[PHOTOS] Twitter’s #Cuteoff Reveals Animal Kingdom’s Cutest Creatures

The #CuteOff was instigated by Anne Hilborn, the same ecologist who started the recent #JunkOff hashtag that encouraged scientists to share pictures of animal genitalia.

The following are some of the tweets posted, with pictures of animals you did not know they were actually cute until the #cuteoff happened.

Ok guys, what #serengeti species are these cuties? #mammalwatching pic.twitter.com/ObBCwcbyUH

— Anne Hilborn (@AnneWHilborn) August 31, 2015

A #CuteOff, you say? Here is an eastern red-backed salamander from a herp survey. *drops tiny mic, scuttles off* pic.twitter.com/cqVu0X81vG

— Bird and Moon (@RosemaryMosco) September 1, 2015

@AnneWHilborn Did somebody say #CuteOff? Just give up now. pic.twitter.com/H5tqJ0tloF

— The HSI (@HerpSocIreland) August 31, 2015

Took this a few years back at a @BushHeritageAus reserve in the Simpson Desert. Little thorny devil. #wildoz #cuteoff pic.twitter.com/7vecTHiDVZ

— John Pickrell (@john_pickrell) September 1, 2015

.@BushHeritageAus And this adorable dunnart. #wildoz #cuteoff pic.twitter.com/eIp4xR73yq

— John Pickrell (@john_pickrell) September 1, 2015

No animal #cuteoff is complete without baby bobcats from the @SantaMonicaMtns http://t.co/AssWVupzvg #mammalwatching pic.twitter.com/VNMxMiXO2Y

— Jason G. Goldman (@jgold85) September 1, 2015

We enter the #CuteOff with one of our Crucifix frogs from when it was a baby #frog https://t.co/zlhBOw4CN9 pic.twitter.com/FPEI7xtDcw

— Search & Discover (@SearchnDiscover) September 1, 2015

@HerpSocIreland #TeamHerpetology mammals are cute, but will never be hatchling crested gecko cute!! #CuteOff pic.twitter.com/tr1MZ0Lw02

— Emma Lawlor (@Emma_ShutterBug) August 31, 2015

This #CuteOff needs moar inverts: The #SQUEEE is strong in this freshly-hatched little #cuttlefish, Sepiola atlantica pic.twitter.com/gA3QwC1hVW

— Carina M. Gsottbauer (@CarinaDSLR) August 31, 2015