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    This Is Your Brain on Puppies

    There’s a scientific reason you want to squeeze a cute animal’s little face.
    by Amanda Mull Dec 11, 2018 4 minutes
    Source: Emojipedia / Katie Martin / The Atlantic

    I have an 11-pound Chihuahua, and I love to smoosh her against my face. I’m not exactly sure what I get out of this ritual, because she doesn’t smell great. Still, I take her up in my hands, bring her toward my head, and make a noise in her side that is like a small scream, but without opening my mouth. Afterward, we look at each other for a moment—she’s suspicious, and I’m slightly embarrassed—before pretending that nothing happened.

    I harass my dog in this way constantly. She’s a little loaf of a thing, with big eyes and satellite-dish ears and a teeny snoot, and she is so cute that I have overwhelming urges to, among other things,

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