Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced his latest acquisition – a puppy.

Mr Zuckerberg, 26, and his girlfriend Priscilla Chan created a Facebook profile for their new dog, Beast.

Born on January 10 in Grants Pass, Oregon, Beast is a puli, a type of Hungarian sheepdog, and is “extremely cute”, according to the profile.

Beast’s “Personal Interests” are listed as “cuddling, loving and eating”.

Beast’s latest status update? “Just learned how to climb stairs. I’m such a champion.”

Mr Zuckerberg and Chan also posted a series of pic­tures of Beast on the page at http://facebook.com/beast.the.dog .

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