this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2025
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[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 51 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seriously. This isn't real, right?

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago

They even have a Lemmy instance!

quokk.au

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 12 points 2 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 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 2 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 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Truly a fascinating species!

[–] the_citizen@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago

Yes most definitely

[–] 3aqn5k6ryk@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Not a care in the world. Love it

[–] nickiam2@aussie.zone 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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 2 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 2 months ago

I was just about to ask is this ai lol

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

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

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

Hahaha releaf

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

Bugger it, might as well get this tattooed.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] cholesterol@lemmy.world 5 points 2 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 5 points 2 months ago

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

[–] M137@lemmy.world 3 points 2 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 2 months ago

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