We're Cute Too! The Most Underrated Adorable Animals (PHOTOS)

Certain animals have a stigma about them and just don't get enough credit. This week, HuffPost Green thought we'd give a little bit of love to the cute underdog. Vote on your favorite underrated but adorable animal.

Rex Cats

Made famous by the hairless Mr. Bigglesworth in "Austin Powers," the hairless rex is generally considered the ugliest of cats. But these felines are actually quite adorable with their big ears and eyes.

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[Doc0976]

The only ones that rated high on my list were the baby elephant seal and the shaggy dog. The rest i would hardly describe as cute, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder...I guess.

The toad has a mutant-like situation going on...looks like it has an extra appendage. The banana slug DOES look like the male organ. Squid, bats, hyenas and hairless cats? Nope, sorry, no warm fuzzy feeling over here.

[joelaf]

Nutria are cute, too. Like beavers without the flat tail.

[hamchunk]

I don't know if I am I having some sort of Freudian moment or what but, does the Banana Slug look like (to use cheap romantic novel usage) a giant cudgel of love grissel? A blood engorged piston of man-meat?

Do you guys get my drift?

Ya know wha' I mean?

You sure?

[Smirk]

If it's banana yellow, stop playing with it and get thee to an MD. :)

[hamchunk]

You're right!! Darn spray-on tan!!

[saaron]

Does it look like male genitalia? Yes. Actually I was expecting mention of this in the description as well.

[talkingdog]

There's nothing 'sweet' about hayienas they're never your friend, they only want to eat you.

[Beau Hebert]

Does the toad have a leg growing off of its stomach? Is this photo taken from a science article talking about the effects of pollution on frog populations? Or am I just seeing things?

[hamchunk]

I see it, too. I was staring at it for some time. Eeewww!

[Smirk]

Yes, I think it does have an extra limb. Poor thing! This is a much better photo of a toad:

http://img.mailchimp.com/2008/12/22/61ac2746f8/Fowler%27s_Toad2-Bibb-John_B__Jensen.jpg

[barack is prez]

Not too sure about the Banana Slug.... Anyone else?

[ukulelebailey]

They taste like escargot.

[LeftLeanWing]

But it probably has to be swallowed whole.

[Smirk]

I think the banana slug is the mascot of a town in California where they are very common.

[Javaline]

You're talking about Santa Cruz, and they are/were the mascot for UC Santa Cruz. They are, as NoCalDrummer says, quite the garden pests, but they are fascinating creatures to watch. I used to live up in the mountains above Santa Cruz, and all day long the dogs in the neighborhood would crap all over the roads with the most disturbing abandon. At twilight the slugs would come crawling out of the woods and party on the droppings - in the morning there was nary a plop to be seen. Also, if you look closely at them they have populations of teeny little bugs scurrying all over their bodies. From an artistic point of view they are rather beautiful. Just don't step on one.

[brahdog]

i love bats

i would add alpacas/llamas, possums and geckos

[NoCalDrummer]

I'm sorry, but the banana slug, which can get to be the actual size of a banana has destroyed many of my (and others') vegetable plants during our rainy season. We used to have "Slugfest" here in our town, until some animal rights advocates thought "slug races", etc. were "demeaning" and "cruel" to them. Sorry, they're garden pests - they never had it so good before or after.

[futate01]

Yeah sure banana slug. Please, if bananas looked like that I'd never eat another banana.

[RruffPaw]

Don't look directly into the elephant seal's eyes! They're Evil. Pure Evil!

[Norma Cluster]

We have a yellow-footed tortoise named 'Lucho' who acts like a dog. Whenever he sees someone, he comes over..."where is my food, you beech"

[Krek]

test_ing

[RruffPaw]

Test Summary:

FAIL. ERROR CODE H001 *** INVALID HYPHENATION ***

[LITU]

I love my goldfish, Glub. He's there when I need him, never craps on the carpet, and he's learned how to avoid the barbless hook.

[Krek]

The bat has an unfair advantage - none of the rest have been allowed to use props.

Also, I cannot believe the person who captioned the photos passed on the comedic opportunity that is the banana slug!

[johnsopinion]

Who wrote the teaser on the Home Page?

"The Most 8 Underrated Adorable Animals"

Aw, c'mon guys, you can do better than this! Please!

(Try "The 8 Most Underrated Adorable Animals" or
something similar.)