Why is cute?

Babies, bunnies, puppies and kittens. We seem to find them adorable, but why? What is the evolutionary logic behind this?

Lets first start with what we seem to find cute, the traits. Like a relative to the body large round head, a large protruding forehead, big round eyes, puffy cheeks, a rounded small body and a soft skin/fur. And these six traits are exactly what cartoonists copied when drawing cartoon characters. Why? Because cute is addicting. You want to cuddle with cute things and hug them, but why?

The answer is quite simple, because we are programmed to do so. Human babies are unlike a lot of other species very reliable on care from their parents. They must be fed and protected, and therefore require attention. What is a good way to get attention? Yes, by being cute. Not only parents can care for babies, all humans can, so we are all hardwired to respond in the similar fashion. This will help the specie to survive.

So babies are born with the traits that we find cute, or else we've adapted to find cute the traits that babies poses. Eyes don't really grow anymore once a baby is born, therefore they are born with full sized eyes, compared to their bodies they will seem quite large. Babies brains are also already nearly full grown which makes their head enormous in comparison to their bodies. A babies limbs are small and flabby and lack coordination, so there you'll find you small round body. And so on. People outgrow these traits around their tweens, when they don't need this care anymore.

And because of these reasons other animals are also born with traits that we find cute, even though they may not need to be found cute by their own specie.

So there you have it, that’s why things are cute. And now go google some cute animals and pet a puppy because they're just cute.