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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It’s NASA’s 60th birthday
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Füzér Castle in the Zemplén Mountains, Hungary
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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A monastery in the mountain
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Of balloons and lost pantaloons
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The Christmas Bird Count begins
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Red-necked grebes during breeding season
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A river runs through it
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Wallabies at sunrise, Australia
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Swimming with the sea cows
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A whale of a picture
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Alpine marmots at Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria
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Big Bend National Parks birthday
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The party’s just starting
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Temple of Philae, Aswan, Egypt
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Storseisundet Bridge, Norway
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Guild houses of Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
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Harbor and longtail boats at Ko Samui, Thailand
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Ruins of St. Dwynwens Church, Ynys Llanddwyn, Wales
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Cosplay strongly encouraged
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World Lake Day in the Faroe Islands
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Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica
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Santo Antão Island in the Republic of Cabo Verde
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Jazzed for Mardi Gras
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In the Navajo Nation for Code Talkers Day
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An uncommon look at an American icon
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Let’s have a ball
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America s Playground by Derrick Adams
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World Environment Day
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Nesting season for the leatherbacks
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