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Nov 30, 2020 2:04 PM
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I feel like there are times when humans think an animal is smiling but it actually isn't, because maybe they don't make the same facial expressions as humans/ those expressions don't mean the same thing when animals make them.

What do you think?



I'm just trying to make the forums interesting but I don' think many people will reply to this one haha.

Oh no I was supposed to post this in Casual Disscusion, how do I move it to there? can someone help?
Hydre_ItoDec 19, 2020 2:08 PM
Nov 30, 2020 2:06 PM
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Primates grin/smile so I'd say yes in that case...the others, fuck knows.
Nov 30, 2020 2:09 PM
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awwww the last one is so cute. The answer to your question? google
Nov 30, 2020 2:23 PM
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Voted "It's not black & white" because only the zebra is really black and white. The leopard gecko is debatable, but he's really more like a pale yellow naturally.
Nov 30, 2020 2:28 PM
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Zehennagel said:
you're on an anime forum retard nobody gives a shit about this shit


If you don't give a shit about this shit don't reply fucking retard
Nov 30, 2020 2:32 PM
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anime forum, animal forum, same difference

Nov 30, 2020 2:36 PM
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I don't think the animal in the first picture is smiling. It could be just the curvature of its face. The smile of the monkey seems natural to me. The second and fourth picture don't look natural though. They look photoshopped.

Idania said:
Oh shit I was supposed to post this in Casual Disscusion, how do I move it to there? can someone help?


A mod should be able to move the topic for you once they see it. I wouldn't worry about it.
Nov 30, 2020 2:40 PM
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I don't know. Actually, I don't even know what "smiling" is. Actually, I don't even know what happiness is. Actually, I think I have chronic depression. Actually, nevermind, I discovered anime girls.
Nov 30, 2020 2:50 PM
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Not sure about the photos but I know for a fact many animals have olfactory receptors in their mouths, so when a cat or dog looks at you like its about to sneeze or gives a weird smile they're really just trying to get a better picture of where you've been or who you are.

Nov 30, 2020 2:58 PM
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Yeah Charles Darwin was wondering the same thing nearly two centuries ago! If anyone is really interested you can seek out his third major contribution to Evolutionary Biology: The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals! I'm not sure if we know definitively, but there's been research to suggest that dogs, rats, chimpanzees and other apes do emit a unique sound in response to pleasure. This also propounds the idea that emotions, paired with consciousness "emerged?" early on in the evolutionary history of animals, so maybe they actually are smiling?

Nov 30, 2020 4:20 PM

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Idania said:

Oh shit I was supposed to post this in Casual Disscusion, how do I move it to there? can someone help?
Report your own thread. Problem solved
Nov 30, 2020 5:19 PM

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Idania said:

Oh shit I was supposed to post this in Casual Disscusion, how do I move it to there? can someone help?


I thought you might've misread "anime discussion" for "animal discussion" lol
This is not your grave...
But you are welcome in it :3

Dec 2, 2020 10:55 AM

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Soninha said:
Zehennagel said:
you're on an anime forum retard nobody gives a shit about this shit


If you don't give a shit about this shit don't reply fucking retard
yes I will cause I give a shit about people who come in and want people to be interested in them when it's got nothing to do with animes dumbass
Dec 2, 2020 10:59 AM

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I agree that the monkey is smiling. As for the other animals I doubt it.
Dec 2, 2020 11:00 AM

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The Chimpanzee maybe. The others don't really use facial expressions in the way we do. As humans we "perceive" a certain aspect that we can relate to.
Dec 2, 2020 11:04 AM

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Zehennagel said:
Soninha said:


If you don't give a shit about this shit don't reply fucking retard
yes I will cause I give a shit about people who come in and want people to be interested in them when it's got nothing to do with animes dumbass


So you're just an annoying bitch who got nothing more to do?
Dec 2, 2020 11:09 AM

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the monkey is clearly smiling, don't know about the others
Dec 2, 2020 11:20 AM
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Apes can smile, other animals can't. I always headdesk, when dog owners think their dog is smiling, when it's either fletching teeth, because of aggression or nervousness.

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