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Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:55:50 2015 No.7605021 [Reply] [Original]

Is there a scientfiic explanation for why goats are so cute?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:56:37 2015 No.7605022 DNA

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 02:02:44 2015 No.7605031
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>>7605022

Do we know what parts of the DNA are responsible for goats being so cute? Is there an explanation for why goats evolved to be this cute? Is there an evolutionary advantage?

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 02:15:47 2015 No.7605057
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this is actually something I've wondered. why do the litter of some other species trigger the caretaking instinct in us? what's the point, and more importantly, how did it evolve?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 02:20:17 2015 No.7605067 >>7605057 on this same note, when and why did humans evolve to be able to feel fart gas when it is still in your intestine and only causing slight discomfort?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 02:37:26 2015 No.7605103 >>7605031 yes, it is primarily the bits in the middle, the nucleobases, which are important here.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 02:45:28 2015 No.7605120 >>7605057 Selective breeding.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 02:46:34 2015 No.7605124 >>7605067 you have to know when you're about to fart so you don't reveal yourself to sabre cat or whatever the fuck might be hunting you

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 02:46:47 2015 No.7605126 >>7605057 I don't know about goats in particular, but neotenous traits activate our caretaking instincts.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 02:54:31 2015 No.7605159 File: 354 KB, 1200x800, mountain-goats-close-stare.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7605021 More samples are needed to determine the answer.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 03:08:06 2015 No.7605198 Goat pussy > human pussy

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 03:09:06 2015 No.7605201 >>7605021 Probably has something to do with doors and game shows.

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 03:22:36 2015 No.7605234

>>7605126
>neotenous traits activate our caretaking instincts.

shouldn't this be restricted to human infants only? or are dogs smarter than any other animal and grew to be cute to us so we'd take care of them and take them along for the ride? I mean if there's one species that has benefitted from human ascendancy, it's dogs

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 08:15:21 2015 No.7605580 >>7605159 GOAT-tier goats.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 08:40:13 2015 No.7605603 >>7605021 Why they are cute to you, or why they are cute by your standards to themselves?

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