this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2025
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[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 45 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seriously. This isn't real, right?

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 47 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] morbitm@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Truly a fascinating species!

[–] the_citizen@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago

Yes most definitely

[–] 3aqn5k6ryk@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Not a care in the world. Love it

[–] nickiam2@aussie.zone 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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.

[–] marsupial9272@aussie.zone 3 points 11 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!

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I was just about to ask is this ai lol

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago

Hahaha releaf

[–] LeadLemming@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Bugger it, might as well get this tattooed.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] cholesterol@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

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

[–] M137@lemmy.world 2 points 11 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.

[–] OrderedChaos@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

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