cute babies

why do we sigh at the sight of baby humans and animals? why do we even deal with the screaming, crying messes they are? "well, duh yasmeen!" you may say, "they're cute!" but stuffed animals are cute, and grown people do not posses the urge to take care of them for the rest of their lives. so whats going on here? and what's the point of making some species of babies cute, but not others?

you might have seen this coming, but it's evolution! babies are cute so we don't leave them defenseless when they get annoying. i know you're thinking, "well, yasmeen, everyone already knows that already. do you have any other obvious things to tell us?" (may i add that you are very critical?) but take a look at these pictures below.

a b c

i'm guessing you thought "b" was the cutest, right? well, i bet you critics haven't thought of this: guess which animals survive independently from birth? that's right, the puffer fish and the snapping turtle. animals that don't need parents to survive just don't really get that cute gene.

plus, all species have the same idea of cute. it's universal. what do all the babies in these pictures have in common?

they all are small compared to their parents, have big eyes, and, most importantly, are not green. they also all need their parents to survive, so they're cute. but seriously, can you think of any cute, green animals? i can't either.

so basically, nature knows what it's doing. it keeps it's babies alive. and lucky for you, you got to be a mammal (unless you happen to be a literate fish), so your way of surviving involves being cute as a button. so love yourself! you are genetically designed to be beautiful.