There’s cute. Then there’s super cute. And finally, there’s ‘Tiny Animals on Fingers’ cute! Correct us if we’re wrong, but Bored Panda believes that the smaller the animal, the cuter it tends to look. (No offense to all of you BIG animals out there—we still love you very very much! We totally think you’re cute, too, but in a different way.)
There is a wonderfully wholesome subreddit called ‘Tiny Animals on Fingers’ that celebrates the overwhelming cuteness of illegally smol critters perching on people’s fingers. The subreddit, a community of 80k members, does exactly what it says on the tin. The photos are so heartwarming, you’ll think it’s summer again. Have a look at the very best ones below and don’t forget to upvote your fave pics (remember, an upvote is like gently booping these critters, even if it is through your screen).
We’ve got a huge soft spot for frogs and hummingbirds, but we can’t wait to find out which pictures you loved the most!
Bored Panda reached out to 'Help Wildlife,' a British charity-run advice website dedicated to helping wildlife, to talk to them about critters in the wild and what we can do to protect them. "To avoid disturbing small animals when in nature, it's best to stick to established pathways where possible. If you see a nest or other animal habitat then only observe from a distance, never try to touch or interfere. If you have a dog friend walking with you, make sure they're kept under control and they're not allowed to disturb or harm wildlife," Sarah, from 'Help Wildlife,' told us.
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Tiny Baby Chameleons
Those Smol Legs
This Is Actually A Flying Fox Species. A Northern Blossom Bat. Pixie Is A Subadult And 8g
Currently raised by our volunteers, she still needs a bit time before she will start to fly but getting more active now
Hello, little fella. Don't worry, it's not you who is upside-down, it's the world.
Sarah from 'Help Wildlife' confirmed to Bored Panda that traffic has "a very big impact" on wildlife of all sizes. "As well as the obvious accidents, roads also divide and reduce their natural territories," she said.
However, not all hope is lost. Some people take the time and energy to protect wildlife from traffic. "Some forward-thinking countries create wildlife crossings when building new roads these days which can be helpful. Otherwise, the best way to prevent the loss of life is to drive carefully, especially in areas with lots of wildlife or where there is undergrowth at the side of the road which animals may dart out from. If an animal comes into contact with your car then always stop and check on them and try to find them help," Sarah explained.
She noted that in the UK, you can check for wildlife rescues by following this link right here while in the US, you can use Animal Help Now.
One Smol Dragon
Tiny Baby Hummingbird Drinking Nectar From A Raspberry
A Western (Australian) Pygmy Possum
The ‘Tiny Animals on Fingers’ project has been active on Reddit since September 12, 2013. They’ll be celebrating their 8th birthday very soon, so if you enjoy their content, we suggest that you pop in with a quick, “Hello, congratulations, I love what you do, could I have some cake?”
There’s a lot of psychology behind why we find some things cute. According to Dr. Sandra Pimentel, a psychologist at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York, it all ties into evolutionary biology. “If we think about evolution, our goal as a species is to survive and pass on our genes,” she argues.
This Baby Starfish
Baby Snapping Turtles Look Just Like Little Dinosaurs
Cute! Hard to imagine that in a few short years it will be the size of a coffee table and able to snap your hand off at the wrist!
Does This Count?
“By finding things cute we’re more likely to want to take care of them and protect them. They’re more likely to get the attention of the adults around them, remind them, ‘Hey, take care of me. We’re helpless here,'” Pimentel explains.
Looking at cute things releases dopamine in our brains, making us feel happy. In other words, we’re rewarded for looking at all the various expressions of cuteness to be found in life. Including looking at tiny animals sitting on people’s fingers. Go on, keep scrolling, your brain will thank you for it. Besides, you know you need a small break from school/work/saving the world.
Caterpillar Posing
Orphaned Baby Opossum I Am Raising
My Friend's New Baby Turtle
What we tend to find cute boils down to a list of physical characteristics that have different proportions than those of adults. For instance, we’d find an animal or a baby cute because they have a big head relative to their body size. Furthermore, larger eyes, round cheeks, larger foreheads, smaller chins, and smaller noses also increase the level of cuteness.
