@ickplant@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish • 24 days agoQuokka eating a leaf with baby in pouchlemmy.worldimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1710arrow-down17
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minus-square@ickplant@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish54•24 days agoIt’s real! Quokkas are like the happiest animals on Earth:
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglish28•24 days agoThey even have a Lemmy instance! quokk.au
minus-square@tamal3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish23•23 days agoHappiest looking, at least. I don’t think they’re actually delighted all the time?
minus-square@ickplant@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish12•23 days agoProbably not all the time, but on their island they have no natural predators, so they do live pretty carefree lives.
minus-squareBiskiilinkfedilinkEnglish17•edit-224 days agoIt’s unsettling. The uncanny valley of the animal world
minus-square@DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish4•23 days agoBehold, the modern human. As they ponder a face of natural happiness they find it disturbing and untrustworthy.
Seriously. This isn’t real, right?
It’s real! Quokkas are like the happiest animals on Earth:
They even have a Lemmy instance!
quokk.au
Happiest looking, at least. I don’t think they’re actually delighted all the time?
Probably not all the time, but on their island they have no natural predators, so they do live pretty carefree lives.
It’s unsettling. The uncanny valley of the animal world
Behold, the modern human. As they ponder a face of natural happiness they find it disturbing and untrustworthy.
Truly a fascinating species!