This bouncing deer is guaranteed to provide you 12 seconds of happiness

This is what true happiness looks like.
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Sam Haysom
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LONDON -- If you want to experience 12 seconds of fleeting, uninterrupted peace, just plug in your noise-cancelling headphones and watch the clip below.

Maybe watch it a second time. A third, if you're still feeling stressed.

The video, which BBC South Today shared on Facebook on Monday (and which has since wracked up 11 million views and over 150,000 shares), shows a solitary deer bouncing along the sun-soaked shore of Poole Harbour, UK.


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People simply couldn't get enough of the deer.

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So. Damn. Happy.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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