Is it true humans perceive cuteness based on how similar something

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>>2187504

Survey says no.

>>2187504
Yes! And while babies are not fluffy, reptilian, insectoid, or amphibian traits are rarely "cute" because they tend to resemble disease, physical harm, or their harbingers. Scales resemble dry, diseased skin, and also obviously invoke venomous snakes or crocodiles. Multiple wriggly legs are less attractive because insects, if not harbingers of disease, are a pest that destroys food and crops.
>But what about rats and mice?
Most people don't find rodents cute, because of their wriggliness, but it's easier to make someone accustomed to a chubby mouse or a hamster than it is to make them like roaches or spiders.

>>2187504
i want to PET that dogger

>>2187528
Kek

>>2187504
I am pretty sure we humans seek empathy above all else.

>>2187504
Humans perceive cuteness in things that resembles our babies, yes. The features we find "cute" are small body for big round head, smooth edges instead of sharp and pointy ends, and motricity in development

>>2187907
For example of how these features affect our perception of cute, compare:
>A bonzai tree with a short trunk and a large area of leaves of whatever you call itvs a regular tree
>A drawing of a star with round ends vs same with pointy ends
>A stumbling calf vs a strolling cow