Is there a trait that all animals that are considered cute have? Is it due to a trait that humans evolved or is it just a cultural thing and we can make spiders cute too?
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"cute" animals typically share characteristics similar to that of a human baby, such as big eyes. take your killer whale whale picture for example; the reason why sea world markets Shamoo rather than dolphins or some other aquatic animal is the markings on the killer whale's face which resemble big eyes and can easily be cartoon-ized into a cute face. Also, it has been proven that cats purposely meow on the same sound frequency as the cry of a human baby, which causes us to respond quickly when they want something. In general, cute animals somehow trick out primal instincts into thinking they are babies and we need to nurture them.