Comments on: Baby animals: Boy, they sure are cute! http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 15:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927788 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927788 woah, i just came to, i think i just lost half an hour. woah, i just came to, i think i just lost half an hour.

]]> By: Kosmoid http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927086 Kosmoid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927086 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/science/03cute.html I don't know if this has any creedence, but this article discusses a putative scientific explanation of cuteness: "Scientists who study the evolution of visual signaling have identified a wide and still expanding assortment of features and behaviors that make something look cute: bright forward-facing eyes set low on a big round face, a pair of big round ears, floppy limbs and a side-to-side, teeter-totter gait, among many others. "Cute cues are those that indicate extreme youth, vulnerability, harmlessness and need, scientists say, and attending to them closely makes good Darwinian sense [cringe]. As a species whose youngest members are so pathetically helpless they can't lift their heads to suckle without adult supervision, human beings must be wired [another cringe] to respond quickly and gamely to any and all signs of infantile desire." http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/science/03cute.html

I don’t know if this has any creedence, but this article discusses a putative scientific explanation of cuteness:

“Scientists who study the evolution of visual signaling have identified a wide and still expanding assortment of features and behaviors that make something look cute: bright forward-facing eyes set low on a big round face, a pair of big round ears, floppy limbs and a side-to-side, teeter-totter gait, among many others.

“Cute cues are those that indicate extreme youth, vulnerability, harmlessness and need, scientists say, and attending to them closely makes good Darwinian sense [cringe]. As a species whose youngest members are so pathetically helpless they can’t lift their heads to suckle without adult supervision, human beings must be wired [another cringe] to respond quickly and gamely to any and all signs of infantile desire.”

]]> By: osmo http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927095 osmo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927095 Dear sweet zombie jesus, that aardvark pup was probably the cutest thing Ive ever seen... ever. Dear sweet zombie jesus, that aardvark pup was probably the cutest thing Ive ever seen… ever.

]]> By: billster http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927101 billster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927101 The bigger they are, the cuter they ain't. The bigger they are, the cuter they ain’t.

]]> By: Chrs http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927135 Chrs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927135 They've never gotten a baby platypus?! Seriously though, somebody make the baby platypus picture happen! I wish to say "woogle woogle" repeatedly as I make fish lips in its general direction. They’ve never gotten a baby platypus?! Seriously though, somebody make the baby platypus picture happen! I wish to say “woogle woogle” repeatedly as I make fish lips in its general direction.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927146 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927146 Stop it! Please stop it! I can't handle the cuteness! Oh my god the otter pup was the last straw. Stop it! Please stop it! I can’t handle the cuteness! Oh my god the otter pup was the last straw.

]]> By: lectroid http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927150 lectroid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927150 Ask, and ye shall <a href= "http://squee.icanhascheezburger.com/2010/10/26/cute-baby-animals-part-duck-part-beaver-all-cute/">receive.</a> Ask, and ye shall receive.

]]> By: Vegas http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927678 Vegas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927678 it's a unbelievably, very sensitive shots! it’s a unbelievably, very sensitive shots!

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927684 Felton / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927684 I call them <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxy9RUsdTl0">awww</a>-celots. I call them awww-celots.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927176 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927176 Don't forget the baby Tapir: http://tinytapir.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/baby-tapir-3.jpg :) Don’t forget the baby Tapir:

http://tinytapir.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/baby-tapir-3.jpg

:)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-931272 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-931272 Do you like moose? http://www.flickr.com/photos/44506516@N00/5121212268/ Do you like moose?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44506516@N00/5121212268/

]]> By: Jonathan Badger http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927194 Jonathan Badger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927194 Who's the cutest little venomous creature candle of causing extreme pain to humans and death to smaller mammals? You are, yes you are, little quacky! Who’s the cutest little venomous creature candle of causing extreme pain to humans and death to smaller mammals? You are, yes you are, little quacky!

]]> By: muteboy http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927200 muteboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927200 Incredibly cute. Sadly, the Wired insistence on multi-page galleries full of ads makes it hard to enjoy. :( Incredibly cute.
Sadly, the Wired insistence on multi-page galleries full of ads makes it hard to enjoy. :(

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927203 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927203 http://www.cuteoverload.com pretty much the best website. wow. http://www.cuteoverload.com

pretty much the best website.
wow.

]]> By: muteboy http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927206 muteboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927206 didn't see the view all link didn’t see the view all link

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927207 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927207 Mammal propaganda. I showed some people baby flies and nobody had this reaction. Mammal propaganda. I showed some people baby flies and nobody had this reaction.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2010/11/02/baby-animals-boy-the.html#comment-927218 jimh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927218 omg elephant calf! Actually, I still think the sloth orphanage wins. http://vimeo.com/11712103 omg elephant calf!
Actually, I still think the sloth orphanage wins.
http://vimeo.com/11712103

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