Do animals have a sense of humour?

Nawas · Post by **Nawas** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:25 pm

yes of course,the animals are very senstive kind of creature .I have bird which play with me and share me the sad movement in my life. I hug them like my baby and he is attend whith me in my picnic .
The animals world is very wide world.
Glory to my God the Greatest....

Gwynfor · Post by **Gwynfor** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:32 pm

It's true! They have it. Just have. I have seen millions of situations.

hung · Post by **hung** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:38 am

I donnot know but my stupid dog sometimes hug my leg, twitching and jerking. Is it called sense of humour?

novatena · Post by **novatena** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 7:46 am

hung wrote:I donnot know but my stupid dog sometimes hug my leg, twitching and jerking. Is it called sense of humour?

Yes, it is,I think.

Krisi · Post by **Krisi** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:57 pm

Yes. Even a fish has. :) I've watched a fish in an aquarium rubbing it's body against a rock. It's just going back and forth without getting tired. :) I was just laughing watching it. Surprising really!

Bambang · Post by **Bambang** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:53 am

TalkingPoint wrote:Do you think it's true that animals have a sense of humour?

Yes, they do. However, they cannot smile.

Tora · Post by **Tora** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:45 pm

LennyeTran wrote:There's a show on American TV called "America's Funniest Home Videos" that have a lot of funny clips about pets doing crazy, silly and questionable things. It always gives me a stomachade from laughing whenever I watch the show.

No wonder they are broadcasting it here, I'm watching it sometimes in the morning when I'm not hurrying for university. Stupid but funny

Well, I'm convinced animlas have quite a wide range of feelings and emotions. My dog doesn't have a lack of impudence, stubbornness and loving care, self-denial - those we ascribe for human beeings mostly. So why not to suppose they have a sense of humour. I'm sure she knows my gestures - when I smile she starts wagging her tail. when she was a puppy she used to bite the buttons off the matrass, I'm convinced she was doing it fo fun. and the way she eats fresh snow has me in stitches!

to Bambang - dogs can smile

Bambang · Post by **Bambang** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:48 am

Tora wrote: to Bambang - dogs can smile

How can they smile? Do they have smile muscles?

Tora · Post by **Tora** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:22 pm

bambang wrote:
Tora wrote: to Bambang - dogs can smile
How can they smile? Do they have smile muscles?

Many dog owners may prove the fact, dogs grin in such an amusing way when they see the master, the way that you can't observe in commom life

Bambang · Post by **Bambang** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:41 am

Tora wrote:
bambang wrote:
Tora wrote: to Bambang - dogs can smile
How can they smile? Do they have smile muscles?
Many dog owners may prove the fact, dogs grin in such an amusing way when they see the master, the way that you can't observe in commom life

I know that dogs have some muscles of angre. But I am not sure if they have any muscles of smiles.

Krisi · Post by **Krisi** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:47 am

bambang wrote:
Tora wrote: to Bambang - dogs can smile
How can they smile? Do they have smile muscles?

Once your pet dog's tail wags upon seeing you, you've got to look at its face then you'll see the smile. :)

Bambang · Post by **Bambang** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:09 am

krisi wrote:
bambang wrote:
Tora wrote: to Bambang - dogs can smile
How can they smile? Do they have smile muscles?
Once your pet dog's tail wags upon seeing you, you've got to look at its face then you'll see the smile. :)

That's not a smile.

Krisi · Post by **Krisi** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:45 am

bambang wrote:
krisi wrote: Once your pet dog's tail wags upon seeing you, you've got to look at its face then you'll see the smile. :)
That's not a smile.

It is Uncle B. Look at the eyes. And I can tell too if my dog is sad. :P

Bambang · Post by **Bambang** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:03 am

krisi wrote:
bambang wrote:
krisi wrote: Once your pet dog's tail wags upon seeing you, you've got to look at its face then you'll see the smile. :)
That's not a smile.
It is Uncle B. Look at the eyes. And I can tell too if my dog is sad. :P

Dogs have some muscles of sadness and anger. But they don't have any muscles of smile as far as I know.

Krisi · Post by **Krisi** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:29 am

bambang wrote:
krisi wrote:
bambang wrote: That's not a smile.
It is Uncle B. Look at the eyes. And I can tell too if my dog is sad. :P
Dogs have some muscles of sadness and anger. But they don't have any muscles of smile as far as I know.

