And ducks. I've had a couple generations of ducks and they're so adorable as ducklings, including the newborns. The adults are pretty, though; got one whose black feathers look plain from a distance but are an iridescent sort of deep purple and green closer up.
Except the birds with precocious chicks. They're pretty much all cute. For example, the baby killdeer is adorable. baby chicks and baby ducks are pretty cute too.
As I think about it, that's a pretty good rule for most vertebrates(I exclude fish in this). If the newborn can walk around within an hour of being born or hatched, it's a lot more likely to be incredibly cute. Deer, giraffe, elephant, horses are all pretty cute. Kangaroos(all marsupials, actually), rats, mice are all pretty ugly. You could start a flame war debating the relative cuteness of newborn humans, canines and felines in comparison. Though they get pretty cute fairly fast.
Stellars Jays spring to mind. One of the most beautifully punk-rock looking birds and worryingly intellegent, but my god their young look like nothing more than cancerous scrotums.
Hahaha, but that would have been a great question.
I'm going with snails. When I was younger, my family made a big deal about hating them in our garden, which is maybe fair. But now I'm an adult without a garden, and they're just some cute, hungry little freaks.
I dunno. This is a tough one, because guinea pigs are absolutely one of the cutest at birth. Folks expect them to pop out pink and blind, but they come out like tiny little guinea pigs. Already have their hair, almost ready to walk, eat hay, and make jelly beans.
Don't get me wrong, adult guinea pigs are pretty damn adorable. But the babies are the cutest, right up to about 4 weeks old when the baby boys start screwing their sisters and Mom.
I'm having trouble trying to decide. The only difference I can think of between the babies and the adults is size, and I think being smaller always makes you cuter.
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Pretty much all birds.
Except chicken
Coots are really cute as babies and kind of bleh as adults.
And ducks. I've had a couple generations of ducks and they're so adorable as ducklings, including the newborns. The adults are pretty, though; got one whose black feathers look plain from a distance but are an iridescent sort of deep purple and green closer up.
Baby birds all cuter after they like 2 weeks old. A ton of newborn things look pretty ugly.
The aye-aye is weird-looking enough as an adult, but it looks like a Jim Henson creation as a baby.
I mean, there are a bunch of cute Henson creatures, but I neither disagree with you nor think this thing is in any way cute as a baby
I read all the comments to see if the aye-aye was mentioned.
Definitely humans. I mean, look at newborn babies. They are little wrinkly screaming poopgoblins.
You could describe the elderly in the same way.
Touché. I guess you're right.
But right in the middle, some of us are... well not terrible. Not necessarily great, but not terrible.
At that point it's more about our actions.
We end the way we began.
🎵 'TIS A CIRCLE OF LIFE~ 🎵
Human larvae
Butterflies
beat me to it.
Fuckin humans. Little alien potatoe mutant lookin infants geoss me the fuck out.
Pretty much every bird
Except the birds with precocious chicks. They're pretty much all cute. For example, the baby killdeer is adorable. baby chicks and baby ducks are pretty cute too.
Damn, good point. Ducklings are adorable. And look at this little guy!
As I think about it, that's a pretty good rule for most vertebrates(I exclude fish in this). If the newborn can walk around within an hour of being born or hatched, it's a lot more likely to be incredibly cute. Deer, giraffe, elephant, horses are all pretty cute. Kangaroos(all marsupials, actually), rats, mice are all pretty ugly. You could start a flame war debating the relative cuteness of newborn humans, canines and felines in comparison. Though they get pretty cute fairly fast.
Pretty much every bird looks cuter than adults after a couple weeks old.
weasels. pictured, long tailed weasel mom carrying newborns https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73859688
Yeah. Came here to say most rodents would fit this bill though even the adults aren't for all tastes. Mice, etc. are much cuter when they have fur.
Newborn cats aren't all that great looking.
also rabbits and squirrels, but it seems that capybaras and beavers are born with fur
Ladybug. The baby is a demon spawn made to eliminate aphid. It's good but not cute, it's metal.
Similarly, antlions. The adult just looks like a weird dragonfly while the larva is an alien-looking burrowing ambush predator with spikes and giant mandibles.
yikes!
Human
Agree, Im definitely cuter now than I was as a kid.
Baby: wrinkled thing that screams and poops all the time.
Adult: Awh, it thinks it knows shit, and can do whatever it puts it's mind to. Very cute.
A bit of humor here, but you get the idea.
Birds and humans.
Also a lot of rodents, like mice, rats, etc.
Yaknow... There's a freshly born stage and then a teenie cute stage.
Many freshly born animals are not cute at all. Even for a few weeks. Then you give it 2 months and it's cuter. Still a baby.
nope, all kittens are cute. Most puppies, however, I find very un-cute!!
Oh I agree all kittens are cute. Can't find a graph for ferrets or something though.
I mainly wanted to point out the difference between a newborn and a 3/4 week old.
Neutered at just 2 months? I've always been told 6 months.
Pandas and kangaroos come to mind immediately. Probably every marsupial would make the cut here too.
probably not kangaroos, but wallabies. red kangeroos are huge, have large claws and muscular.
Barn Owls all day long
they look like baby skeksis
https://www.darkcrystal.com/mythology/characters/urskeks/skeksis/
Most birds, really.
Parrot
Stellars Jays spring to mind. One of the most beautifully punk-rock looking birds and worryingly intellegent, but my god their young look like nothing more than cancerous scrotums.
Small spiders. They are not fast, and then help keep my environment bug-free.
Edit: I misunderstood the assignment. I thought the question was asking which animals I found cuter after I became an adult.
Hahaha, but that would have been a great question.
I'm going with snails. When I was younger, my family made a big deal about hating them in our garden, which is maybe fair. But now I'm an adult without a garden, and they're just some cute, hungry little freaks.
Get an aquarium, you can have all kinds of cool snails and they're super easy to care for.
Platipus - they start as boring eggs
Fun fact: baby platipi are called puggles
Frogs
Tadpoles can be cute, but I think frogs beat out tadpoles for most people.
Guinea pig
I dunno. This is a tough one, because guinea pigs are absolutely one of the cutest at birth. Folks expect them to pop out pink and blind, but they come out like tiny little guinea pigs. Already have their hair, almost ready to walk, eat hay, and make jelly beans.
Don't get me wrong, adult guinea pigs are pretty damn adorable. But the babies are the cutest, right up to about 4 weeks old when the baby boys start screwing their sisters and Mom.
I'm having trouble trying to decide. The only difference I can think of between the babies and the adults is size, and I think being smaller always makes you cuter.
Horses
Mud daubers or damselflies in a 'Ghibli characters come to life' way. Those things look like they flew straight out of a Ghibli flick.