Tom Hiddleston with a baby leopard is TV heaven

Tom Hiddleston's met a rascal of a two-month-old leopard and it is possibly the cutest encounter that has ever occurred on television.

Tom and some other guy  (fine, it was 'Silicon Valley' star Thomas Middleditch) became chew toys and play things on 'The Late Late Show' on Monday night when zookeeper and wildlife expert Jack Hanna visited the show and brought with him a selection of adorable animals that treated the set like their own private playground.

But all of that is background noise to the baby leopard that uses Hiddleston like a climbing frame between being cuddled and used to pull a 'Lion King' by the actor.