The Reason We Find Dogs So Cute | The Science of Cute
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- čas přidán 21. 04. 2024
- Delve into the enchanting world of canine cuteness where we unravel the evolutionary journey of dogs' adorable features from their wolf ancestors. Explore the hypothesis that certain traits in dogs, like big eyes and floppy ears, may have been borrowed from baby features, enhancing their appeal to humans.
Watch the full documentary: curiositystream.com/video/3195
Bright Now: The Science of Cute
Domestication shaped wolves into dogs and transformed both their behavior and their anatomy. New discoveries show how dogs produce a very specific eyebrow movement more often than wolves do. But how and why did “puppy dog eyes” develop in domesticated dogs?
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Huskies never needed to use puppy eyes to communicate with humans because they always had gigantic lungs to help them scream.
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Yes, they are convinced they can speak 😂
@@cesarvidelac correction; they _can_ speak… we’re just too dumb to know what insults they’re hurling at us.
Yesssss!!! As a husky owner, this comment is 100000% true
Lol huskies don’t waste their energy moving their eyebrow muscles. They sing the songs of their ancestors any time they are less than thrilled with a given situation.
If all dogs go to heaven, huskies go to Valhalla
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Lies again? Zouk Out Doggy Style
As mom to two Huskies, yes, this is true! lol
Another unique musculature some dogs have (pittie type dogs particularly) is the ability to pull the corners of their mouths back into a smile. Many find this endearing like the raised eyebrows.
My cattle dog smiles. It's a goofy half smile. She's done it since she was a like a couple weeks old.
My shepherds smile also!
Dalmatians definitely do this!!! ❤ good to point out
But I don’t find human babies cute at all? But I LOVE puppies
Same
Babies used to be furry and cute until humans lost hair
Same..
@@NIKEISNICKY12345 Wow, what an interesting observation! I wonder what a furry human baby would look like; I will try one of these generative AIs.
Then you're probably a dog 😂
“We love babies. Can’t help ourselves.” Speak for yourself, lady. Kitten and puppies on the other hand…
same, had to stop watching the video because I can’t stand looking at human babies. also, wild animal cubs are cute, so this doesn’t make sense
My oxytocin level crashed at that point
@@nikk6435a lot of wild animal babies need to be cute for the same reasons our babies do. Cuteness builds an incentive for the parent(s) to invest time and energy into taking care of their young. Cuteness is, of course, subjective, but it works more often than not.
What da fuck is this aversion to yourself 😂😂😂
@@wraspitaeverybody is different. Don't judge.
Dogs used weaponized cuteness to domesticate humans.
Jokes aside, I think dogs need to be acknowledged as a unique case. No two species interact, live together, work together and communicate like humans and dogs. They are genuine friends and adopted family. They are partners. And that partnership has been ridiculously successful. Both species are far better off together. This is still true, from the paleolithic to the 21st century..
The human/dog relationship is unique on this planet. Dozens of millennia together in bonds of love and friendship.
This I seriously propose a separate legal category for dogs. They are NOT typical domesticated animals... Or even pets really. This is a much older and deeper bond. They are humanity's partner and true friend.
All I propose is that we acknowledge that.
Service dogs do kind of have their own legal category
They are man’s best friend, truly.
C'mon. Will you bring you best friend with a leash ???
Will you yell at your partner when they do what's their instinct do to protect their territory?
Will you decide what you teue friend can do and what its can't?
Dog are domestic animal.
We kept the cutest and abandon the less useful. More of 70 % of dogs are now wild dog, trying to survive in cities.
It's true that's a unic bond btw dog and human. But its still a relation btw a master and donesticed animal
The only bound where the other animal kept a bit of its freedom is cat/human relationships.
@@BorisKOUKAwomp womp
You know in a time of asinine political and gender confused movements, your argument towards reclassification of dogs from pet to "Companion" should be serious considered. It would indeed be better for both of us if they were treated equal to humans and thus people getting dogs to be chained up as a yard accessory would be criminally charged and if you didn't pick up your dog/childs feces you'd be charged with child neglect. I would even go as far as making it mandatory that your dog is behaved enough to walk off leash and that the use of a leash is considered Companion cruelty unless used in dangerous situations.
