For World Smile Day, we bring you one animal that can’t really smile, at least not in a way that humans recognize. The common octopus, seen in this photo, has a mouth with a beak-like exterior which it uses to crack the shells of the crabs and shellfish it eats. That opening you can see in this photo, below the octopus’ eye, is an aperture, part of its breathing mechanism. Still, if you let your imagination run with it, the octopus does look like he just heard a really good joke. And really, isn’t a ‘grinning’ octopus enough to make you feel good on World Smile Day?
Is that a smile?
Today in History
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The globe skimmers return
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Tasiilaq, Greenland
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Staircase of turquoise pools
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International Day of Peace
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World Octopus Day
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On the wings of the Wright brothers
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A seabird gets schooled
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50 years of Earth Day
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Steyr River, Austria
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National Park Week: Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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Speed skaters in the Gangneung Oval, Pyeongchang, South Korea
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The Aomori Nebuta Festival parade, Japan
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Where the glow of the holidays lingers
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Hippo family in Chobe National Park, Botswana
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Midnight sun
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Happy Boxing Day!
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Juniper Springs, Florida
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A Festivus for the rest of us
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A most sincere pumpkin patch
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Take the Stairs Day
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Wicker fields in Cañamares, Spain
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Crested caracaras
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How green is my valley
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Mapping courage in the Seventh Ward
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Happy Arbor Day!
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC
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What’s blooming in New Zealand?
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Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
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Art and soul
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Porcupine