# can humans find animals 'attractive'?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 11, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-humans-find-animals-attractive/456140 "2008-07-11T15:23:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Stathol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@Stathol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stathol)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-humans-find-animals-attractive/456140/21 "2008-07-11T19:34:54Z")

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Er…that should have read “sexual rather than aesthetic” in the first paragraph. I don’t think I can edit my post since I haven’t decide yet whether to ante up for full membership.

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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-humans-find-animals-attractive/456140/22 "2008-07-11T20:04:16Z")

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Nothing to add, just that one of the names of the Greek goddess Hera indicated her beautiful big eyes as [“cow-like”.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hera)

And that I personally, often find certain human traits more beautiful if I can associate with some animal. For instance, [Missy Elliott](http://www.kalamu.com/bol/wp-content/content/images/missy%20elliott%2001.jpg) has beautiful, big, soft, almost liquid dark brown eyes, that I thought “cow like” the first time I saw them.

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**Author:** ![LisaRx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@LisaRx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LisaRx)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-humans-find-animals-attractive/456140/23 "2008-07-11T20:43:37Z")

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There is a whole genre of romance novels (modern paranormals) that have “heroes” that are part animal (lion, wolf, dragon, etc). I find it odd, but it’s a rising trend on the bestseller charts.

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**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-humans-find-animals-attractive/456140/24 "2008-07-11T21:00:38Z")

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Weeeeeiiiiirrrrrrrrrrdddddd…I JUST asked my boyfriend the other night if he thought that animals thought other animals are cute. Like if our dog saw a cute little baby panda or something or a cute puppy, if they in their head say the dog equivalent to “awwwweeee.”

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**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-humans-find-animals-attractive/456140/25 "2008-07-11T21:06:03Z")

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I think they do. I think that’s why dogs are often good with kids. See post #5.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-humans-find-animals-attractive/456140/26 "2008-07-11T21:12:25Z")

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[QUOTE=CalMeacham]  
… failing to note the most neotenous cartoon character – Elmer Fudd, who _LOOKS_ like a baby, even, right down to the bald head and the baby lisp…  
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He’s got that really big gun, though.

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