r/BeAmazed • u/LarryKeene • Mar 03 '25

Animal Orangutan asked to see one-month-old baby! 🧡

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u/niceguy191 Mar 03 '25

You think it's like when we see a hairless cat? Or do they find our babies cute in the same way that we find their babies cute?

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u/auditoryeden Mar 03 '25

Probably closer to how we find their babies cute. The facial structure and eyes and such are similar enough. They're a bit less social than we are though so maybe they have a slightly less powerful care-for-all-babies drive. But then again...babies are a pretty powerful evolutionary motivator.

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u/GeneralTonic Mar 03 '25

Yeah, I think "Awww, a baby!" is a very, very old module.

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u/Irlandes-de-la-Costa Mar 04 '25

There's a good chance our babies evolved to look cute to other apes, at least a little