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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Children at play for International Day of Friendship
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Fall color sweeps across the West
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Hen Galan
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A garden of prickly delights
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To Roswell, and beyond!
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Happy 800th, Salisbury Cathedral
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Northern hawk-owl
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A showcase for future fame
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Hollywood s big night
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In orbit for Yuri s Night
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Sonoma Coast State Park, California
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Bidding summer adieu
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Shi Shi Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
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Logan Creek Suspension Bridge, West Coast Trail, Canada
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Hallstatt, Austria
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The Brocken, Harz National Park, Germany
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Spring comes to the Palouse
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Great gray owls in their nest, Finland
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The first ascent
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The tale of squirrels like Nutkin
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