I think you missed with that last one. We all know Japan is made of WTF. It's like China has all these special kinds of hell and Japan makes them into game shows.
This one's not exactly cuddly, but this is a hognose snake . They have their own version of playing possum, and it's kinda adorable how melodramatic they are when doing their 'death throes'. I'm especially fascinated how they do a Droopy Dog style morph to keep themselves belly up.