You should see my dog...
They said, that the pet acquires the character of the owner. Do you believe in that? :P

Tora · Post by **Tora** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:34 pm

Well, it was you who made me torture my doggie! Actually, it is far from what she does when meets us, but it is like that way - the corners of her lips... erm... chaps gather all together. we dogowners call this grin a smile usually, far from hollywood one

to bambang

Bambang · Post by **Bambang** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:42 pm

Tora wrote:Well, it was you who made me torture my doggie! Actually, it is far from what she does when meets us, but it is like that way - the corners of her lips... erm... chaps gather all together. we dogowners call this grin a smile usually, far from hollywood one

to bambang

a cute one.

suyingwu · Post by **suyingwu** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:19 am

When my cat wakes me up with his claws in the morning, I really think he has a sense of humor. Sometimes I think he means to do something get me angry, then he can laugh at my reactions. I think he acts his sense of humor in a different way, but there is no doubt that animals have a sense of humor. I totally agree with that.

suyingwu · Post by **suyingwu** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:45 pm

If you had observed a monkey imitates human behavior, you may find out it has something in common with human. When a monkey copies our reactions, it seems try to prove that we will laugh at the reactions. It is similar like how pets entertain their masters.
When my cat wakes me up with his claws in the morning, I really think he has a sense of humor. Sometimes I think he means to do something get me angry, then he can laugh at my reactions. I think he acts his sense of humor in a different way, but there is no doubt that animals have a sense of humor.
On this basis, it may be concluded that animals have a sense of humor. When they do something funny, they seem tend to catch our attention.

Atluri · Post by **Atluri** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:19 pm

yes ,my titan knows when i will back to home.he is waiting for me.he give shake hand.he walk around me.

shafoo · Post by **shafoo** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:14 pm

i have watched many clips on youtube i which animals are doing funny things.but i think these kind of things are funny for us not for them.they are just doing like normal.so i think they have no sense of humour...

minjikim · Post by **minjikim** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:45 pm

OMG!
I don`t think they have a sense of humor!
Animal can recognize object but it`s limited to think cognitively.
I mean, they can notice which one is milk and book, but they can not have a process of thinking..
Therefore, they can`t think what would be funny or humorous. Maybe it is possible to behave cute or funny but they can not have a sense of humor!

sweethuman · Post by **sweethuman** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:23 am

Elisa · Post by **Elisa** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:09 pm

I don't think pets have the senso of humor. You need to be really clever to have it.
It is rare to find it even in people
I think pets like playing

sweethuman · Post by **sweethuman** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:09 am

Elisa wrote: It is rare to find it even in people

Elisa · Post by **Elisa** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:28 pm

Krisi · Post by **Krisi** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:46 am

They do. I can tell it by their tails when they are happy or sad. I can see the glow from their faces too. When my labrador was still alive, he cried in front of me when I bid goodbye to him. I never had thought that it would be the last time for me to see him.

sweethuman · Post by **sweethuman** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:21 am

Krisi wrote:They do. I can tell it by their tails when they are happy or sad. I can see the glow from their faces too. When my labrador was still alive, he cried in front of me when I bid goodbye to him. I never had thought that it would be the last time for me to see him.

Hmmm so you mean that you know alot animals as well huh? have you been with MOUGLY in stories?

Krisi · Post by **Krisi** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:28 am

sweethuman wrote:
Krisi wrote:They do. I can tell it by their tails when they are happy or sad. I can see the glow from their faces too. When my labrador was still alive, he cried in front of me when I bid goodbye to him. I never had thought that it would be the last time for me to see him.
Hmmm so you mean that you know alot animals as well huh? have you been with MOUGLY in stories?

I have my dogs in mind when I replied on this. anyway, thanks for your comment.

sweethuman · Post by **sweethuman** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:35 am

Oh okay then fine. Anyway I have never kept any animals for self intrest.

ArnauEstanyol · Post by **ArnauEstanyol** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:36 am

I think that what we do is to humanize our animals. The animals have developed some primary emotions and instinctive behaviours but they have no rational mechanisms, so they don't have the ability to develop the humour sense.

That's not an absolute truth. We cannot compare the mental mechanism of a chimpanzee with a frog.

vijai · Post by **vijai** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:04 am

yes,they do.i have seen it from dogs.i think most of you have seen that.

Krisi · Post by **Krisi** » Mon May 06, 2013 3:32 pm

vijai wrote:yes,they do.i have seen it from dogs.i think most of you have seen that.

I agree with you. For those who haven't had a chance to own a dog, they won't understand.

emilkatok · Post by **emilkatok** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 5:07 pm

Yes, they do !

I have dog and cat. My dog is old but always he want playing. He runs with his toys for example bone, stone or ball. I see that he is smiling , because his eyes gleam. My dog sometimes makes me joke. He takes me my shoes and he carrys them outdoor.
My cat is bigger comic. My cat called Drapka. She is prankster. She runs everywhere. When I do my homework, she sits on my desk and knock down everything. She like biting when someone sleep, because she want playing all time.

