Once again, as he has done for centuries, the cursed vampire rises from his grave to feast. Mad with hunger, the wretched fiend spies his next victim, an unsuspecting villager. He waits in the shadows; his prey draws nearer… and then, with inhuman speed, the monster strikes!

More monkeyshines at the Daily Mail.
… who nourishes our forest with gentle life-giving rains,
… who blesses us with interesting feet that can grab things,
… who makes heavy the trees with delicious fruits that are very hard to open,
… who causes the theme from “The Benny Hill Show” to reverberate inside our tiny heads whenever we frolic and scamper through the treetops,
… all glory and pudding be upon thee, forever and ever, aaaaaaaa-monnnnk…

(OK, this is an ape, not a monkey, but we like the sound of “monkey butt,” so deal.)
Pleeeeeease, Mom? I promise I’ll take care of him, and clean up after him, and help him with his geography homework, and buy him video games, and get him into good schools, and teach him to drive, and start a trust fund for college, and…

Awesome babysitter, Alex B.
By now, you’ve probably noticed a new “thumbs up/thumbs down” rating system for comments. Even though we at CuteLabs thrive on the cutting edge of Cuteology, we know that some have had trouble adjusting to the change. We understand, and we listen — because we care.
And like all new ideas, it could have been worse. We could have gone with our first concept…

Photo taken by A.J. Haverkamp, and pointed out (you should pardon the expression) by the good people at ZooBorns.