I used to be really squeamish about snakes, but we adopted a surrendered Columbian red-tailed boa and love her so much. She’s incredibly sweet and very smart and curious. (Okay kinda dumb in many other ways lol)

The only time she’s bitten us was if she got confused and missed her strike when we were trying to feed her (frozen) rats.

I think predators tend to require more smarts, and fat builds better brains, and prey tend to be rich in fat.

So naturally, I think we find things that problem solve and play and exhibit curiosity to be cute.

I dunno, lotsa “prey animals” are cute too but maybe it’s in other ways? Haha