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[–] zemo@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Dont forget that dogs developed eyebrow muscles in order to do the puppy eyes better.

[–] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 8 points 2 days ago

My theory is that while humans addomesticated the dogs, they choose the cuter ones, the ones that where cuter were the ones that did puppy eyes better, so the ones that developed eyebrow muscles won