Large animals, such as the black rhino, are considered the most charismatic Udo Kieslich/Alamy
It appears that humans find larger animals more charismatic than smaller ones – although some exceptionally small species punch above their weight when it comes to charisma.
There are several recognised kinds of animal charisma: aesthetic, the innate response by humans to an animal’s appearance; ecological, how notable an animal is based on the likelihood that it will be encountered by humans; and corporeal, the emotions inspired by an animal in groups of people with lived experience of the species.
There are already a number of datasets…
