Cute small animal picture of the day

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Ahh, so cute it's made me want a puppy....must not get a puppy, must not get a puppy...🙂
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DON'T get a puppy, don't get a puppy...🙄
 
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I'm getting some harvest mice when my friend's mother mouse has her next litter, after looking after 2 females at a natural history exhibition, when she was at a plant genetics course. Very cute creatures, fascinating to watch. 🙂
 
Phew! What a scorcher! :D

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Is that a Gloucester New Spot, d'you think ?
 
Why cute photos of animals make us happier

It might seem frivolous to share photos of cute pets, or photobombing animals, but there is scientific evidence from psychological research that viewing certain pictures can combat stress and make us happier. So why are photos able to evoke our emotions so readily?

We are visual creatures and our brain is biased towards visual information. This emphasis on visual cues is evolutionary – our vision tells us very quickly if the environment is safe (evoking ​happy/positive emotional responses) or risky (evoking more anger or fear based emotional responses). A significant proportion of our brain and our emotions are attached to processing what we see.

So why is viewing certain types of pictures good for us? Just as research from psychology shows that life’s little stresses (misplacing keys, missing the bus) create the most negative effects on us, we also know that little moments of happiness can bust stress. Coca-Cola’s ‘Choose Happiness’ campaign seeks to recognise this, by demonstrating that simply seeing, or sharing, a cute or funny photo can make us feel good.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...otos-of-animals-make-us-happier-10332916.html

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Just too much cuteness! I tried to take a picture of Mr and Mrs Pepperpot and their babies this morning but they objected to the fame 😉. Their one gosling brood has expanded back to five, although Mrs Pepperpot looked different so I suspect Mr Pepperpot may have multiple partners 😱 Mr Pepperpot is easily identifiable because he has an injury (that required me and two other residents to take him to a vet last year), I assume the Mrs Pepperpots are happy with this arrangement but he must be exhausted :D
 
This thread hasn't been updated in a couple of days, so the spotted quoll bears repeating. 🙂

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Snog! 🙂

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I otter think of a caption, but I can't. 😉

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Best friends forever! 🙂

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And another otter...

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Created as equolls! 🙂

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Pincushion?
 
I don't know, but that hedgehog seems to be happy about something. 🙂
 
Loving these pictures but think the animal in the glass is a Three toed Sloth, not an Otter 🙂, they certainly make me smile tho!

Shirl x
 
Another dose of quoll-ity cuteness. 😉 this one's a girl called Flare.

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