The desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
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Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don’t drift away from each other.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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A couple had their wedding rings engraved with a waveform of their own voices saying "I do."
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Cuddling (or other ‘love’ acts) helps to heal physical wounds faster due to the release of Oxytocin which is proven to reduce swelling.
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