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The C-Factor
What’s with these baby birds, fox kits, lambs & kittens?
How do they make me lie down in the mud and crawl through goose poop, while my fellow photographers photograph the really cool things, such as courting harriers, fighting god wits and barn swallows in flight?!
Do they have some secret magic power that they use to bewitch me?
Yes, they do.
It’s called: the C(ute)-Factor.
This C-Factor is so powerful it would stop a hungry lion in his tracks. One glance into those innocent eyes, and he forgets all about chicken wings and just goes… aww.
Never change a winning team
Honestly, I’ve always wondered why baby animals have to grow up at all.
Those beady eyes, fluffy feathers, fuzzy ears; pure perfection!
Never change a winning team, right?
Sure, the lion would need to become a vegetarian. But that feels like a small price to pay to keep the cuteness forever.
Unfortunately, the C-Factor has an expiration date.
Before you know it, those bouncing lambs turn into sulky sweaters on legs.
The utterly charming goslings morph into honking, hissing dinosaurs.
And the sweet ducklings? They grow into plain old mallards. Floating, flapping, chasing each other, and perfecting their quack.
It’s baffling how all that future gruffness is already hiding inside that little fluffball.
While it lasts
Luckily, it takes a while before the transformation kicks in.
So for now, we can enjoy these wiggly little optimists, running around like the world is the safest, happiest place imaginable.
And honestly? I love joining them in that delusion.
While it lasts.
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