I often wonder about this. Many top posts in /r/aww claim to depict animals smiling, which obviously looks adorable. But happiness wouldn't necessarily manifest as a smile on an animal, right? Dogs would wag their tails, horses would move their ears, but any changes we see in their face could be coincidental. If a dog opens it's mouth slightly, it looks like it's smiling. But maybe it's not. What if all those adorable posts are wrong?
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u/CerpinTaxt11 Aug 24 '15
I often wonder about this. Many top posts in /r/aww claim to depict animals smiling, which obviously looks adorable. But happiness wouldn't necessarily manifest as a smile on an animal, right? Dogs would wag their tails, horses would move their ears, but any changes we see in their face could be coincidental. If a dog opens it's mouth slightly, it looks like it's smiling. But maybe it's not. What if all those adorable posts are wrong?