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About

Cute Animals are animals that are considered to have the quality of cuteness, which is usually defined as an attractiveness based on a young appearance.^[3] Because humans have a natural attraction to cuteness, cute animals have become extremely popular on the Internet as a source of entertainment.

Online History

One of the first websites dedicated to cute animal pictures was Cute Overload, which was formed in 2005.^[4] Since its launch, the site has accumulated numerous awards from several organizations, including a Webby Award.^[5] In 2007, the site I Can Has Cheezburger was created by entrepreneur Ben Huh to showcase images of cute cats with humorous captions, later dubbed LOLcats; the site later expanded to include other animals, and started a purely cute animal blog titled the Daily Squee in 2010.^[6] Cute animals have also been a common subject for video compilations. One of the earliest and most viewed examples on YouTube was uploaded in 2006 and has gained over 26 million views.^[7]

Notable Submemes

LOLcats

LOLcats are humorous captioned images of cats. They came to rise in the late 2000s with the rise of I Can Has Cheezburger and Happy Cat.

Doge

Doge is a series of images of Shiba Inu dogs which are captioned with phrases such as "wow" and the words "such" and "much".

Pancake Bunny

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Grumpy Cat

External References

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