Do animals have a sense of humour?

[Still Waters]

Right now, in a high-security research lab at Northwestern University's Falk Center for Molecular Therapeutics in Illinois, scientists are tickling rats. Their goal? To develop a happiness pill. But their efforts might also produce some of the best evidence yet that humour isn't something experienced exclusively by humans.

http://www.newscient...ml#.UzX_Us7BQdU

[taniwha]

Yes. I believe they do.

http://www.boredpanda.com/cute-smiling-animals/

[SHaYap]

I agree ~

" Have you heard the one about the mosquito and the leech ? "

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[Lilly]

My dogs most certainly have a sense of humour...very impish and teasing for the most part.

As for getting happiness from a pill...far too "Brave New World" for my taste. I'll get my happiness the old fashioned way.

[minera]

I agree ~

" Have you heard the one about the mosquito and the leech ? "

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for some reason he reminds me of Jimmy Durante....

[sea-dove]

I think they do.. my cat I swear she was trying to make me laugh one day ..

[SHaYap]

for some reason he reminds me of Jimmy Durante....

Not the first ... (WIki link)

Both are equally as handsome but Ol'Jimmy Durante is classier ... AND sings much better

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[Frank Merton]

I dunno about humor, but I will say cats have a definite sense of justice and of "getting even" and sometimes what they do to achieve this is very funny.

Also, since they have such a sense of personal dignity, some of the things they do to reclaim it when off balance are worth watching. You know -- the "I intended to do that" routine.

[Myles]

I don't think most animals have a sense of humor. Maybe some. Mostly primates.

I don't think dogs do. I've never seen anything that tells me they do. They do have a playful side which I don't consider the same as a sense of humor.