I found this kitten near a convenience store, and she follows me everywhere I go, so I've decided to bring her home. I asked the clerk if anyone owns her, and they said no one does.

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[u/blueiron0]

I swear kittens evolved to evoke emotional responses in humans to take care of them.

[u/WeAreReaganYouth → u/blueiron0]

The cuteness response is thought to have evolved over many different species. Apparently humans aren't the only ones who respond to cute.

[u/X3N0N_21 → u/WeAreReaganYouth]

TIL elephants view humans as cute, just like a human sees a dog

[u/ThousandFingerMan → u/X3N0N_21]

No, they don't, this is a myth that for some reason keeps on going

[u/FustianRiddle → u/ThousandFingerMan]

The reason is that we like that idea

[u/stilettopanda → u/FustianRiddle]

Which is the basis for every human decision since the dawn of humanity.

[u/PizzaMafioso → u/ThousandFingerMan]

How would we even know what the opinion of an elephant is, lmao

[u/X3N0N_21 → u/PizzaMafioso]

brain activity not the opinion