🦘 The Cleveland Zoo welcomed a little joey earlier this month. The new baby Matschie’s tree kangaroo is the first from parents Modi and Kiari, according to the zoo. 

🐷 The 44th annual BBQ Fest on the Neuse in Kinston, North Carolina, claimed the Guinness World Record for largest whole-hog cookoff in the world, welcoming 40,000+ people for the event.

🐊 Adam Sandler shared a meaningful (and hilarious) tribute to his iconic "costar" from Happy Gilmore—Morris the alligator, who recently passed at the Colorado Gator Farm.