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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsCan you name a baby animal that isn't adorable?
I don't understand why all baby animals are so absolutely adorable. I understand why human babies are adorable to us humans, but why ALL baby animals?
And are there any exceptions?
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)...because if they weren't the parents would kill them, eat them, or give them away for being so noisy and stinky and troublesome.
But when they are SO CUTE you can live with that!
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Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)Cute piglets don't generally depend on humans for survival, so why are they so damned adorable?
WillParkinson
(16,862 posts)Tell that face it's not cute.
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2009/11/baby-hyena-cub-denver-zoo-kai.html
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)Baby snakes just look like mini snakes.
OK let's leave reptiles and insects out of it, I think those babies might not be so cute.
Behind the Aegis
(54,064 posts)sarge43
(28,946 posts)Week old toucan
hlthe2b
(102,562 posts)sarge43
(28,946 posts)They regurg the mush, fling it around and bite the hand that feeds them.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)cliffordu
(30,994 posts)900 years ago.
hlthe2b
(102,562 posts)Birds, too and even many amphibians and reptiles. Think of baby turtles--cute. Frogs, toads, salamander young are pretty cute. Snakes? Not so much. Insect young? Not so much.
Dachor
(16 posts)but these dont strike me as "cute"
rat babies....
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)Newborns of anything are generally all wrinkly and pink, not so cute.
Dachor
(16 posts)they're rats. If you've ever had a rodent problem, you can never like those things.
pink-o
(4,056 posts)on the planet than rats.
And if you don't believe me, just re-read The Pit and the Pendulum again!
OmahaBlueDog
(10,000 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)They get cute with time, but newly hatched just is NOT one of those times.
JCMach1
(27,591 posts)Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)and bugs
GoCubsGo
(32,103 posts)Turtles and tortoises, for instance:
Baby lizards can be pretty darn cute, too.
pink-o
(4,056 posts)quakerboy
(13,924 posts)I believe I may be fully stocked up on adorable and not really accepting more. Most critters do not appear adorable to me, human or not, baby or not.
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)I guess it IS subjective and not universal
quakerboy
(13,924 posts)I really do not get "squee" feelings from people grubs. Or birds at any stage of development. Or most mammals. Some of them have a sleek kinda beauty, or eye catching characteristics. But squee? None for me, thanks.
Ok, maybe I exaggerate a bit for hyperbole sake. I may or may not admit at times to finding some potentially "cute" factors existing in certain animals of the youthful persuasion, such as otters, ferrets or squirrels. And an occasional dog or cat. And maybe one in 30 people grubs(the rest are hideous). But you cannot prove it. Squee, like "cold", is purely a state of mind, with no scientific reality. I refuse to be cold, and I feel no need for squee.
Oh... Also...
http://www.saczoo.org/view.image?Id=1188
http://www.holytaco.com/25-damn-ugly-babies/
nolabear
(42,005 posts)quakerboy
(13,924 posts)One must have ones times of adamant extravagant opinionatedness.
Also, edited the post. Far superior. In my opinion, of course.
nolabear
(42,005 posts)siligut
(12,272 posts)La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)geardaddy
(24,933 posts)not so much other things.
geardaddy
(24,933 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)nolabear
(42,005 posts)Yep, that's exactly how I feel too. I am helpless before the squee.
nolabear
(42,005 posts)All infants have big eyes, rounded faces, large foreheads, and other features that just shreik to us humans "You'll feel REAL good if you like me!" Wonderful interspecies survival instinct. Sadly, too many humans fall prey to that and adopt things they have no business having.
Sorry Lynnesin!
provis99
(13,062 posts)I could post a picture, but take my word for it; they are horrendously nasty looking.
benld74
(9,912 posts)YellowRubberDuckie
(19,736 posts)They are hideous, wrinkled, and alien looking.
They are cute about a month to two months after birth.
Have you seen the pictures of the baby of Tony Romo? That is a freaking ugly baby.
pink-o
(4,056 posts)Born 23 inches long and weighing a little under 6lbs...yeah, not cute. More like a sausage with noodle arms and legs.
And yes, I ultimately grew to 7' (kidding! I'm only 6'1" and gained another 140 lbs. So now I'm a very TALL and very OLD sausage with noodle arms and legs.
However, I'm prettier now than when I was a baby! (not a high bar to pass, really! )