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For humans, flashing a smile is an easy way to avoid misunderstanding. And, according to a new study, bottlenose dolphins may use a similar tactic while playing with each other.

Gregg told her that the dolphin had not been playful at all — in fact, it had been possibly dangerous — but the woman ignored him, charmed by the creature’s “playful smile.” Comments Sign up ...

Only one open mouth event was recorded when a dolphin was playing alone, but they recorded 1,288 open mouth events during social play sessions. A total of 92 percent of these expressions happened ...

MYTH: Our animals love to entertain and are always smiling. FACT: The dolphin smile is a fixed feature of their anatomy—dolphins smile even when dead. Dolphins and other cetaceans suffer stress and ...

Whatever they say, they say it with that unwavering, inviting, inscrutable dolphin smile. “They give no external cues when making their calls,” said Janet Mann, a dolphin researcher at ...