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"Can animals laugh??"

Is there any animal that can actually laugh, not like a hiena, that heckles and sounds like a laugh, but actually find something funny.

Is is possible? I've been trying to make my dog laugh by tripping my cats up, but it doesnt work.

Yes, all animals laugh.
Whenever a human turns their back they burst into fits of laughter. Gazelle are the only animals not to laugh, this is because in the wild when elephants laugh they roll on their backs a squish any gazelle in the way.
Poor gazelle.

The Hibernator wrote:
> I love dogs' personalities. I have two, myself (dogs that is, not
> personalities) and one of them, the sweeter one, really knows how to
> pull on your heart-strings. He gives you that look of adoration, ears
> back, big eyes; and you fall in love.

And when my mate comes round, and we have pizza, my dog kinda hypnotises him with her eyes long enough to nab it.

I love dogs' personalities. I have two, myself (dogs that is, not personalities) and one of them, the sweeter one, really knows how to pull on your heart-strings. He gives you that look of adoration, ears back, big eyes; and you fall in love.

Happiness is a whole different thing, though - a much more basic emotion.

My sisters old dog could smile if asked to.

But dogs wag their tails when their happy, typically.

Not for a loooooooooooooooooooooo'spamspamspam'ooooooooong time.

Rats laugh? Interesting.

Animals laugh yes, havent you ever seen The Lion King

Rats grind their teeth and "chirp" (that you can't hear) when they're happy. Mine love being flipped over and their belly tickled. They've ran across the living room floor to get hassled off me.

Bullett wrote:
> Dogs have emotions - or at least they imitate it well.
>
> When you come back from school/work/brothel they act like they
> haven't seen you for a decade, really happy and all. So happy in
> fact, that he won't undo his crotch from your leg.
>
> And when you shout at them, they give you that look like they're
> really sorry and can they get back to humping your leg now?

This is very true. When I come in from school/work/brothel, my dog is always happy to see me, but usually more happy to see my mum or dad. And when she's done something wrong, my dad says "come here" and she knows she's done wrong, and walks away.

Dogs have emotions - or at least they imitate it well.

When you come back from school/work/brothel they act like they haven't seen you for a decade, really happy and all. So happy in fact, that he won't undo his crotch from your leg.

And when you shout at them, they give you that look like they're really sorry and can they get back to humping your leg now?