crabs

There's a whole lot going on in the world right now, but you certainly don't need us to tell you that. And you know what? Sometimes it's okay to completely shut out the universe of humans and instead indulge in a bit of harmless humor about animals. The world will keep turning just like the internet will continue bombarding us with breaking news and think-pieces. It's totally fine to take a break from all that. Wholesome and hilarious animal memes are just the thing to help distract from the world's chaos. 

Being a human can be so complicated. We're plagued with neuroses, complex responsibilities, and the knowledge that much of this existence is absolutely pointless. Animals (most of the time) lead a simpler existence. They also happen to be the subject of some exquisitely dumb, wholesome, and even spicy memes. Which are a great albeit temporary antidote to our very human suffering. 

It's true what they say: kids really do say the darnedest things. This woman shared a story she wrote at seven years old in 2000 (holy crap we're old), and honestly it's a true work of art. Move over Shakespeare, Tess is the newest brilliant writer in town. 

Now scroll down to read the story of Tess and her crabs.

Listen, we're not claiming these memes are full of intellectual humor. They're not. Sometimes we need a little dumb to dull the pain.

We're huge fans of surreal memes. They're unbelievably weird, make little to know sense, and yet are often visually stunning. While we're not gaining any brain cells from perusing memes of this ilk, we may get a bit of brain exercise trying to understand them. We definitely can't say the same for the memes we're generally scrolling through.

Some internet hero took the liberty of writing hilarious reviews of various animals that are just pure genius. You won't be disappointed that you read these, we promise.