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Baby animals that are so cute it's ridiculous! (Original Post) Bayard May 11 OP
More squee than I can handle! Ocelot II May 11 #1
This is the stuff of smiles and love, thank you for posting, I needed this today. Jack-o-Lantern May 11 #2
A little squee when ya need it Easterncedar May 11 #3
True of babies of ALL species; elleng May 11 #4
What a lovely compilation. 3catwoman3 May 11 #5
I'm keeping this post so when things look gloomy, I'll have these for instant joy 🤩 Deuxcents May 12 #6
My thought exactly Ponietz May 12 #9
Too much Squee!! LudwigPastorius May 12 #7
Just the absolute cutest! StarryNite May 12 #8
Cuteness overload MustLoveBeagles May 12 #10
Precious young ones!! I Sure appreciate this post! Duppers May 12 #11
Babies Jean Genie May 12 #12
I was told by some "lady" once that if they wanted to look cute or attractive erronis May 12 #13
much needed et tu May 12 #14
Most species are hard wired to fall seriously in love with babies. Irish_Dem May 12 #15
And cats are one of the few that keep a bit of the baby look..snout doesnt elongate Demovictory9 May 12 #17
Yes the baby face is what makes them adorable. Irish_Dem May 12 #18
Beautiful pics! Uncle Joe May 12 #16
aww. cuteness overload. AllaN01Bear May 12 #19
Ai haz a falled overz!! SalmonChantedEvening May 12 #20

Duppers

(28,148 posts)
11. Precious young ones!! I Sure appreciate this post!
Sun May 12, 2024, 02:42 AM
May 12

I can't chose a favorite baby but I'm sure you know the top ones on my list.
However, meeting and feeding the baby wild fox cub in my driveway a few yrs won me over.
It's very rare that I meet any critter I dislike.
😻

Snakes excluded.




erronis

(15,718 posts)
13. I was told by some "lady" once that if they wanted to look cute or attractive
Sun May 12, 2024, 04:03 PM
May 12

all they had to do is tilt their head to the side and look at their target with little doe eyes. It worked (somewhat unfortunately in the end.)

Irish_Dem

(50,026 posts)
15. Most species are hard wired to fall seriously in love with babies.
Sun May 12, 2024, 04:51 PM
May 12

Last edited Sun May 12, 2024, 06:34 PM - Edit history (1)

Babies are such high maintenance and pains in the ass that no species would survive
without this hard wiring.

So just looking at pictures of adorable offspring of any species gives our brain chemistry a boost.
We get a big boost of oxytocin release, part of the dopamine reward system.

To balance all the bad news on DU, the cute pictures are great.
We get happy chemicals in our brains.

Demovictory9

(32,577 posts)
17. And cats are one of the few that keep a bit of the baby look..snout doesnt elongate
Sun May 12, 2024, 06:33 PM
May 12

Like designed by mother nature to make people want to care for them

Irish_Dem

(50,026 posts)
18. Yes the baby face is what makes them adorable.
Sun May 12, 2024, 06:36 PM
May 12

And triggers human hard wiring.

Yes a reason humans are so attached to cats and helped the species survive.

Kittens are especially adorable.

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