As much as we might want to hold all the super cute animals that we can, we should be aware that getting involved with wildlife might not be the best option. It’s always best to admire wildlife from afar instead of getting up close and personal.
The Tiniest Of Geckos
This Super Adorable Bee
Pinky Finger
If you’re planning on feeding wild animals (whether teeny-tiny, large, or something in between), you ought to make sure that they don’t become dependent on human beings.
"Make sure it's something healthy, don't feed so much that they become dependent on people, always keeping in mind you won't be the only ones feeding them, and don't let them associate people with food. It's best for their survival that they remain independent and don't start approaching people for food," ‘Help Wildlife’ told Bored Panda during an earlier interview.
So go on, admire all those tiny critters. But don’t be sad if not all of them want to sit on your finger immediately.
Even The Kraken Was Cute Once Upon A Time
The Tinyness Of This Frog
Tiny Snek
My Lil' Starfish Buddy
A Little Vietnamese Mossy Frog
Critically Endangered Baby Lemur Leaf Frog. Being A Wildlife Conservationist Is Tough, But This Little Face Is Why I Do What I Do
Look What I Found
Tiniest Snek Excited For Boops
Tiny Sea Slugs
So cute. I always loved those "touch" pools at the aquarium when I was a kid.
A Very Small Cute Hamster
Weekend Crab
Much Tiny Boi
We Give Green Tree Pythons A Big Thumbs Up
Two Tiny Newborn Feathertail Gliders
A Very Tiny Baby Harvest Mouse
Again, not a baby. Small, yes, and adorable, but adolescent at best.
Spotted Turtle And Spotted Frog, Clemmys Guttata And Ranitomeya Vanzolini
Baby Ashy Gecko Found In The Florida Keys
Brave Lil Grabbies
This Very Tiny Frog
Look At You
Here Is A Baby Horned Lizzard
Floyd
Welcome To The World Little One
Found Two Baby Bats Rolling On My Deck This Morning. I Had Never Seen A Baby Bat Before, Thought Maybe Others Hadn't Either
Oh no. You really should not handle bats without gloves or vaccinations
How About A Non-Furry Little Guy? This Dude Out With Me For A While In Hawaii
Teeny Baby Swordfish
Little Ghost
A Tiny Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
I've Never Seen A Baby Catfish In Here
Baby Blue Tailed Skink I Found Under My Toolbox
Fuzzy Little Moth
Little Baby Grasshopper Hanging Out
Say Hello To Bugmeat
Tiny Baby Shrew I Found Today
Please Enjoy These 3 Babies
Newly Discovered "Nano-Chameleon" Is World's Smallest Known Reptile
Happy Danger Noodle
1 Day Old Snek
Little Jumping Spood
Turtley Enough For The Turtle Club
Froggos Really Come In All Sizes
Little Guy Wanted To Say Hello
This Very Tiny Frog I Found By My Pool Today
Little Starfish
Bees Having A Snack On My Finger
If He Fits, He Sits
This Goes Here
Babies
Found A Tiny Dekay’s Brown Snake In My Backyard. The Little Noodle Let Me Take A Photo And Then Scurried Off
Baby Snapping Turtle My Mom Found In A Gas Station Parking Lot. He Was Actively Trying To Bite Me
This Beautiful Boy Is A Month Out Of Pouch Today
Lots Of Tiny Animals On Lots Of Fingers
Lil Baby Hentz Striped Scorpion
10-Weeks-Old "Trioceros Hoehnelii". They Are Called "Hoehs"
Found This Illegally Smol Froggo Outside
A Juvenile European Lobster
Hummingbird Hit My Door And Got Stunned I Moved Him, So My Dogs Wouldn’t Hurt It. He’s Totally Fine Now. Such Sweet Little Creatures
One Of My Endangered Blanding's Turtles "Emydoidea Blandingii" Taking Her First Breath In My Fingers
A Little Mantis We Found Today
Teeny Spooder I Found In My Kitchen
Rescued This Smol Friend From The Shower
Getting Some Seahorse Hugs
More Amazon Milk Froglet Fun. Little & Large
Fatso and Banjo, that was a frog cartoon in the early 80's, I think 🤔. Such cuties.
