Kitten therapy

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By Annabel McAleer

Environmental news getting you down? We have the remedy. Spend five minutes watching some of these clips, and we guarantee you'll feel much better about the world.

Oil spills, extinction, climate change, old-school politicians, economic collapse … sometimes I feel like taking a shower after reading the news, in hopes of washing off all the negativity. But after reading all that, who could bear to use the extra hot water?

Never fear: the internet may allow us to read diabolical environmental news from around the world—but it's also full of cute animal videos. We've collected some of the best: think of them as a shower for your brain. Spend five minutes watching these clips, and we guarantee you'll feel much better about the world.

Meet the sloths

Tickling slow loris

Otters holding hands

Baby pandas

A tiger sleeps tonight

I are cute kitten

Kitten vastly overrates its jumping abilities

Humans are cute, too!

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