- Certain rodents, reptiles, and arachnids are often considered more creepy than cute.
- But even the scary-seeming creatures can be quite sweet to one another.
- Sometimes their sociability extends to people as well.
- Although people can’t know exactly what’s going through their minds, these animals do exhibit some seemingly friendly behaviors.
- Really, many animals that are disregarded as terrifying are just misunderstood.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and that holds true for members of the animal world as well. But as it turns out, there are plenty of animals that get a bad rap as "scary" that are actually friendly and sweet-tempered.
Whether they’re friendly to people or simply other members of their own species, these creatures can be shockingly sociable.
Naked mole rats are eusocial.
Although this mostly hairless animal looks a little alien, the naked mole rat is a pretty sociable creature. Living in colonies of 20 to 300 individuals, naked mole rats are one of only two mammal species known to be eusocial, or able to exist in a complex, multi-generational group, according to the San Diego Zoo.
Similar to a beehive, only a few individuals in the naked mole rat colony produce offspring. The rest are soldiers or workers who search for food, maintain the tunnels, and help care for the queen mole rat’s young, as further explained by the San Diego Zoo.
Vultures have social bonds with each other.
These birds might foretell death in old Western movies, but there's a lot more to vultures than meets the eye.
After forming monogamous bonds that can last for years, vulture parents take excellent care of their fledglings. In fact, they may feed the babies for up to eight months after birth, and vultures often maintain strong social bonds with one another throughout life, according to The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Other birds might get kicked out of the nest at a young age, but vultures may stay close with their parents throughout life.
Tarantulas are pets to some people.
Although it might be a stretch to claim that arachnids have qualities such as friendliness, fans of tarantulas swear that these creatures are very sweet-tempered.
"She is a lovely pet— quiet, easy to look after and non-aggressive," said Claire Whittington in the Times Free Press, in reference to her pet Chilean Rose Hair tarantula. "She is pretty and very docile."
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