MONDAYS EH? THEY can be a bit tricky if you’ve had a really terrific weekend and are trying to get your working brain going again.

If you’ve hit a bit of a wall before you’ve even had your lunch allow us to ease the pain with some nice pictures of people hugging animals.

You’re welcome.

1. Little girl hugs cute dog

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2. Hugging a horse

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3. The happy, happy cow

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4. The ultimate panda hug

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5. A rottweiler who looks delighted with life

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6. This heartwarming moment with an elephant

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7. Getting to know a llama

The llama seems a bit above the whole thing.

There's always one eh?

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8. Going for goat

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9. The dog joining the group hug that isn't happy about it

That dog would really rather not we reckon

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10. The dog delighted to be having a group hug

While this dog is just clearly really thrilled about having two people in on the fun.

Rachel Allyson / Flickr

11. The cats who are a bit shocked to be photographed

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12. The dressed up pug who looks unhappy

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13. The hug that happens while you work

Talk about multi-tasking

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