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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Río Negro, Amazon basin, Brazil
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Aqueduct, Arkadia Park, Poland
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St. Michaels Mount in Marazion, Cornwall, England
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Lanterns alight in Pingxi
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Falling for Rioja
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Polar bear season in Manitoba
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Bathing huts in Skåne County, Sweden
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Castelmezzano, Italy
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Atolls in the Maldives
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The power of the forest
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Annivesary of the Wilderness Act of 1964
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All in a day s work
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Adorably evolutionary sea sheep
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Don’t look down
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In honor of those we ve lost
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International Day of Human Space Flight
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Flowers by the sea
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A notorious gunfight that was incorrectly named
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A summertime light show
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Cape Town at dusk
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Least chipmunk, Kootenai National Forest, Montana
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Reflections on Memorial Day
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Harbor and longtail boats at Ko Samui, Thailand
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Brown pelican, San Diego, California
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First Cliff Walk
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Who doesn’t love a ‘Puppy’?
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What’s blooming in New Zealand?
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Rice terraces of Mù Cang Chải, Yên Bái province, Vietnam
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Panda Day
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Gray seal pup, Norfolk, England
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