this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2025
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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seriously. This isn't real, right?

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

They even have a Lemmy instance!

quokk.au

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Truly a fascinating species!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Yes most definitely

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Not a care in the world. Love it

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 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!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I was just about to ask is this ai lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'll just bookmark this as a relief from the news

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Bugger it, might as well get this tattooed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Hahaha releaf

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't look real, but it's also not triggering my AI-radar.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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