why was cuteness not selected for among arthropods?
>>2136471
r-selected animals don't care for individual young, instead they have tons of offspring and don't worry about them.
K-selected animals have very few offspring and take very good care of them.
One of these selected strategies benefits from finding their young (and perhaps their mates) attractive, the other does not.
>>2136471
Satan holds dominion over the insects and the reptiles.
>>2136478
this is part of it, but also realize what they perceive as attractive is different than vertebrates. Some Female spiders do select males based off looks.
Also butterflies are considered "cute", no?
>>2136471
>Implying
>>2136522
all animals with eyes select mates based on looks. Just because they're programmed to select the fittest mate they can find and appearance is a huge factor.
that doesn't necessarily imply that they're attracted to them any time other than mating season.
![hyb6wag[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/EfzllpL.jpg "hyb6wag[1].jpg")
I have no idea what you're talking about... so here is a spider with a water droplet on its head.
>>2136471
>implying
>>2136617
Winner
>implying they're not cute
>>2136869
Is that isopod eating a shark?
>>2136894
He's just giving him a hug.
>>2136508
Kek
>>2136471
Not many arthropods have a pedomorphic trait. That is seen only in certain species, including humans.
>>2136617
But they can never take our freedom!
>>2136471
whaddya talking about
arthropods are cute
although there are some that have non-cute behavior (eg, bedbugs), I can't think of one that can't be seen as cute visually if you're reasonably openminded about it
