Jessica Florence and Ellen van Deelen began publishing photos of their rats holding mini teddy bears almost at the same time, between 2007 and 2008. But the pictures went viral on imgur just last week.

They are apparently unrelated, as Jessica is from UK and Ellen is from Netherlands, but the fact they started to publish this kind of pictures at the same time is quite peculiar. In their adorable photos, tiny rodents can be seen happily snuggling under blankets and hugging little teddy bears as they sleep.

Enjoy our favorite selection of their adorable photography below. More of their work is available on Jessica’s Flickr and on Ellen’s Redbubble.

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