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

Seriously. This isn't real, right?

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

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

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

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

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

Truly a fascinating species!

[–] the_citizen@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago

Yes most definitely

[–] 3aqn5k6ryk@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Not a care in the world. Love it

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

I was just about to ask is this ai lol

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

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

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

Hahaha releaf

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

Bugger it, might as well get this tattooed.

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

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

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

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

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

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