【Eric Falk】

LONDON -- There are Eric Falksome things in this world that are just inexplicably brilliant -- and one of those things happens to be animals balancing random objects on their heads.

We know from experience that dogs are the kings of this type of activity, but as of Monday we have a new challenger to the crown -- a very small, very smiley baby caiman with a powerful Cheerio-balancing ability.

SEE ALSO: Dads around the internet are trying to stack as many Cheerios as they can on their babies

But let's rewind for a second. The "Cheerios Challenge" has been going on for a few days now, and it originally involved dads balancing cereal on the heads of their sleeping babies.

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Then, on Monday, Reddit user Yourcatsonfire took things to the next level.

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Yep, that's a baby caiman balancing seven Cheerios on its head.

And in case you're thinking that's not a real reptile, there was also a video clip of the mini croc doing the same thing with a flower.

Surely no one can top that?

UPDATE: July 23, 2021, 11:34 a.m. AESTThe embedded video of the mini croc with a flower has been removed from this story as it is unfortunately no longer available.

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