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Warning: These animals may cause aggression

Warning: These animals may cause aggression

AEST 00:00, Fri Feb 1 2013
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Looking at pictures of cute animals has been linked to increased productivity at work, having a calming effect, and of course eliciting that warm and fuzzy feeling.

But a new study shows it can also encourage aggressive reactions.

Start typing "so cute I could…" into Google and a plethora of violent and threatening suggestions follow.

"So cute I could eat you/kill you/maul you" may be searched in jest, but their aggressive sentiments are backed up by a survey of web surfers browsing animal pictures ranked "cute", "funny" and "neutral" with their reactions monitored.
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"Cuteness" in animals has been pinpointed as having big eyes, big cheeks, and big forehead.
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