There are many words for small: little, minuscule, slight, tiny, teensy, etc., but in the world of cute animals one word reigns supreme: smol.
Smol is similar to small, save that smol things are adorable and you just want to squish them with love and kisses.
Smol is when you can't keep your voice from rising an octave and you don't care who sees you freak out at how cute something is.
If all mice are small, then this little guy is the very definition of smol. Its nose is almost its entire face!
Please find another place to sit until the smol bird decides to move on. Hopefully, it won't leave a tiny poop behind.
There would have to be something very weird about a kitten for it to not fall under the definition of smol.
A can of beans!
Just make sure that if you want a smol pupper of your own, you find a reputable breeder.
Turns out that such a record also correlates with being one of the cutest vertebrates in the world.
This little guy is only a day old.
Did you yawn just seeing this pic? I did.
Though I probably wouldn't try to cuddle them the way I might a puppy.
I didn't believe this was real at first, but I was wrong. Pink robins are native to northern Australia and make the red-breasted robins local to me seem plain.
This baby is drinking the sweet juice from a raspberry and is looking really darn cute doing so.
Okay fine, this is actually a Texas horned lizard, but it totally looks like a smol rock dragon, doesn't it?
Imagine a dandelion puff and how small it is. Now use that for context on how freaking smol this guy is.
Because mine totally did upon seeing this smol potato napping on a smol banana.
Smol donkeys are in fact so cute that a single pic just isn't enough to fully appreciate it.
And yet, they still manage to look a little disappointed in you for discovering that fact.
They look like googly eyes! Can't handle the cute!
See also: the size of the animal' ears in relation to the rest of them. The bigger, the cuter.
And doesn't it look so proud of itself for having a majestic beak? I'd certainly be proud.
I'm sorry to tell this tiny corgi that while they may grow into a large, solid body, those legs aren't ever going to match up.
I believe this is a ring neck and is venomous. However, I think it's safe to say that if it managed to get its tiny fangs into your skin, the effects would be pretty mild.
I mean, they're pretty creepy on the creepy-crawly scale, but when they are so smol, you forget about the whole beheading thing.
According to Redditor ivereadthings, "Every year this mama duck brings her babies to my house and I help her take care of them. This morning I opened my door to 13 new peeping fluff balls."
The shelter told his new family that they think he's part German Shepherd and part Husky. I can definitely see the husky in that big blue eye.
That little pink tongue is bigger than the kitty's ears! I can't handle this amount of cute!
It's a Mediterranean House Gecko, which is an invasive species in the US, but is too cute to be mad at for that.
This paw is so tiny that it doesn't have toebeans yet! It does have claws, though, so look out.
As the name suggests, it's barely bigger than an average bee and proves that tinier is always cuter.
Even their name is smol! But what's really killing me with this pic is the tiny sweater. Smol animals in smol clothes are too cute for words.
Besides being cute, I'm fascinated by the idea of house lizards. I live in a place with house centipedes, so I'm kind of jealous of the lizard cuteness.
My general rule with spider bros is to say thank you for your service, but please remain where I can't see you and be reminded of your existence in my home.
Grown-up pigs kind of weird me out, but you can't deny the sheer force of adorableness when faced with a piglet.
We see a lot of hands for scale in these pics, but if you've ever seen a maple key, then you know how smol this guy is.
He looks like he's about to give a very important speech, or maybe recite a bit of Shakespeare.
Barely bigger than a human hand and those eyes are peering straight into my soul and taking over my heart.
Breeding dogs this small is highly controversial and can result in a lot of health problems for the pupperinos.
But at the same time: look at it!
My voice reached a point so high that only dogs could hear it when this smol pom fell over...
This is a pygmy marmoset. Its average weight is only 100 grams. It is the cutest.
According to PoojiethePillowPet, his girlfriend thought she was scooping an insect from the pool, but it was actually this little frog.
Ticks are gross, but tiny snails are adorable. Definitely the better option, though I still think I'd remove it from my cat and find it a new, safe home.
Yep. Story checks out. You will never ever take any cuter picture and should just quit while you're ahead.
