# Search for the cutest animal ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975 "2010-06-29T20:02:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/1 "2010-06-29T20:02:19Z")
Or at least on the Internet. Now, I’m not looking for a species. Saying, “I think dogs/cats/vultures” are the cutest animals isn’t enough. We’re looking for a specific animal. So far, I nominate this happy [puffer fish](http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/puffer_fish.jpg), which I first came across in another cute fish thread. Let’s see if we can outcute him. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/2 "2010-06-29T20:08:07Z")
This [mouse-type thing](http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x171/CJOKUSAP/e281.jpg) has got to be in with a shout. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/3 "2010-06-29T20:08:33Z")
A Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, called the [momonga](http://justalittleguy.blogspot.com/2006/01/momonga.html). An anime critter come to life! ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/4 "2010-06-29T20:09:26Z")
Ok, [here’s my entry](http://www.xemanh.net/images/animals/cute/amaizinganimalspicturesnh3.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/5 "2010-06-29T20:26:51Z")
[Baby Fennec Fox](http://wildtracks.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/fennec-fox-cub.jpg) [Adult Fennec](http://www.fantom-xp.com/wallpapers/15/Fennecus_zerda_-_Fennec_fox.jpg) [Long Eared Jerboa](http://wildtracks.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/jerboa-ears.jpg) [Pygmy Jerboa](http://babyanimalz.com/2010/03/simply-the-cutest-desert-rodent-pygmy-jerboa/comment-page-1/) [Dik-Dik](http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/dik-dik/) [Baby Marmoset](http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b0133f03e8c14970b-pi) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/6 "2010-06-29T20:37:37Z")
[Baby guinea pig.](http://animal.discovery.com/guides/baby-animals/mammals/guinea_pig.html) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/7 "2010-06-29T20:44:44Z")
I’ve never even heard of a Dik Dik, but now that I’ve seen one, I want it! I want it to hang out next to me while I surf the Internet like in that picture. And then I can bottle feed it. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/8 "2010-06-29T20:46:22Z")
[Baby](http://www.dominionpaper.ca/files/dominion-img/hedgehog.JPG) [hedgehog](http://www.snootypaws.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/baby-hedgehog-3.jpeg). ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/9 "2010-06-29T21:29:49Z")
I love the momonga and the dik-dik. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/10 "2010-06-29T21:47:29Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > [Pygmy Jerboa](http://babyanimalz.com/2010/03/simply-the-cutest-desert-rodent-pygmy-jerboa/comment-page-1/) I came here to post the youtube video embedded in that page. The Pygmy Jerboa is just like a mouse head on legs. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/11 "2010-06-29T21:49:30Z")
[Mr. Winkle!](http://www.sdchildrensfilm.org/films/Big%20Top%20Winkle.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/12 "2010-06-29T21:52:11Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > [Mr. Winkle!](http://www.sdchildrensfilm.org/films/Big%20Top%20Winkle.jpg) Win! ::explodes from cuteness overload:: ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/13 "2010-06-29T21:55:21Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Win! > > ::explodes from cuteness overload:: Go to his website and poke around the pictures and calendars and stuff. He’s an amazing dog with a very interesting story. [Mr. Winkle.com.](http://www.mrwinkle.com/index1.htm) (Short audio load at start.) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/14 "2010-06-29T22:03:18Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Go to his website and poke around the pictures and calendars and stuff. He’s an amazing dog with a very interesting story. > > [Mr. Winkle.com.](http://www.mrwinkle.com/index1.htm) (Short audio load at start.) Very interesting… I looked all through it and read about him, and I’m still not sure what he is… but he is so cute! ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/15 "2010-06-29T22:04:19Z")
[Dumbo Octopus FTW!](http://www.personal.psu.edu/students/e/n/enp5006/enp5006web/Images/dumbo%20oct.jpg) Or possibly [this axolotl](http://www.personal.psu.edu/students/e/n/enp5006/enp5006web/Images/axolotl.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/16 "2010-06-29T23:18:59Z")
I vote for that baby marmoset. Or maybe these [baby otters](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxsthetP7I1qz78y7o1_500.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/17 "2010-06-30T02:18:16Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I vote for that baby marmoset. > > Or maybe these [baby otters](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxsthetP7I1qz78y7o1_500.jpg). I love them! Thanks to all. The cute, it’s giving me the diabetus! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/18 "2010-06-30T02:20:10Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > A Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, called the [momonga](http://justalittleguy.blogspot.com/2006/01/momonga.html). An anime critter come to life! This gets my vote. Someone posted a pic of one here and I squee everytime I see it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/19 "2010-06-30T02:26:13Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > This gets my vote. Someone posted a pic of one here and I squee everytime I see it. [This](http://www.memeticians.com/2007/12/11/coyote2.jpg) didn’t get your vote? Species traitor.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975/20 "2010-06-30T02:35:55Z")
[Yawning kitten](http://blog.pennlive.com/midstate_impact/2008/06/large_kittens.jpg). It’s my favorite, anyway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-cutest-animal-ever/544975.md?page=2)