Why do humans find predators cute?
Why do humans find predators cute?
Cats, dogs, bears, owls, weasels. Most of them could seriously injure/kill an average human with minor difficulty and yet we find them adorable?
Does not compute.
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They are the end results of millions of years of evolution prioritizing speed, strength, and stealth.
They are simply elegant and have to be strongly assertive to survive.
They have a spark of danger while we're not living in competition with them, or for most of us, we're not in any danger from them.
They share a number of qualities of things most humans would be attracted to aesthetically.
They're the pro athletes of the animal world.
If you picked an animal to come back as if you were reincarnated, would you want to be a rabbit or a cow when you could be an eagle or a shark?
Most aren't killing for fun (looking at you, house cats!), they're just doing what is required of them to survive. It's a brutal world for all wild animals, from the single celled to a whale. A predator is no worse than anything else trying to make it to the next tomorrow.
It's funny you say this because I've heard people who believe in karma and reincarnation talk about coming back as a tiger like it's bad thing.
Interesting. I tried looking it up quick but didn't see anything that would be bad. Buddhism and Hinduism seem to regard tigers as symbols of strength and valor and as protectors. There are an almost infinite number of beliefs though, so I won't doubt others believe the opposite just as well.
The only guess I could come up with is maybe if you were a tiger people would ask be afraid of you and possibly want to hurt you for being so potentially dangerous.