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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On the wings of the Wright brothers
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Unearthing a queen s lost tale
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Jaguar in the Pantanal wetlands
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A wassailing we go
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Can you see the family resemblance?
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‘Think equal, build smart, innovate for change’
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In honor of those we ve lost
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The Kelpies statues in Falkirk, Scotland
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Eurasian lynx
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April Fools Day
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American bison
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Welcome to the drainpipe of the Pacific
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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
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’Chess on ice’
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Let’s celebrate
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Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
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Celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day
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Serra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Spain
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Field of Light at Sensorio by Bruce Munro
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Asteroid Day
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World Theatre Day
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Veterans Day
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A Bengal tiger in Ranthambore National Park, India
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Bryce Canyon National Park turns 100
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The migrating monarchs of Michoacán
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Irohazaka road
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World Photography Day
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Time for brass bands and beer
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Art Basel Miami Beach
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples