has the most welcoming smile. Photo Credit: ohmyowls

Secret To Happiness: An unabashed sense of wonder at the everyday marvels that the world has to offer.

Favorite Thing: Being a little owl.

20. This Puffer Fish

This puffer fish can’t quit smiling! Photo Credit: fark.com

Secret To Happiness: Taking life as it comes.

Favorite Thing: Being the second-most poisonous vertebrate on the planet.

21. This Baby Elephant

This happy elephant laughed so hard he fell over! Photo Credit: keywordpicture.com

Secret To Happiness: Seeing each new challenge as an opportunity.

Favorite Thing: Rolling in trash. 

22. This Duckling

This little duckling sure looks happy! Photo Credit: dominionpaper.ca

Secret To Happiness: Buoyancy, levity, and an enviable knack for discovering joy in the little things.

Favorite Thing: Actually being one of the little things.

23. This Dog With Spaghetti On His Face

A dog covered in spaghetti is a happy dog. Photo Credit: dooce.com

Secret To Happiness: A fierce, unshakeable hopefulness paired with a realistic understanding of his place in the world.

Favorite Thing: Licking spaghetti off own face. 

24. This Bulldog

Photo Credit: squee.icanhascheezburger.com

Secret To Happiness: Stopping to smell the roses; stopping to smell everything else.

Favorite Thing: Smelling things.

25. This Lamb

A bouncy lamb leaps out of happiness. Photo Credit: sanitaryum.com

Secret To Happiness: Constant prancing.

Favorite Thing: Constant prancing.

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