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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Installation art turns heads
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Starling murmuration over the ruins of Brightons West Pier, England
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Tour de France
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Cuban tody, Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba
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Rockin with the rockhoppers
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Moselle River loop near Kröv, Germany
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Staircase of turquoise pools
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International Polar Bear Day
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Red squirrel in Cairngorms National Park, Scotland
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National Park Week: Yosemite National Park, California
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Labor Day parade in 1915 Chicago
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Poinsettia Day
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These patterns tell a story
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Heceta Head Light, Florence, Oregon
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Happy World Whale Day!
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International Whale Shark Day
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Ready. Set. Snow.
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International Day of Color
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Road to Sa Calobra, Majorca, Spain
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Armbrug bridge, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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It s National Mushroom Month!
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Silvereyes in South Korea
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Fall Astronomy Week
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It s Slovenia s Independence and Unity Day
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The citadel in Bonifacio, Southern Corsica, France
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Wild scene on the Merced River
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Milwaukee City Hall, Wisconsin
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A path lain with petals
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International Surfing Day
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There’s treasure in them thar hills
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