system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why do we tend to view mammals and furry/soft animals, even predators, with a positive physical connotation (cute, pretty, regal, etc) but scaly animals, insects, arachnids etc are viewed with a negative physical connotation (gross, ugly, fearful)?
gpt
Mammals all kind of have the same idea of cuteness. A human values big eyes, playfulness, and soft fur as a sign of infants, which are adorable because nature wants us to give us as much incentive to protect babies as possible.

Reptiles and insects have no need for cuteness, nor do they have the usual "cute" traits. That being said there are plenty of people who find those things cute. Geckos, for example, are sometimes and exception.