科學家網評“最萌小動物”：爭曬掌上萌物

Is there anything better than pictures of adorable animals?
還有什麼事情能比討人歡喜的動物照片更棒呢？

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.
推特上酷愛生物的科學家、動物園和水族館人員可不那麼認爲。本週，各行各路的動物專家和組織機構決定展示下他們對其它物種是有多狂熱，尤其是那些視地球爲家園的超萌物種。

In a social media battle known as the #CuteOff, animal lovers everywhere shared photos of the most adorable critters for this fun competition.
在這場名爲#鬥萌的社交媒體大戰中，各地的動物愛好者爭相爲這場趣味競賽曬出最惹人愛的生物照片。

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!
人們甚至各自組隊，貼以主題標籤，如#昆蟲學之隊和#爬蟲學之隊。雖然不曾有明確的冠軍加冕，這場競賽還是把推特變成一片可愛動物的照片海洋，人人都是贏家。這裏收集了我們最愛的一組照片，不得不承認，張張萌翻，是真真正正可愛的小動物。