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Snow Fairy - Hokkaido, Japan (slrpnk.net)

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Japanese Snow Fairy from Hokkaido

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[–] DestroyerOfWorlds@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So Japan just has a "Cute!" setting for reality.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

this is what their squirrels look like https://insider.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Japanese-flying-squirrel-Keishiro-Shin_3.jpg

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Yup, for everything but their hornets. They got those on the "someone please summon Godzilla to kill this thing" setting.

[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago

I can’t believe a bird this cute really exists.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Borb!

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The original Kirby

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

I was going to say Na’vi. You can imagine a child seeing these flit through trees and mistaking them for Zelda’s fairies.

[–] OlPatchy2Eyes@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago

I love it