Never touch a wild sloth, and don’t patronize organizations that allow sloths to be held by humans. It’s important to remember that just because a sloth likes to snuggle a tree does not mean they want to snuggle us! Except for raising their young, sloths are solitary, wild animals, and they don’t need humans to go around trying to hold them. Yes, sloths are cute, but we can’t hug them Read More: Why Sloths do not make good pets.Perhaps this is where sloths really excel on the cuteness scale: those furry arms just seem made for hugging! The way they sit on the trunks of trees like they are just cuddling right in for a nap makes it seem like they would be so much fun to snuggle. Soft snuggles, cuddles, and hugs elicit that same feeling of tenderness that we get when we look at babies and baby animals. Actions can make us feel just as warm and fuzzy and sensitive as a cute face. It’s not just looks that we are attracted to. Does this make us happy? It must, or else why would we put it across so much of our daily life? A study conducted by the University of Leeds, suggests that watching cute animals may reduce stress and anxiety. We make fan art, illustrations, and drawings, and Japanese even has the word “kawaii”, usually used in anime, that refers to an entire culture of things that are lovely, cute, and vulnerable.
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