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Published on Oct 14, 2012

Watch puppies LIVE on YouTube: http://bit.ly/Qf37g6

Thanks to my AWESOME mom for scanning and sending pictures of myself when I was younger. You RULE, Mom!

"cute" etymology: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?t...

Konrad Lorenz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_L...

CUTE human baby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9oxmR...

MARCEL THE SHELL: http://bit.ly/Rv8Y5o

Cute hammer, face, and cat (interactive): http://www.exploratorium.edu/mind/jud...

Daniel Dennet TED talk about cuteness (and more!): http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_...

cute and psychology: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/u...

Nucleus Accumbens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleus_...

Mickey got cuter [PDF): http://www.monmsci.net/~kbaldwin/mick...

puremrz ART: http://www.puremrz.deviantart.com

Neoteny: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoteny

Animals by order of domestication: http://archaeology.about.com/od/dterm...

**The modern dog as technology**
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/201...
http://www.sciencefriday.com/segment/...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolutio...

Articles on the science of cute:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuteness
http://www.gizmag.com/the-science-of-...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/sci...
http://arstechnica.com/science/2006/0...
http://www.huliq.com/10282/cute-baby-...

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  • pandemonium san

    pandemonium san 6 days ago

    "ooh its just a little hammer don't hurt him!" LOL XD

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  • TJankris

    TJankris 4 days ago

    so you're probably gonna end up as one of those old creepy cat ladies.

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  • Joshua Kim

    Joshua Kim 8 hours ago

    what kind of website allows you to customize purely babies, faces, and hammers. . .? o_o

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  • kelly muus

    kelly muus 9 hours ago

    aww its just a little obsidian lava enis

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  • G man

    G man 11 hours ago

    how do we ever build things

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  • Blessing O

    Blessing O 12 hours ago

    So is your icon!! :) lol

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  • diddybup

    diddybup 13 hours ago

    I'm wierd I think things that people say it's ugly I think it is cute

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  • TheUltraPikachuFan

    TheUltraPikachuFan 14 hours ago

    You were a cute little three-year-old, Michael.

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  • duckling314

    duckling314 14 hours ago

    You named your BLACK dog Shadow... I see what you did there :-)

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  • sonicluxray108

    sonicluxray108 16 hours ago

    Why do we get scared vsauce?

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  • MaximilianMcMonkey

    MaximilianMcMonkey 16 hours ago

    We tried. It was a popular idea in the early twentieth century. It's called 'Eugenics'. When people actually started executing the plan... well... let's just say it didn't turn out that great.

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  • FanDarylDixon

    FanDarylDixon 18 hours ago

    Hammers are boring lol ,no,they are useful!

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