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All Baby Animals Are Created
with a Cuteness that Inspires Compassion
Compared with their adult whereas the adult's is olive. The
counterparts, the young of most baboon community perceives
species are more lovable in their these young animals as more ap-
appearance and behavior. They pealing than their other, older
display more rounded features, counterparts. Some females have
outsized baby-eyes, full cheeks even been observed trying to kid-
and pronounced forehead—all nap appealing youngsters from
responsible for this perception. their mothers. This behavior dis-
In some species, the young are appears when the young ba-
even of a different color than the boons' fur turns from its original
adults. For instance, the fur of a black and pink to the same color
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baby baboon is black and pink, as the adults'.
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