Need to put a smile on your face? Here are some stories of my personal favorite wild animal interactions.

Meet Chowder

Chowder the deer, is a young buck currently living in Zion National Park along the world famous hiking path called The Narrows. I got the opportunity to meet this little guy while hiking. He was quite confused why all these people were "swimming" upstream in his watering hole. After about 30 minutes of curious head twists, he finally felt comfortable enough to go down for a drink, but as soon as he finished, he was easily startled and bolted for the trees.

Meet the joey

This cute baby kangaroo lives the life most of us would dream to have. He has a beautiful beachside property that faces the Australian coastline. He gets hand fed by their many servants — a.k.a. tourists — and his one and only job is to hop around a little and look cute. If I am ever reincarnated into an animal, I wanna be this guy.

Meet the Swiss cow

This cow doesn't have time to put up with anything. This grumpy guy doesn't find beauty in anything. He only lives in the beautiful Swiss Alps, and as you can see, doesn't seem too amused by the stunning views at all. If you look past him and off into the background on the righthand side, you can see some lovely flowers that he had trampled and flattened with his big old body.