Babies have already been “outcuted” by puppies
Dogs did not break a sweat; easy win. Opponent was out of league.
Also dogs dtay cute forever babies start losing it after like 4 years
Any animal is cuter than a baby
Sometimes, I feel like I'd rather save a puppy than a baby and that scares me
@@Bunny11344 Maybe in your case
I'm a dog person but I don't find ALL dogs cute. Some are ugly af (which obviously has nothing to do with their deserving of love, happiness, and a good home.)
Adopt, don't shop!
I agree totally. I don't find flat faced dogs appealing. Also don't like how people have bred them despite having breathing problems.
@@kevinbunn7915Same here.
@@Fomites they look wrong to me, like they shouldn't exist. it's just sad that they were bred for these traits.
I love all dogs and I genuinely think all of them are cute.. but I'm not fond of the breeding of flat-nosed breeds.. but they're still cute
@@kevinbunn7915 I couldn't agree more, I find flat-faced dogs and cats SUPER ugly. I thought it was only me.
i have a husky and foster huskies and they lose their minds if they are alone…my husky would attach himself to me if he could…if he can’t see me at the dog park, he starts frantically looking everywhere and then if i call him he immediately bolts to me. They have all been super pack oriented, I know dogs are individuals but having had tons of huskies in my house, ALL of them have wanted to be together…they don’t demand constant pets like a golden retriever might, but they want to be with you all the time.
I have a half Alaskan malamute half German shepherd, and he's exactly like this. We got him when he was 3, and I don't think the original owners ever left him alone as a puppy, he just always had someone around the house. Well come to find out when I left him alone at home for the first time, he did not like that at all. Destroyed my front door trying to look for me lol. Now if I have work or something I just take him over to the nice old lady that lives across the street from me and he hangs out with her, thank god cause doggy daycare gets expensive! I mostly just bring him with me on errands now, literally like a child. I'd say it's worth it, he's a very loyal dog.
@@tylerharry6319 the dog in my profile picture, an alaskan klee kai, tried to chew through two different doors as well to get to where I was…I totally understand what you’re talking about…it’s a blessing and a curse. He has since passed and since then i’m focusing on huskies, I don’t get the “they are like cats” sentiment. Nico, the klee kai was more like a cat in that he didn’t indiscriminately love everyone but he also was VERY loyal to the people he decided were his friend and hated being alone.
So , in your opinion what is the best vacuum?
@@grantbennett8171 Check out the mini dyson handhelds, we got one lets us use a fur brush attachment we grabbed for it. If those are too pricey just look up other battery powered handheld ones, some are made just for vacuuming dogs. Works great, able to get out a good pillows worth of hair with hardly any fuss. Though it still only puts a dent in the problem, but it does help.
How did dogs first become domesticated , one of our ancestors found a lost wolf puppy or puppies and the bond began .
Babies are okay... as long as you can give 'em back after you're done!
Occasionally rent one ‘em long enough to remember “oh yeah I can’t stand these things, and thank God for vasectomies and birth control!”
I wouldn’t even want one for a second
Moral of the story: co-evolution is amazing 🎉😊.
Husky’s don’t need eyebrows. They say everything they want with side eye and RBF 😂😂😂😂
It’s definitely the same with cats and kittens too you look into those big eyes of theirs and your heart melts
I've seen a lot of cats that look angry, evil or just extremely bored
@@vinnieg6161 Their slit pupils give that evil look in them - that makes them more appealing to me than dog among other things. Dogs are pretty boring to me. They are very predictable. There was a cat documentary movie that came out during pandemic and the producer was asked why cats, and he said because `dogs are boring` essentially.
I personally think what makes dogs and babies cute are their innocence and purity. This might be true to a lot of animals as well, baby or not.
