Comment by bsher on Babies and Bunnies: A Caution About Evo-Psych · 2010-03-01T20:34:58.603Z · LW · GW

Don't know if this has been said already (I really don't have time to read ALL the comments, sorry.), but maybe bunnies are cute because it makes more sense to kill an adult rabbit -- y'know, more meat, and it's likely to have already made more rabbits. If early humanity killed all the baby animals, that would have been devastating to our food supply: kill only (or mostly) adults, and the supply is theoretically unlimited. I actually agree with the critique of the oversimplification and reductionism of evo-psych., but it really does make sense to leave animal babies alone, unless absolutely necessary.