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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Take a break! It s Labor Day!
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It s superb owl Sunday
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National Bird Day
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’Chess on ice’
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US Election Day
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European Day of Parks
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Ingenuity in action on the Santa Monica Pier
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Vila Franca Islet, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
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In the Red Sea for World Dolphin Day
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Space-age style by the sea
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Here, fishy!
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Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
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Steyr River, Austria
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Three Natural Bridges, Wulong Karst, China
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The meeting point of the winds
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Holidays in the Venetian Lagoon
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Happy New Year! (Again!)
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Muskoxen in Dovre-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway
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Lake Peipus, Estonia
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Milford Sound/Piopiotahi rainforest in New Zealand
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Looking for peace on the precipice
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Red skies at Ruby Beach
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White trilliums blooming in Ontario, Canada
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Mount Sopris, Colorado
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Mesmerizing murmuration
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Aerial view of Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Spain
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Crown Fountain by Jume Plensa at Millennium Park in Chicago
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Celebrating Chile’s Independence Day
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World Population Day