THE ALIENS WERE ALLERGIC TO CATS.

—@romer6 via Twitter


Honorable Mentions:

The dogs are the masters now. —@azzour via Instagram

Deadly virus mutates into X-Men gene. —@redeyedsan via Twitter

At once, my Amazon dependency disappeared.—@maxacarr via Instagram

Baby’s voice rose from the cave. —Chakib Mataoui Souleyman via Facebook

The colony on the moon flourished. —@emoco via Twitter

In silence, he slept well. Finally. —@patchoo314 via Instagram

So salt water, huh? Who knew. —@andreslohizo via Instagram

Dinosaurs return—this time as pets. —@deb_shalini via Twitter

Sun sets. No one posts it. —@jesikahmorgana via Instagram


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