The Sworn Protector Of My Garden
Tiny Babies
Her Name Is "Pope Francis The Praying Mantis"
Met This Tiny Unit Today. Its Name Is Lollihops
I Found A Tiny Noodle In The Pool This Morning
Smol Lick
We Have The Same Expression For 2020. "Anotheca Spinosa" Spiny Head Tree Frog Metamorph
The First Mexican Black Kingsnake Hatched
Another Victim Saved From My Killer Kitty, I Think It’s Vile Of Some Sort. I Sent Him On His Way In The Blackberries Away From My House And Wished Him Luck
This is why cats shouldn't be allowed to roam. They devastate wildlife.
Little Crab
Screaming Little One
Teenie Tiny Little Inchworm I Found Today
Everyone Loves A Newborn
Does This Count?
My Baby Hognose Snake On My Thumb
My Parents Recently Visited Costa Rica, Came Back Home To Iowa And Found This Guy Hiding In Their Clothes
Oh no! What do you do with that? Can't send it back, really. Do they survive in wherever-you-live?
Tiny Crab Staring Right Back At You
Just Hatched Today. Welcome To The World Little Slug Buddy And Siblings
These Guys Live In My Garden And Bask On The Cement
Little Crab At Virginia Beach
Wild Baby Snek Does A Knot
Little Ribbon Snake Who Wandered Into My Office
A Friend That Almost Landed On A Kid’s Head At Work
Looks like a phidippus audax, aka a bold jumping spider. One of my favorites!
Little Friend Who Crawled Up My Leg On A Camping Trip. He Rested There For A Good Few Minutes
The Tiniest Frog I Have Ever Caught
Found this tiny guy in my kids sandbox. I wish I could get a closer pic, but that was the best my phone would do. Cute little bugger.
Baby Horny Toad
A Baby Horned Lizard
Met This Little Friend While On Safari In Kenya
Rescued This Little Guy Swimming In The Pool
Was Told To Post This Here. I Give You A Tiny Grasshopper
Looks As If He Has Summited A Mountain
Found This Guy While On My Honeymoon
I Found A Pseudoscorpion Yesterday
Honestly terrifying. It looks like a tick and a scorpion had a love child
Baby Painted Turtle I Found
The pygmy marmoset is the smallest of all members of the platyrrhine species, its body measures between 14 and 18 cm and has a non-prehensile tail larger than its body, which can measure between 15 and 20 cm, they are so tiny that their weight ranges between 120 grams. Source: https://naturalezasalvaje.es/Animales-mamiferos-mas-adorables-del-mundo.php Titi-pigme...eae320.jpg
Why is this article so oddly specific and also my favorite type of photo
I think this list forgets this small being of the Amazon... The pygmy marmoset is the smallest of all members of the platyrrhine species, its body measures between 14 and 18 cm and has a non-prehensile tail larger than its body, which can measure between 15 and 20 cm, they are so tiny that their weight ranges between 120 grams. Source: https://naturalezasalvaje.es/Animales-mamiferos-mas-adorables-del-mundo.php Titi-pigme...c6273f.jpg
I am not an expert on snakes, so can't identify most of the snakes in this post. I only know that the majority of snakes are actually quite small. So at least some of the " baby" snakes posted may be adults. Also, most snakes are Not aggressive. They just want to be left alone.
Why is this article so oddly specific and also my favorite type of photo
I think this list forgets this small being of the Amazon... The pygmy marmoset is the smallest of all members of the platyrrhine species, its body measures between 14 and 18 cm and has a non-prehensile tail larger than its body, which can measure between 15 and 20 cm, they are so tiny that their weight ranges between 120 grams. Source: https://naturalezasalvaje.es/Animales-mamiferos-mas-adorables-del-mundo.php Titi-pigme...c6273f.jpg
I am not an expert on snakes, so can't identify most of the snakes in this post. I only know that the majority of snakes are actually quite small. So at least some of the " baby" snakes posted may be adults. Also, most snakes are Not aggressive. They just want to be left alone.