• Goretantath@lemm.eeEnglish
    461·
    3 months ago

    It looks like a parody animal animatronic in a hollywood comedy, i LOVE it XD

      • ickplant@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        47·
        3 months ago

        It’s real! Quokkas are like the happiest animals on Earth:

        • tamal3@lemmy.worldEnglish
          22·
          3 months ago

          Happiest looking, at least. I don’t think they’re actually delighted all the time?

          • ickplant@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            10·
            3 months ago

            Probably not all the time, but on their island they have no natural predators, so they do live pretty carefree lives.

        • Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          13·
          3 months ago

          It’s unsettling. The uncanny valley of the animal world

          • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialEnglish
            4·
            3 months ago

            Behold, the modern human. As they ponder a face of natural happiness they find it disturbing and untrustworthy.

            • morbitm@lemm.eeEnglish
              3·
              3 months ago

              Truly a fascinating species!

  • citizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    3 months ago

    Hope one time everybody will be happy with simple things like these cute little lives.

  • nickiam2@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    3 months ago

    It doesnt look real but Quokka’s exist. They live exclusively on a small island off the coast of Perth. Rottnest island. It’s Dutch and it translates to the rat’s nest.

    • marsupial9272@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      The mainly live on Rottnest but it’s not exclusive. There are small populations on the mainland as well. But they are threatened by predators and other human activities there and so populations have dropped dramatically since the 1930s. However, a population was just found in the Perth Hills late last year!

    • huppakee@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I was just about to ask is this ai lol

      • cholesterol@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        3 months ago

        It looks stuffed, almost. Why is it eating a dead leaf? And those faces can’t just be ‘smiles’.

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          51·
          3 months ago

          The faces are that of a serial killer, smugly pleased with their work.

        • M137@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          Quokkas have a nickname; “happiest animal in the world”. It’s fully because they look happy, not because they actually are. They just happen to look happy most of the time for our brains to see them as that, and sadly that has started a trend of people getting them as pets, because people are idiots.

        • OrderedChaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          The dead leaf looks to be a leaf that has two colors. The bottom is just more brown than green.