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terhechte on July 18, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Animal Domestication: Taming the Wild

Well, our definition of "cute" stems from thousands of years of answering the question "will this animal kill me". Those who successfully answered that could procreate, the others not so much.

thaumasiotes on July 18, 2015 [–]

I'd say it's more likely that our definition of "cute" stems from the question "is this a human baby".

usaphp on July 18, 2015 | [–]

And what if I don't find other human babies cute? But still find all kittens and puppies cute?

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