Animals you find cute that other people find ugly/scary/disgusting

[Jamborenium]

just like the title says do you like any animals that are commonly hated
for how they look?

for me it's spiders, I admit I use to be scared of them but over time
I started to fear them less and less to the point that began to find them
actually really cute and soon they developed into being my favorite species of animals
so now rather then seeing them as little demon spawns I see them as little dorks

I'm a real huge fan of jumping spiders especially, they're just so cute with those
big eyes, some are shy but some are very curious little cuties and wil sometimes Observe you
while like all spiders they do have vemon it's non deadly to humans, but due to their docile
nature they will only bite if they feel threatened, so as long as you don't scare them handling the little guys with care is completely safe

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[KaydeeKrunk]

I also love spiders, and rats, and snakes, and bats, and just about all of the weird things people generally hate.

I like just about all bugs, not in a pet sense, but I find them fascinating and collect the corpses of them when I find them in good enough condition.

Out of the things listed I like snakes and rats the most, which is funny because they kind of don't get along... but snakes are SUPER cute with their little adorable little mouths and their slick, soft, lovely skin, I love everything about them. And rats are like little tiny dogs that can hide in your hair and tickle your ears with their whiskers (which I am pretty sure is them trying to whisper to me.) I currently only have pet rats, but I want to get a scale baby soon. (But I might go for a giant lizard instead)

 

[kaylagirl]

I've heart way too many people call
these little guys ugly. Platypuses are
love, platypuses are life.
Enough said.
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[Mariah]

Hairless cats.

 

[tumut]

Sloths are pretty derpy and cute.

 

[Mariah]

Sloths are pretty derpy and cute.

Do people really find sloths ugly?

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

Hairless cats.

I love hairless things, I had a partially hairless rat once, and I intend to get a devon rex someday as well as a sphynx, they are too cute, and I would love having to give them little baths and knitting them sweaters. OH GOD, you've started the hairless feels...

 

[Jamborenium]

Hairless cats.

I always wanted a hairless cat
but my parents always said no umu

 

[MrFrond]

Generally, they're well liked, but all throughout my life I always got the weirdest and most negative reactions from saying that I really liked lizards. I guess people have this...Instinctual fear or 'grossed-out-ness' when it comes to reptiles? I think they're all so very cute, though! How could people not love those scaly little critters that always look like they're smiling?
Also, yeah. Totally agree the sphinx cats are cute. I've never seen one in real life, but I imagine they must feel really odd and interesting. The kittens are especially cute because it's like they gotta grow into their weird flabby skin.

 

[Alienfish]

Do people really find sloths ugly?

Some people find them disgusting because of their fur I guess. But yeah, I find them really cute.

Also, pangolins. It might look like a rolled up pine cone but I think they look fab.

 

[tumut]

Do people really find sloths ugly?

I've had a lot of people tell me that they're gross .

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

Generally, they're well liked, but all throughout my life I always got the weirdest and most negative reactions from saying that I really liked lizards. I guess people have this...Instinctual fear or 'grossed-out-ness' when it comes to reptiles? I think they're all so very cute, though! How could people not love those scaly little critters that always look like they're smiling?
Also, yeah. Totally agree the sphinx cats are cute. I've never seen one in real life, but I imagine they must feel really odd and interesting. The kittens are especially cute because it's like they gotta grow into their weird flabby skin.

I really want to get a big house tegu when I get my own place, they just look so loving and amazing, and since I plan to have an at home job he can be my scale baby and we can cuddle forever, and he'll just be my tiny kaiju and I'll love him immensely!

 

[Tao]

I like just about all bugs, not in a pet sense, but I find them fascinating and collect the corpses of them when I find them in good enough condition.

I do this with cats.

 

[Alienfish]

Reptiles are cute, no hate.

Also I love manatees.. Few people get my love for this though. They look like cute little derps

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

I do this with cats.

I do this with all animals. *gestures to avatar*

 

[MagicalCat590]

Rats.

I fell in love with pet rats when I was 15. Partially because I'm a TMNT fangirl and wanted to get a boy to name Splinter, and partially because they are freaking adorable. Not only that but they're really intelligent and can be trained to do just about anything. But all other people see when they look at them is, like, the black plague and sewer rats. They don't get that domestic rats don't carry harmful diseases, except for RBF (Rat Bite Fever) which is REALLY rare, and aren't really dangerous at all. I mean, getting bit by a rat is no worse than getting bit by a hamster or a ferret. Oh, and their tails! Omg, it's just a stupid tail. There's nothing gross about it, so what's the big deal?
I'm just really upset that people aren't educated about these loving pets because that discrimination is what gets the rats sent to the feeder bins (for snakes).

 

[Reiterei]

Rats I've had 4 pet rats, and I loved them all. But some people just can't get over the negativity surrounding the species.

 

[Earth Wolf-Howl]

Rats.

I fell in love with pet rats when I was 15. Partially because I'm a TMNT fangirl and wanted to get a boy to name Splinter, and partially because they are freaking adorable. Not only that but they're really intelligent and can be trained to do just about anything. But all other people see when they look at them is, like, the black plague and sewer rats. They don't get that domestic rats don't carry harmful diseases, except for RBF (Rat Bite Fever) which is REALLY rare, and aren't really dangerous at all. I mean, getting bit by a rat is no worse than getting bit by a hamster or a ferret. Oh, and their tails! Omg, it's just a stupid tail. There's nothing gross about it, so what's the big deal?
I'm just really upset that people aren't educated about these loving pets because that discrimination is what gets the rats sent to the feeder bins (for snakes).

I have to say one thing about that photo: dem ears. Best thing I've seen all year.

Agreed. I had three pet rats myself from when I was about seven until nine, and let me tell you: those little fellows were some of the sweetest pets I've ever had (except for Squeak. He was a little bit bite-y). I always feel a little bit upset when I hear that the species is so hated: especially when you consider that they, as has been recently discovered, didn't carry the fleas that carried the black death- it's apparently gerbils now. But no-one thinks they're disgusting?

And the tails... They're not any worse than the skin of a peach. On the contrary, they are very similar.

On a smaller level, pugs. My entire family thinks that their scrunched-up faces are kind of ugly, but I think that the breed's so adorable.

 

[KiraNinja]

If you look at a tarantulas feet closely they look like tiny paws, it's painfully adorable

 

[Nay]

Snakes I suppose! Domesticated ones have really cute mouths, I've always wanted to raise one

What a baby...