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     Have you ever came across a kind of situation, that you saw an animal which is so cute, that you just can't help wanting to squeeze it, or to pinch it? This might sound crazy to most people who have never heard of "cute aggression" before. And now scientist proof that the so-called "cute aggression" is a normal psycho-reaction, which means, it's a common reaction of human beings.

     In Experiment, it shows that most people tend to have more emotions, which urges them to pop the bubble-wrap more, when the scientist expose them to a bunch of cute animal photos.

     Scientists try to figure out: why would people "bully" cute stuff, instead of showing great affections among those stuff? Yet science shows that, in fact it's the love among cute animals itself made us having the feeling of "cute aggression". Since the animal (or other cute stuffs) is so cute that it's our human nature that we want to take care of it, but people aren't able to touch it due to a couple of reasons, people turned to be frustrated, and present this kind of frustration into a negative action, like squeezing or pinching other objects.

     In addition, "cute aggression" is actually an right example of positive emotions that turns into negative actions. The other example of this type of psycho-reaction is that people cry "happy tears", which is also a common situation that everyone has faced before.

     So do you have "cute aggression" your own? Next time, tell your friends about this "cute aggression" to stop them from calling you "crazy".