Pippin is so sweet even predators look after him. It’s his Cuteness Quotient. Babies of most mammalian species have very high CQ’s. It’s Nature’s way of ensuring the young animals’ survival. Just watch Humans around newborns of any species. Their voices rise in pitch, they get all gooey and lose their minds on the spot. I’m guilty of that myself. Never met a baby that didn’t leave me addle-pated. (There are some 2-legged creatures out there that don’t react this way. Never, ever trust them with anything, especially living things. They might look human, but they’re not.)
Pippin is so sweet even predators look after him. It’s his Cuteness Quotient. Babies of most mammalian species have very high CQ’s. It’s Nature’s way of ensuring the young animals’ survival. Just watch Humans around newborns of any species. Their voices rise in pitch, they get all gooey and lose their minds on the spot. I’m guilty of that myself. Never met a baby that didn’t leave me addle-pated. (There are some 2-legged creatures out there that don’t react this way. Never, ever trust them with anything, especially living things. They might look human, but they’re not.)