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“I realized, ‘Hey, this guy’s really cute and funny and sweet,’ and so we started seeing each other,” she says.

"There were comments saying how cute it would be if we ended up together, but I've already got a girlfriend."

Her art features cute animals — the kind a child might cuddle with — but with thoughtful, melancholy features and expressions, as if they are grappling with a recent misfortune or trying to navigate a hard day.

“When we pick something and we all go, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s so cute,’ then we know it’s going to do really well,” Niimura, 45, says.

In the meantime, the zoo shared photos of the new cute fuzzy primates.