"Hug them." Perhaps one of the only things as awesome as a real live animal is a GIANT FUZZY version of that animal. Look at that jellyfish! While real jellyfish come in a large and fascinating array including lethally venomous, aimlessly bobbing, and adorably upside-down, this particular variety of Cnidaria can use mind-control. It will forcibly compel you to pick it up, hug it, smile ridiculously and then use it as a pillow; I know this from my own experience of course, but also from careful scientific observation of my mother and sister, whose jellyfish this is.Why do people hug, anyway? Comfort, compassion, consolation, warmth, happiness, and affection. Hugs are fantastic, but sometimes, one finds oneself in severe need of a hug but with no one to share it with. Enter stuffed animals, and especially, enter Squishables! Big enough to wrap your arms around, fuzzy enough to bury your head in them, soft enough to squeeze your worries away. In terms of finding a good well of happiness, you could do much worse.
Yet then again, you could do much better, because (and let's be honest here) the reason stuffed animals are so great in the first place is as a surrogate hugger. As amazing and wonderful and life-saving my panda Penta has been, for instance, hugging a real live loved one is even better, as far as I can tell. The possible lack of cuteness is more than compensated for by the ability to love and hug you back, and of course, a hug with two people involved makes more people happy. :)
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