If you ask 100 people what the world's most beautiful animals are, it's likely that you'd get close to 100 different answers.
But in many cases, the surest sign that a critter will earn itself a legion of admirers is that it's unusually small. Whether that's because it's still a baby or because of how it's bred, its stubby legs and little face are likely to hit us in the feels every time.
But for the longest time, one major exception to this rule were mice. And even now, those who have softened their positions on the rodents understandably don't want an infestation.
Yet there have been enough unbearably cute photos over the years to make it hard to consider the little creatures as just vermin.