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Baby animals that are so cute it's ridiculous! (Original Post) Bayard May 2024 OP
More squee than I can handle! Ocelot II May 2024 #1
This is the stuff of smiles and love, thank you for posting, I needed this today. Jack-o-Lantern May 2024 #2
A little squee when ya need it Easterncedar May 2024 #3
True of babies of ALL species; elleng May 2024 #4
What a lovely compilation. 3catwoman3 May 2024 #5
I'm keeping this post so when things look gloomy, I'll have these for instant joy 🤩 Deuxcents May 2024 #6
My thought exactly Ponietz May 2024 #9
Too much Squee!! LudwigPastorius May 2024 #7
Just the absolute cutest! StarryNite May 2024 #8
Cuteness overload MustLoveBeagles May 2024 #10
Precious young ones!! I Sure appreciate this post! Duppers May 2024 #11
Babies Jean Genie May 2024 #12
I was told by some "lady" once that if they wanted to look cute or attractive erronis May 2024 #13
much needed et tu May 2024 #14
Most species are hard wired to fall seriously in love with babies. Irish_Dem May 2024 #15
And cats are one of the few that keep a bit of the baby look..snout doesnt elongate Demovictory9 May 2024 #17
Yes the baby face is what makes them adorable. Irish_Dem May 2024 #18
Beautiful pics! Uncle Joe May 2024 #16
aww. cuteness overload. AllaN01Bear May 2024 #19
Ai haz a falled overz!! SalmonChantedEvening May 2024 #20

Duppers

(28,469 posts)
11. Precious young ones!! I Sure appreciate this post!
Sun May 12, 2024, 01:42 AM
May 2024

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

(23,240 posts)
13. I was told by some "lady" once that if they wanted to look cute or attractive
Sun May 12, 2024, 03:03 PM
May 2024

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

(80,476 posts)
15. Most species are hard wired to fall seriously in love with babies.
Sun May 12, 2024, 03:51 PM
May 2024

Last edited Sun May 12, 2024, 05:34 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

(37,113 posts)
17. And cats are one of the few that keep a bit of the baby look..snout doesnt elongate
Sun May 12, 2024, 05:33 PM
May 2024

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

Irish_Dem

(80,476 posts)
18. Yes the baby face is what makes them adorable.
Sun May 12, 2024, 05:36 PM
May 2024

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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