And their playfulness and joy ❤😊
When humans found that wolf-dogs could make communicative faces back at them, humans bred dogs who could communicate with the same faces humans make.
Reportedly, dogs are the only animals that share this human trait… Though all mammals seem to have inherently cute infants… and similar roles for adult females and males…
Basically, dogs are wolf puppies that never grow up into adults.
Dogs do not think of survival and injuries, the same way animals in the wild need to, and so being domesticated dogs can be fearless, knowing humans have their back and will take care of them.
Wolves have no such luck. Wolves as all wildlife avoid injuries while dogs not so much. Especially guardian dogs, etc…
I really don't think babies are cute.........But I love dogs!!! Dogs are so cute
Someone who finds all babies cute is more the exception than the norm. This makes evolutionary sense in the harsh, resource-limited world of our caveman ancestors, where finding others babies ‘cute’ risks compromising the ability of a parent to care for the survival of their own babies, if they also feel the pull of caring for the cute babies of others.
Finding all dogs cute is easier, as they can more quickly contribute to the survival of the human and require less human care in order to survive. The evolution of the strictly companion lap dog of today is a function of the evolution of our modern society, where the living is easier, with more abundant resources to share with them.
I would have to agree with that last statement..."maybe dogs and humans domesticated each other" ~~~ I'd say the humans need a Whole lot more work at it. As says Cesar Milan, the Dog Whisperer : " I train Humans..." Whatever craziness the humans are doing, PLEASE spay and neuter your dogs & cats. A world without kill shelters, just imagine! If you have a dog be responsible and do your part.
i have a husky mix (parents were husky and husky-aussie mix) and while she can do the puppy eyes, she will also always vocalise a bit when she wants something. I think the reason pure huskies vocalise even more than her is because they have to so that humans understand what they want while other dogs can do it with their eyes
Even if I'm not crazy about kids, I still think babies are quite cute. I just don't know if I'd want one myself.
dogs are the best. i'm glad they domesticated us ❤
There are some things that are cute about dogs that are nothing like babies though. Such as their noses, whiskers, paws, and happy tails. The way their mouths are shaped like Ws. There's got to be more to it than just their resemblance to babies! :P
Exa tly. I made that point too.
I worked with dogs at Kennels- We saw lots of Huskys but it NEVER occured to me that they didn't make the 'puppy dog' eyes. And I thought I knew a lot about dogs. Wow, learn something new everyday.
I love the 'Silver Fox experiment'! I found that fascinating when i watched the documentary on it.
I just adore this video. I didn't think i'd enjoy it so much, but as a dog lover I guess it was really awesome.
Human babies aren’t cute. Animal babies are cute. I find this interesting.
Human Babies look terrible and they just don't smell nice...
Yeah, fast forwarded past the human baby part, lol
Wolves really look like the adult form of a dog.
It’s not just the eyebrow muscles. It’s hard for me to see a relaxed and happy husky or even a wild wolf and not have that “Awww! Look at the cute doggie!” feeling. I mean, look at this wolf, at 5:21 in the video. No raised eyebrows, but still, who could possibly resist the look and body language we all recognize?
After been 7 years had cat , and done my responsibility.
Now I can't wait to adopt dog in the future soon.
Adopt save life.
Well if I have to choose a big responsability I will choose a Dog 🐶, never a child.
To me, Huskies are the prettiest breed ever and Pugs the ugliest thing that should’ve never been created in the first place, poor things.
Cat guy coming here for learning about dog.
*ARIA LOOKS SO HAPPY FOR THE INTERVIEW!*
Dogs could hardly look less like us among mammals, but they act much like us and are near equals in the food chain. They grow up faster than children, but develop much like them. They understand us well -- probably better than we understand them.
I would die to protect a baby but I don't find them cute. They do get cute as they get older. Dogs are cute at any age.
I've noticed that some individual cats can have expressive faces. My current one will beg and furrow his brow much like a dog does. Even when he senses something isn't right, he's looking to us with that puppy eye stare.
