"Who wants to save an ugly animal?"

[asterroc]

I'm sure that sammka does - the pic's of an aye-aye. *grin*

ETA: Ack, we're selectively breeding endangered species for cuteness!

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[sammka.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's the fact that it's not megafauna? I mean, it's cute, but perhaps people somehow subconsciously prioritize larger, more "important"-seeming animals in addition to cute ones.

Case in point: blue whales, which when you think about them are mostly pretty ugly.