While anthropomorphism of animals (especially in children’s programming) can be useful in bringing audiences closer to other animals and recognizes nonhuman animals as persons who have emotions similar to human animals, it can risk misrepresenting other animal species and creating unrealistic expectations for how real animals should behave (especially to be attractive to humans). Therefore, content creators should be careful not to rely too heavily on formulaic, romanticized, cutesy approximations of other animals and instead attempt to more accurately capture the essence of their actual personalities and behaviors. This will help us to accept and appreciate them on their own terms, whether they are similar to us or not.