Going to a shelter is a gut wrenching experience. You want to adopt every dog.
As far as being hardwired to like babies I don't buy it. I don't like the way they look can't stand the way they smell and I'm thoroughly annoyed by the sounds they make. I find babies repulsive in every way. On the other hand puppies are adorable.
Interesting, because babys will grow out of this phase after 2 years. They learn more and will become more independent. But dogs will smell, make noises and be 100% dependent for their whole life time, which is 12-15 years😂💀
I'm glad that I'm not alone in feeling like this. Honestly I wish more people felt like this because we are breeding ourselves into extinction.
I really like how the video starts off with the beagle! My favorite type of dog 🐶
Human babies give me the ick. But I adore puppies and dogs. I want to be the doggie godmother to all family and family friends' dogs. I love spoiling our dog as it is. Spoil and love the doggies ❤.
Aria is such a lovely derp!!!
A simple look at their face melts me 😍
I've Alaskan malamutes I'm pretty sure it's the same. They do have puppy ears though they can move them way more than normal dogs with floppy ears. Their ears are so expressive
I have a basenji and it's exactly the same way with his ears as well. He is very expressive but you have to learn the subtle differences between ear movements.
Did anybody else watch this and be like "nah" when they spoke about the cuteness of babies, and then totally gush over the puppies and dogs?
No because you can find both cute, so hard I know
Forty-plus years ago, it was already an established and recognized fact that all mammals share basic features when they are young to help them survive, even among other mammals. Mostly, during the pre-pubescent stage (child, kitten, puppy, etc.), all mammals have larger eyes and ears compared to their skulls because these are fully developed in utero, plus they have smaller mouths, a different smell (lack of pheromones) and they cry when in distress. This was established long ago. It explains why we are drawn to kittens, puppies and other baby animals. Also, how some babies have managed to survive in the wild. It was nature's way of helping if something happened to their moms. Because, goodness knows, dad wouldn't step in.
Eyebrow muscles. I knew it. Shibas don't have them.
Too much cuteness! I have to leave!!❤
It's funny-I've always found baby animals, especially puppies, to be irresistibly cute, but not human babies. (In fact, I find the appearance of human babies to be repulsive.) My wife is the same way, so I know there must be other people who agree.
Not just the appearance, also the noises they make. Puppies make cute noises, babies‘ noises just make me angry. I always wonder how humans could survive with those little things screaming all day and just telling predators: here we are, in this cave, come and eat us…
I love Jodie Foster as the narrator 😊
I thought there were studies showing that the dogs developed raising their eyebrows some 100-200 years ago.
That is sooooo cute!!!!! Where are the cat videos??
The cat kept knocking the camera off the kitchen counter. 😀
@@Kim_Miller Lol!
😊 Not just the visual expressions.
Awwww, why does my heart feel so warm? ❤
Adorable eyebrow raising
I too want to be an expert in puppy eyes
Corrugator Muscles. " Corrugator supercilii is a paired muscle found deep to the medial end of each eyebrow. Upon contraction, these muscles draw the two eyebrows together medially and inferiorly, thereby producing vertical wrinkles over the glabella and an expression of frowning."
I’m currently staying my aunt’s house and this video is making me miss my dog ;-(
Love dogs. They are the best!
Whoever published those papers got to stare at puppy eyes xd
i don't think that's true that we all love babies...
i was just going to say, i don’t think human babies or kids are cute and from a biological perspective, i think that’s really strange.
@@jessicakoch2331some babies are cute. I don't understand how that's strange.
Yep, not everyone thinks Winsten Churchill looks and drools to be cute! LOL
@@jessicakoch2331 just because you don’t agree doesn’t mean it isn’t the general consensus. You think you’re the only person in the world?
@@markalterado88seems to be far more consensus than a lot would let on, to be fair. Just read through the comments on this video. Babies suck. I’m more blunt than the op. Babies aren’t cute. Puppies, kittens, cubs, etc.? Universally adorable.
