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

You guys all know that we canโt 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 Germanyโs 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 โWait What IS That?โ that 100% includes something known colloquially as โthe penis snakeโ (German translation here).
Next: did you know that zebras canโt sleep alone, jellyfish are literally heartless, and mice can sense when other mice feel sad??? Yep, itโs 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 โboopableโ image feature. Itโs 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 ๐ฆ๐บ โ In the wake of the Christchurch terror attack, New Zealand is banning military-style semi automatic weapons.
In Brazil ๐ง๐ท โ Is vanilla ice cream boring or underrated? Tell us your opinions and weโll guess how old you are (in Portuguese).
In Canada ๐จ๐ฆ โ We know what part of Canada youโre from based on what you call these common objects!
In Germany ๐ฉ๐ช โ Dreaming about hitting the beach in a few months? WELL NOT AFTER THIS (German here).
In India ๐ฎ๐ณ โ First date thoughts we alllll have.
In Japan ๐ฏ๐ต โ The Japanese translation of this post about a Taiwanese burn survivorโs powerful photoshoot has gotten twice as many views as its English post.
In Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ โ But actually: how well do you know the vagina?? (Spanish here)
In the UK ๐ฌ๐ง โ Just a few questions that a British person has about American high school, โcause like...do you cheerleaders really wear uniforms ALL THE TIME?
In the US ๐บ๐ธ โ Itโs officially springtime, baby, and hereโs 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: โWho 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.