科学家网评“最萌小动物”：争晒掌上萌物

Is there anything better than pictures of adorable animals?

还有什么事情能比讨人欢喜的动物照片更棒呢?

The creature-loving scientists, zoos, and aquariums on Twitter definitely don't think so. This week, a variety of animal experts and organizations decided to demonstrate just how passionate they are about the other species that call Earth home—the super cute ones, in particular.

推特上酷爱生物的科学家、动物园和水族馆人员可不那么认为。本周，各行各路的动物专家和组织机构决定展示下他们对其它物种是有多狂热，尤其是那些视地球为家园的超萌物种。

In a social media battle known as the #CuteOff, animal lovers everywhere shared photos of the most adorable critters for this fun competition.

在这场名为#斗萌的社交媒体大战中，各地的动物爱好者争相为这场趣味竞赛晒出最惹人爱的生物照片。

They even started their own teams with hashtags like #TeamHerpetology and #TeamEntomology. Even though there was never a clear winner crowned, this competition turned Twitter into a sea of cute animal images, which makes us all the winners. We've collected some of our favorites and can't help but agree with every single entry—these are some really cute animals!

人们甚至各自组队，贴以主题标签，如#昆虫学之队和#爬虫学之队。虽然不曾有明确的冠军加冕，这场竞赛还是把推特变成一片可爱动物的照片海洋，人人都是赢家。这里收集了我们最爱的一组照片，不得不承认，张张萌翻，是真真正正可爱的小动物。