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    This Week On The Inter Webz: The Next Best Thing To Petting A Real Live Bb Animal ๐Ÿป๐Ÿข

    Plus: spring spronged, oceans are scary, and first date thoughts!

    This Week: the weirdest, saddest, and most boopable animals on the internet rn

    You guys all know that we canโ€™t resist a cute cat vid, but can we just pause for a sec and recognize the weirder and wilier members of the animal kingdom, too? To start with, BuzzFeed Germanyโ€™s Tina Blech rounded up some of the most freaky-looking animals out there in this list of 15 Pics of Unusual Animals That Will Make You Say โ€œWait What IS That?โ€ that 100% includes something known colloquially as โ€œthe penis snakeโ€ (German translation here).

    Next: did you know that zebras canโ€™t sleep alone, jellyfish are literally heartless, and mice can sense when other mice feel sad??? Yep, itโ€™s all true and all here in 17 Sad Animal Facts That Will Make You Very Emotional (in German), also from Tina.

    And finally: now that your feelings are all over the place, you can put that energy into good use by **almost** literally petting baby animals in this post from Davi Rocha in Brazil โ€” Here Are 13 Baby Animals That You Can Virtually Pet, If That's The Kind Of Thing You Need Right Now (in Portuguese) โ€” which includes our fun and funky โ€œboopableโ€ image feature. Itโ€™s not the exact same experience as actually cradling a baby goat and stroking its soft fur, but listen, we're working on that ok??


    International Hits:

    In Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ โ€” In the wake of the Christchurch terror attack, New Zealand is banning military-style semi automatic weapons.

    In Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท โ€” Is vanilla ice cream boring or underrated? Tell us your opinions and weโ€™ll guess how old you are (in Portuguese).

    In Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ โ€” We know what part of Canada youโ€™re from based on what you call these common objects!

    In Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช โ€” Dreaming about hitting the beach in a few months? WELL NOT AFTER THIS (German here).

    In India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ โ€” First date thoughts we alllll have.

    In Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต โ€” The Japanese translation of this post about a Taiwanese burn survivorโ€™s powerful photoshoot has gotten twice as many views as its English post.

    In Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ โ€” But actually: how well do you know the vagina?? (Spanish here)

    In the UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง โ€” Just a few questions that a British person has about American high school, โ€˜cause like...do you cheerleaders really wear uniforms ALL THE TIME?

    In the US ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ โ€” Itโ€™s officially springtime, baby, and hereโ€™s 22 pics of the world celebrating all the pleasant, polleny goodness to come.


    In The News:

    BuzzFeed News reporter Tamerra Griffin, based in Nairobi, has been extensively covering the specific ways that social media has fueled social movements in Africa โ€” and her latest about how Ethiopian women are using Instagram to launch their own #MeToo Movement is a must-read.

    Essentially, it all began with a simple question posed by M., a small business owner, who took to Instagram after the Lifetime R. Kelly documentary aired in January to ask: โ€œWho are the R. Kellys of the Ethiopian community?โ€ Read the full report, Surviving R. Kellyโ€ Kicked Off A #MeToo Movement In East Africa, here.