Did you know baby dolphins are known as calves? And that they are born tail first? Did you know I’m getting all this info from this Web site? Look at this baby dolphin.

Dolphins are really paranoid, because they only rest one half of their brain at a time, always keeping an eye open to watch out for predators. These dolphins don’t have anything to fear, though!

Dolphins find stuff and communicate using echolocation, described well here. If you ever played Ecco the Dolphin, you would have known this.

Dolphins are pretty peaceful. A meaner beast would have devoured the cat in this video.

Dolphins also like dogs!

Dolphins also like sex!

Also, the dolphin race can boast one of the greatest TV theme songs of all time.

Happy summer everyone. And remember, cute animals are all around us, not just on the Internet. Keep a watchful eye out for adorableness.

Thanks to Billy Schwartz for finding this one. But I understand some of you might be feeling a bit downtrodden by that pooch’s predicament. So here’s a cute dog falling asleep (on its own will) to make you smile.

Not quite the Puppy Bowl, but still pretty neat. Also, if you need to deck out your pooch in sports clothes, go here.

Bonus video of puppies in case the thought of Mayor Daley makes you want to join the Foreign Legion.

Warning: much like a Japanese horror film, this clip opens with the jarring image of a dog nursing her pups. If you don’t like nature and how canines feed their young, avert your eyes. Also, as mentioned, features Six Pence None the Richer.

My mind, perplexing as it always is, instantly thought, “I wonder what the cutest mascot in Major League Baseball is?” And, just like that, I became determined to figure out the answer. I’ve done the proper research (Google Image Search), and have compiled a list of the cutest costumed-people roaming America’s ballparks today. A few ground rules: seeing as this is Cute Animal Blog, all mascots up for consideration need to be animalia. That eliminates baseball-headed mascots, human mascots and anything that made me go what the fluff (see what I did there?). This tragically includes the best overall mascot in baseball, the Philly Fanatic, but rules have to be followed, regardless of how made-up they are. On to the list.

U-G-L-Y, you ain’t got no alibi…

Some mascots just don’t excel in the looks department. At all. And probably should be turned into stadium-grade hot dogs (especially true in Anaheim). The fugliest of the furries are: the Texas Rangers’ poorly dubbed Rangers Captain, who comes off as a Quick-Draw McGraw wannabe; Pittsburgh’s Pirate Parrot, too fat to be cute but not fat enough to be endearing; Kansas City Royals’ mascot Slugger, better known as “Bart Simpson merged with a cat”; the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Baxter the bobcat, who looks strangely like Wilfred Brimley; the Houston Astros’ Junction Jack, who looks slightly “special,” if you catch my drift; the Colorado Rockies’ Dinger, proving dinosaurs are never cute; and Stomper, since he represents Oakland and Oakland sucks (go Angels!). Now onto the contenders.

10. Billy the Marlin

Fish are usually never cute (note the absence of any sort of fish on this blog), but Billy the Marlin, the Florida Marlins mascot, transcends usual scaly ugliness to just make the cut on this list. His nose seems a little off-putting (and terrifying), but his flabby cheeks and open mouth make Billy a little more approachable. Loses big points for having hands despite being a fish.

9. Ace

The Toronto Blue Jays’ mascot has a very sleek color pattern (mostly because of the silver, a color that makes everything a little more futuristic), which covers up an otherwise so-so bird. Ace’s head looks way too plastic compared to his fuzzy body, but still a solid mascot. Kind of like the Blue Jays themselves…kind of good, but not good enough to finish in a memorable position.

8. The Bird

Another winged creature! The Bird, Baltimore’s finest gift to the world since Animal Collective and inspiration for The Wire, looks a little too humanish to finish higher, but the Halloween color scheme is one of the coolest in the league. Also, looks like he has googly eyes. Definite plus.

7. TC

Ahhhhh, a nice cuddly bear! But also really generic. Coming up with a mascot for the Minnesota Twins wasn’t an easy task, as evidenced by the fact the previous mascots were two fat dudes shaking hands. So even if TC isn’t the most interesting animal, he’s still adorable and fuzz-tastic. Points for apparently getting married on the field.

6. The Moose

Mooses are generally a little dopey-looking in nature, so the Seattle Mariner’s moose mascot carries a little bit of his species’s dumbness. But he’s also pretty cool, and very fuzzy. And he drives an ATV, and an animal operating a motor vehicle of any sort is instantly adorable. Especially if said animal is a moose on an ATV who almost mows down a Boston Red Sox player.

5. Fredbird

I imagine that, at first glance, you are wondering why that poor bird above is melting and if his death hurts much. Hate to break it to you, but Fredbird, the St. Louis Cardinals mascot, hasn’t had a vat of acid dumped on him, he just naturally looks that way. But therein lies the charm of Fredbird. He might be a little goopy, but he’s still cute, and most importantly he’s unique. No other MLB mascot looks like they were left in the microwave too long, and he should be celebrated for that.

4. Paws

Tigers rock! Even if they kind of look like Juggalos.

3. Screech

Two reasons why the Washington Nationals’ mascot is so great. One, Screech is really pudgy and cute, like Dom Deluise. Two, this bird has anime eyes. Super kawaii!

2. Rally Monkey

Look at the joy that little fellow brings the people. Yes, my Angel bias is showing. No, I don’t care, I love that monkey.

1. Lou Seal

Not only does Lou Seal come in two different colors, as evidenced above, but the San Francisco Giants’ mascot combines cute with cool. Just look at his “xtreme” sunglasses and “in-your-face” backwards hat. Yet, underneath all that hipness, Lou Seal is an adorable marine mammal with whiskers. Plus, the Giants need some good news nowadays.

Some speculate the pup is shouting “Elmo,” as in every four-year-old’s favorite puppet. Others hear yelps of “out,” as in let me out. Some hear Rhianna’s “Umbrella.” One astute YouTube commenter notes that, if you believe in reincarnation…

“According to myth when an animal is born and able to yelp it’ll mutter a word which according to believers is the last word they said before they died.”

Thanks! Listen in, and decide for yourself. Or just focus on the dog, he’s pretty cute. Though he’s suffering.

This video made the front page of CNN. Think about that. Also, parrots can be pretty annoying.