God, I’m two minutes in and my heart is molten❤❤❤
Survival by cuteness ❤
Let me rephrase this into two sentences. Eyes have it. And voice has it.
My dog is half pure bred husky and German Shepard, he can do the puppy eyes ahaha. even has distinctive eye brows
I love puppies but I find small babies annoying 😅 My daughter feels the same. I only think my babies are adorable but other babies annoying 😅
Never tired of watching dog content 😂😂
U know what’s the better way to survive and pass on your genes to humans, just evolve to be cute, the cuter u r the more chances of passing your genes 😅
3:24. It's amazing to see a legitimate academic endeavor at the token mill Howard.
"With animals and people there's a sense of trust with eye contact." Actually, It's ONLY people and dogs that feel that. I don't think I can emphasize enough how much the rest of the animal kingdom hates eye contact and prolonged staring of any kind. Even other domesticated animals don't enjoy eye contact, they're simply inured to it.
Wolves look cute too, how do you explain that? Also cats! Why are they cute? Why even panthers and lions are cute?
Cuz they are, look at em!
Human babies are mostly hideous and have a terrible odor in addition to making the most unbearable noises of any creature, I don't understand how anyone finds them cute at all. Puppies are vastly superior.
My issue, I like and want to pet almost every life, dogs, cats, cows, horses, sheep, etc…
I'm watching this on Nebula and Magellan TV.
I love my Roo, my best friend and furry son.
My huskamute, can do the eyebrow thing
I dont fully agrer with the eyes thing. Yes puppy eyes are a thing but. Its not what makes a dogs face emotive. I believe we draw more expression from the way dogs move their head, jaws and ears as a whole. Yes or no?!
Dogs have been in a symbiotic relationship with humans since 30,000 b.c.e.
wolves are just as cute!
Huskies don't have the same muscles because the Inuit breed wolves into their huskies when they start to get too domesticated.
Never heard of The World Canine Organization.
Reading cat body language and facial expressions has always come naturally to me - I've always been able to understand them and act in ways that encourage even new cats to interact and be comfortable with me. When I fostered an injured puppy a few years back, I had to study dog body language so that I could tell what she needed or wanted. I guess it makes sense if a lot of it is in the eyes for them, since I'm autistic. Even when I look back at photos of my beautiful and dearly loved now-departed cats of ten or twenty years ago, my eyes are drawn more to their surroundings than their faces. (Though I'm sure there are autistic people out there who get dogs the way I get cats, just for me cats come more naturally.)
I definitely click with cats more. I don't understand why people act like cats are impossible to read or they are unpredictable. They really aren't
It’s more than just eyes. I find some dogs cute and some not. Wolves and huskies I like.
It also works for hedgehogs.
The cutest little things well my dog is 😂❤
Depends on the dogs, some would make me say "cursed"
The silver foxes experiment is NOT a “ lovely “ experiment. Have you seen the conditions under which these animals were kept ?
‘’This’’ didn’t turn into this, because dogs didn’t come from the GRAY wolf. They came from a different species of wolf that is now extinct
Why is the lineage always about wolves, and not about wild dogs? That would be more interesting for me.
Like African wild dogs? Dogs simply didn’t evolve from them, dogs evolved from wolves directly. In other words, wild dogs come from a different line of k9s than wolves and are pretty much unrelated to domestic dogs. It’s like how humans and chimpanzees are related by a common ancestor, but we aren’t the same thing today.
Doggies!😊
I find wolves cute too
At 5:57, the Institute in Russia is erroneously written ''Intitute of Cytology and Genetics'' when it's well known that the science in question is called Cutology, and other times ''Oh, so Cutology''.. hahahah
I still find wolves just as cute
Is that really a husky? I think it looks like a malamute. 3:17
Hate babies but love dogs
If someone doesn't find babies cute at all or is even repulsed by them, might it be because their brain doesn't produce oxytocin ?
