Ask Tai Why: Cuteness, hotness and the origins of English
Tai Asks Why
CBC
4.2 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is a CBC podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Hey guys, Ty here. |
| 0:06.0 | Time to answer some questions for a change. |
| 0:09.0 | Ask. |
| 0:10.0 | Hi, Ty, why? |
| 0:12.0 | Hi, Tyye Tye, hi Tye. |
| 0:14.0 | I have a question. |
| 0:17.0 | I have a question. |
| 0:18.0 | Ask Tye. |
| 0:20.0 | To play the message press 2 |
| 0:25.0 | This is Ron Lewis, Halifax Nova Scotia. |
| 0:29.0 | My question is, why do normally some people put smiles on their face when they see a cute animal? |
| 0:38.0 | Thank you and bye. |
| 0:40.0 | Why do people smile when they see a cute animal? |
| 0:42.6 | Now, cuteness, like everything, comes down to science. |
| 0:47.8 | Researchers say that there are certain traits that make things cute. |
| 0:51.6 | The big head, big eyes, the chubby cheeks, the large foreheads, the round |
| 0:57.4 | squishy bodies, and the soft exterior. That's the same for kittens, babies, snakes if it applies. If something has these |
| 1:06.7 | features it is perceived as cute. These features will tap into our instincts |
| 1:11.7 | to take care of that thing and our systems go into |
| 1:14.7 | overdrive to protect it, feed it, snuggle it, all of that just because it's |
| 1:19.9 | cute. So this literally means that the cuteness of a baby factors into how well it survives as a human. |
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