The pup is the fifth member of the Smithsonian’s sea lion colony.

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is showing off its newest specimen this week, and guess what? It’s freaking adorable.

Kittens! On a cardboard model of the U.S. Capitol! Live-streamed! Yeah, the rest of your day will be wasted watching this.

He may not be the best Marine out there, but Chesty the English Bulldog is pretty damn adorable.

This photo is so cute, it’s ridiculous.

A year-end review of the cute animals born at the National Zoo in 2011.

“Do you want to post a video of baby geese growing up?” Yes. Yes, I do.

Why, you ask? Just ’cause, that’s why.

I really hope the people responsible for breeding animals at the National Zoo have planned a trip to Vegas or something, because they are on one hell of a ridiculous hot streak when it comes to producing unbelievably adorable stuff.

Okay, look, National Zoo. Here’s the deal. You keep sending along these images of adorable baby animals, and maybe — just maybe — we’ll gradually begin to forget about that whole lack of a baby panda thing. Okay, that’s a lie. But these anteater pups go a long way to healing that deep cut that the lot of us felt when Butterstick climbed into his FedEx cage and went back to China forever.