Not entirely impossible but rather unlikely. Oxytocin is more important than it might sound on the surface. Your hypothalamus produces Oxytocin when you exchange love, warmth and cuddles with someone you like. It makes you feel happy, comforted and warm inside. If you are freshly in love it also makes you have this tingly feeling. Oxytocin will also be produced when you take care of babies, children or pets that have baby-like features in one way or another. It's important for any mammal to have this happen so they won't abandon the baby and take care of it.
Now we know that everyone, except some really rare exceptions produce Oxytocin and we also know that it's super important for reproduction and childcare. So why is it that some people can't stand babies, children or adorable animals anyway ? Chances are high that it has something to do with our Dopamin production. Dopamin is also a hormon that makes you feel happy but this time more on a side ofnbeing rewarded to something. It makes you strife or grave for different things and actions.
If you take care of a baby your brain normaly produces Oxytocin as well as Dopamin as in making you feel happy and attached to the baby and in making you feel rewarded because taking care of the baby makes you feel happy. However there are people that do produce the Oxytocin but lack the Dopamin and there are different reasons for that to happen.
Of course, there are illnesses that reduce the Dopamin production. Parkinson is a good example for that. But those people experience a lack of joy and rewardlessness in every aspect in their life, not just around babies.
Another reason for the lack of Dopamin production around babies and with human interactions at all are autistic people. Their brain just doesn't react strongly to human emotions and interactions, including the presence of babies or more even more with babies as they are more like objects to them. However the Dopamin will be produced normally with other things like fullfilling their special interests or interacting with pets.
Last but not least and the most common reason as to why some people won't produce Dopamin when interacting with babies is they simply have formed a negative connection in one way or another. Instead of feeling drawn to them their body reacts with stress and, or disgust, maybe even fear. Their glandula renalis starts producing cortisol and adrenalin instead. Depending on how strong the negazive reaction is it can vary from thinking they are cute as long... to running away from every baby there is. The more aspects someone dislikes on a baby the more likely it is they start disliking even more because they aren't affected by the Oxytocin-Dopamin chain or the being blinded by love.❤
Sorry for the long explaination. I studdied that stuff a little but since I am not a native English speaker I don't know if I made it easy enough to understand. Also please excuse me for any grammar and spelling mistakes I might have made.😢
Not so funny Funfact:
I myself dislike babies as well even though I really love pets and adorable things. There are just to many factors that make me feel repulsed by little humans until they reach a certain age. They are loud, they smell, they need nonstop attention, they way we have to give birth to them is scary, they are expensive and I don't know what to do with them. Give me a five year old child... they are still loud and all but at least I know what I can do with them. Worst thing is somehow babies and toddlers seem to really like me and I don't know why. In that way I feel like those people who don't like cats but the cats love them 😅
@@kiaras.6493 Thank you for the detailed explanation, I appreciate it ! I've been diagnosed with both autism and a dopamin deficiency (I don't remember the specific name), so it all makes sense.
@@SeidenKaczka There you have it. There are other hormons that make you feel rewarded such as Serotonin but Dopamin is probably the one with the most impact. Combine it with the weak to non existent activation of the brains rewarding centrum an autist has when seeing or interacting with fellow humans and well, you know the rest better than most people could ever understand. Just know that you feeling repulsed by babies (and probably more) is not your fault and it's totally okay to be and feel that way - even if people around you tell you otherwise.
I don't find babies cute but I don't love them or hate them
nope, our brain produce oxytocin, a lot of it in some situations, just not with babies. babies are rather gross and annoying, not cute at all. the feeling of protection towards babies is still there, because they need help, is just that the desire of interacting in a cute way with them just isn't there.
Do coyotes or fox have this eye muscle?
Wittle cutiepies
Huskies don’t need puppy eyes because they’re cute ALL THE TIME
After she shot the puppy, she thought, ''Well, that was fun, what else can I shoot?''
It was then, that she remembered ...
the GOAT!
Why domesticated cats don't have such developed eyebrow muscles as dogs?