this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2025
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[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seriously. This isn't real, right?

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

They even have a Lemmy instance!

quokk.au

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year 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 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Truly a fascinating species!

[–] the_citizen@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] nickiam2@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

I was just about to ask is this ai lol

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Hahaha releaf

[–] LeadLemming@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Bugger it, might as well get this tattooed.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] cholesterol@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] M137@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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