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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A festival of lights in India
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International Tiger Day
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Happy Halloween!
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Big sky at Big Bend
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Vale of Edale, Peak District, England
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Happy Fat Tuesday!
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Coral Reef Awareness Week
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Palace of Westminster, London, England
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Reflecting on Black History Month
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Brown bears, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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The Children’s Cultural Festival in Reykjavik begins today
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A day of service for Dr. King
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Homeward bound
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National Lighthouse Day
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Giving Tuesday
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day
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Adorable activism
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Anniversary of Bryce Canyon National Park
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Belize Barrier Reef
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A notorious advocate for women
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Northern cardinal in winterberry bush
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It s Computer Science Education Week
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Roman bridge of Córdoba, Spain
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Tulips, Netherlands
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A cozy winter village
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Adorably evolutionary sea sheep
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Champaka Sarasi, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India
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English National Ballet performing The Nutcracker
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Can you see the family resemblance?
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