UCLA Study Finds Laughter in 65 Species, from Rats to Cows
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UCLA Study Finds Laughter in 65 Species, from Rats to Cows
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Re: UCLA Study Finds Laughter in 65 Species, from Rats to Cows
#2This is one of the most beautiful ideas to have ever entered my awareness.
Laughter is hard to beat in terms of sheer beauty--the more of it in the universe, the better. And on same planet what's more!
Re: UCLA Study Finds Laughter in 65 Species, from Rats to Cows
#3For those wondering which animals…
> They found such vocal play behavior documented in at least 65 species. That list includes a variety of primates, domestic cows and dogs, foxes, seals, and mongooses, as well as three bird species, including parakeets and Australian magpies.
Quote from the UCLA Newroom article referenced in the OpenCulture article, https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/animals-laugh-too-ucla-an...
Re: UCLA Study Finds Laughter in 65 Species, from Rats to Cows
#4I wonder what their jokes are (outside of tickling) it’s hard to imagine a rat punchline.
Re: UCLA Study Finds Laughter in 65 Species, from Rats to Cows
#5This is one of the most beautiful ideas to have ever entered my awareness. Laughter is hard to beat in terms of sheer beauty--the more of it in the universe, the better. And on same planet what's more!
Not to be nitpicky but I would say there are definitely situations where laughter is not a positive (edit: or beautiful) thing – laughing at someone else's misfortune, laughing in pain, etc.
Re: UCLA Study Finds Laughter in 65 Species, from Rats to Cows
#6I wonder what their jokes are (outside of tickling) it’s hard to imagine a rat punchline.
perhaps more visceral humor in the form of schadenfreude
Re: UCLA Study Finds Laughter in 65 Species, from Rats to Cows
#7I wonder what their jokes are (outside of tickling) it’s hard to imagine a rat punchline.
I doubt any of the laughs are provoked by verbal ‘jokes.’ But rats are very smart, and play (wrestle) around with each other. It’s probably not too different from kids giggling as they engage in rough and tumble play.
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#8I wonder what their jokes are (outside of tickling) it’s hard to imagine a rat punchline.
As hard as it is to imagine a rat punchline, I find it even harder to imagine the tiny little cups they'd put the punch in.
Re: UCLA Study Finds Laughter in 65 Species, from Rats to Cows
#9This is one of the most beautiful ideas to have ever entered my awareness. Laughter is hard to beat in terms of sheer beauty--the more of it in the universe, the better. And on same planet what's more!
Not to be nitpicky but I would say there are definitely situations where laughter is not a positive (edit: or beautiful) thing – laughing at someone else's misfortune, laughing in pain, etc.
Completely agree. However some of the most painful things I’ve done have been objectively hilarious.
I wish I’d seen me drop a beehive.
Re: UCLA Study Finds Laughter in 65 Species, from Rats to Cows
#10This is one of the most beautiful ideas to have ever entered my awareness. Laughter is hard to beat in terms of sheer beauty--the more of it in the universe, the better. And on same planet what's more!
Not to be nitpicky but I would say there are definitely situations where laughter is not a positive (edit: or beautiful) thing – laughing at someone else's misfortune, laughing in pain, etc.
Absolutely. Nevertheless, and to nitpick, "beauty" and "positivity" are not isomorphic.