this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2025
698 points (99.2% liked)

aww

22668 readers
530 users here now

A place with minimal rules for stuff that makes you go awww! Feel free to post pics, gifs, or videos of cats, dogs, babies, or anything cute and remember to be kind to others.

AI posts must be labeled [AI] in the title and are limited to one per week.

While posting and commenting in this community, you must abide by instance-wide rules: https://mastodon.world/about

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Seriously. This isn't real, right?

[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It’s real! Quokkas are like the happiest animals on Earth:

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Happiest looking, at least. I don't think they're actually delighted all the time?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Probably not all the time, but on their island they have no natural predators, so they do live pretty carefree lives.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago

They even have a Lemmy instance!

quokk.au

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It's unsettling. The uncanny valley of the animal world

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Behold, the modern human. As they ponder a face of natural happiness they find it disturbing and untrustworthy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Truly a fascinating species!