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Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 week agoAll cats are finely tuned stealth killing machines (though some are lazy). House cats are just optimized for rodent-sized prey, though they are still capable of putting up a decent fight against larger things. Though I’m curious if cats evolved to trigger “cute” recognition or if primates evolved to find things that include cats cute.
spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I will always argue that all mammals, if not broader categories, have cute recognition. I think it’s a fair play mechanism that evolved so that most species will cut other species’ young some slack in a brutal world, for the most part - with exceptions. I have no evidence for it, but I’ve seen enough animal interaction in my life to not feel completely unfounded either.