21 Times Taylor Swift Was Every Animal’s Bestie 

21 Times Taylor Swift Was Every Animal’s Bestie

For her 26th birthday, we looked back on all her adorable animal moments.

There is no shortage of Taylor Swift love on the Internet. And there’s certainly no shortage of posts dedicated to Taylor’s hilarious, adorable cats, Olivia and Meredith. We’ve written our fair share. You can Google “Taylor Swift cats” and print out every photo you see with the aim of filling an Olympic-sized swimming pool with them, and you wouldn’t have any photo in there twice. (Probably. We haven’t tested this hypothesis…yet.)

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But beyond just her beloved cats, Taylor is a true guardian of all the earth’s tiniest creatures. She’s like a Franciscan friar, roaming the green countrysides of each continent with bread and seeds in her palms, tossing them indiscriminately to animals of every breed. The proof of this is, of course, her Instagram page, which is loaded with hilarious and aww-inspiring pics of Tay interacting with the creatures of the world.

So, to honor Taylor’s animal benevolence on her 26th birthday, we looked back on her 25th year and found all the times she was the friend these creatures needed — even in the face of adversity.

And inspired new #squad member Blake Lively to do the same.

When her family got to hang with Willy the koala.

Mama Swift and Austin got in on the action courtesy of the Australian Wildlife Conservation Fund.

Nothing like pooch slobber when you’re trying to get your tan on.

When she pretended to be a meerkat with her real cat.

Presumably at some type of Victorian soiree, by the look of the tray on the table.

When she used a big swan as her animal travel vessel.

When cat Olivia Benson met the real Olivia Benson.

When she hung with “rude” but still cute sheep.

With her cat still very much asleep, on top of her.

When her cats showed her who truly rules the realm.

When she made feeding time extremely dramatic.

“I WAS JUST TRYING TO LOVE YOU AND NOW YOU OWE ME 40 MILLION DOLLARS.”

“Couldn’t help but make it into a pun, could I…”

When she actually filmed a mini-doc about real cats becoming meerkats.

When she even made a plane-seat lap nap look glamorous.

When she further fostered dependence as their opposable thumb-having mhysa.

“Hey. You guys tryna’ open that? Yeah, let me help you.”

Beneath the bebop moon, beneath the mambo sun.