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The black fur around their eyes makes their eyes look larger, which stimulates us to think they're cute, because we evolved to think big-eyed babies were cute, so that we would take care of them and thus preserve the species. The roundness, bold pattern, and thick fur also helps.

It's a cunning ploy, which they themselves devised when they started to find the sex a little bit boring. By shrouding themselves in cuteness, they've managed to make humans care for them ensuring their survival without the need for that monotonous humping they'd all grown to resent.

It's because when they're babies they look like black and white puppy dogs.

Because bears are cuddly.

because they're asian

they are fat fluffy and cute