Addicted to #cute? | Life and style | The Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jun/12/addicted-to-cute-eva-wiseman
In Vanity Fair two years ago, professor of evolution Marina Cords explained that we can’t help feeling drawn to these creatures that are so cute you want to take their little paws in your mouth and gnaw on them (that’s not just me, OK: I’ve done research). In the 1940s, ethologist Konrad Lorenz proposed, correctly, that we instinctively want to nurture any creature that has a cute appearance.