Why do people take more videos of babies than bunnies? Could it be because babies are cuter?
Everyone I know who has ever given birth to a bunny has taken thousands of video clips of their interspecies spawn.
Things other than cuteness are at work when people decide what to take videos of. Possible considerations here:
1) Babies live in people’s houses. Fewer bunnies do.
2) People are interested in babies as relatives, conspecifics, and insight into child psychology.
3) Babies—past a certain very young age, anyway—have a wider range of behavior than bunnies.
4) People like to document the lives of their children for future reference.
Babies are less prone to running away, and parents, being an extremely biased party, are probably responsible for a huge share of all baby videos.
Why do people take more videos of babies than bunnies? Could it be because babies are cuter?
Everyone I know who has ever given birth to a bunny has taken thousands of video clips of their interspecies spawn.
Things other than cuteness are at work when people decide what to take videos of. Possible considerations here:
1) Babies live in people’s houses. Fewer bunnies do.
2) People are interested in babies as relatives, conspecifics, and insight into child psychology.
3) Babies—past a certain very young age, anyway—have a wider range of behavior than bunnies.
4) People like to document the lives of their children for future reference.
Babies are less prone to running away, and parents, being an extremely biased party, are probably responsible for a huge share of all baby videos.