We’re Going to Squeeze It

According to Neal Singer’s awesome book “The Wonders of Nuclear Fusion,”

That’s what we thought was happening inside us when we saw baby otters…

…or animal best friends…

. . . or anything to do with red pandas or sloths.

Then we found out that, whether from a need to protect or happy overload, cuteness arouses aggressive responses in people.

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Check our facts!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0826347789

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nucene/fusion.html

http://www.livescience.com/26452-why-we-go-crazy-for-cuteness.html

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Jaime Van Wart is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Raleigh, North Carolina. She works full-time as a User Experience Designer with IBM and freelances part-time under the studio name Ketchup and Mustard. See her work here and follow her on Twitter @saucebomb.