picture shows a kitten with caption saying "the science behind so cute i want to squish it".

Have you ever wondered why personally or having heard someone say “It is so cute I want to squoosh it? What kind of monsters are we? It is really rather simple. This feeling is actually a mechanism built into us to remind us that even though something is so cute this thing still of course needs to be fed and kept healthy. It keeps us from being starry-eyed when it comes to babies of any kind.

Short but sweeee-eet.

Next article will be “The Doorknob Deaths”.