Accordnig to my example , and other fanny stories I can tell: ANIMALS HAVE A SENSE OD HUMOR. meybe sometimes animals have bigger a sense od humor than some people.

mcIlob · Post by **mcIlob** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:08 pm

I suppose animals do not have a sense of humor but they are friendly and sometimes they can do something funny or silly and it makes us smile and laugh, but I don't think that is an evidence of a sense of humor.

lesoli · Post by **lesoli** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:15 pm

I don't know if animals have a sense of humour. Some people talk to their pets but I think that they don't understand them. Animals have got they own language which people will never get to know. But some animals do funny things like getting around in circles and that makes us laugh .

alexandra · Post by **alexandra** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:27 pm

I don't agree with this expression, because animals can't speak and tell f.e. jokes. They make somebody smile, but this doesn't mean: "They have a sense of humour". Moreover, that, animals perform ridiculous activites, doesn't signify the view.

Klaudyna · Post by **Klaudyna** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 11:07 pm

I think that it isn't true that animals have a sense of humor because they are only animals and they aren't like people who can talk, laugh and feel. I know that animals sometimes can do a lot of funny things and they can put on a variety of funny and crazy positions but nonetheless in my opinin they haven't a sense of humor because they aren't beings who are able to communicate through speech.

Duccini · Post by **Duccini** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 12:00 am

Well, if this is not sense of humour, somebody please tell me what it is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfOW2CKoobE

wojcieszek · Post by **wojcieszek** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 4:39 pm

I think it's true that animals have a sense of humour. Many people record videos as their pets behave ridiculously. For example, dance or move his head to the beat of the music.

I also had a funny situation with a dog my grandparents when I was six years old. Max was huge so I was afraid of him and always walked to the shed with my grandfather. One day I couldn't go for a grandfather, so Max ran up to me and put his paws on my shoulders. I got scared and I fell to the ground, and Max just started licking me. I was terrified, and for him it was fun.

Tkiewicz · Post by **Tkiewicz** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:33 pm

I think that animals don't have a sense of humour, because they are only animals. Sense of humour is specify for humans. Pets can do something funny, but they don't know, what they are doing at the moment. They do this because they want to get a delicacy or draw our attention.

kassliw · Post by **kassliw** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:53 pm

In my point of view animals haven't a sense of humour but have a sense of 'fun', but half the things we find funny just don't work with no language. How can you really tell if your dog's finding something funny when it looks happy after doing something silly, or if it's just happy that you're enjoying something it did?

dariakur · Post by **dariakur** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:58 pm

Of course yes! Animals do funny things all time! I don't have a puppy, because I have an allegy, but my friends tell me jokes and stories in the lead role of their animals. For example I heard about a dog using the toillet or cat who takes showers and singing :D

alicjapie · Post by **alicjapie** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:20 pm

I agree with the fact that not every animal has a sense of humor, because it is related to the level of intelligence. - The sense of humor in animals we can count, if the intelligence of a species is developed above. So with ants and beetle not to cause laughter, but the monkey already so! :)
Scientifically proven!

StoKin · Post by **StoKin** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 4:26 pm

In my point of view animals have a sense of humor although we don't understand them because they speak in their language. Dogs are one of animals which show their satisfaction and we can observe and feel it. One of my dogs all time is happy. I think that it has a sense of humor and by the means it would like to relay this me. Sometimes animals behave strange way which cause on our face smile. I think that animals have feelings and it is binding with having sense of humor. :)

krozmar · Post by **krozmar** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 5:42 pm

From my point of view the animals have a sense of humour because they can do funny things. For example my dog hides my shoes in to his kennel. Also, cats have a sense of humour because they can play with you in lots of funny or stupid ways. They enter into a bag and to play like on a carousel, for instance.

Tkiewicz · Post by **Tkiewicz** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:51 pm

I don't think that animal have a sense of humour because only people are capable of doing things, which are funny and do it to make somebody laugh. Pets do some things, which are funny too but they do it because they want to draw our attention and get a delicacy

olamro · Post by **olamro** » Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:25 pm

In my opinion animals have sense of humor. I think that, because my cat has really good sense of humor. Every time, when I go to the kitchen, he hides behind the wall and when I am close, he attacks me and runs away like a ninja. Also usually, when I do my homework or learn he lies down on my books, covers up everything and I can't learn anymore.

Wojteeek · Post by **Wojteeek** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 6:36 am

In my opinion animals don't have sense of humour. There aren't any scientific evidences that they have sense of humour. Animals sometimes do something similar to smilinig but actually they are just thirsty. Last but not least reason is that they don't laugh, and they don't tell jokes. Sombody cans say "But animals can't speak so how can they tell jokes?" Exactly, they cannot, so my question is how they can have a sense of humour without telling a joke and laughing.

rokwysocka · Post by **rokwysocka** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:25 pm

In my mind animals have a sense of humor. They like doing something crazy time to time. When I play the ball with my dog, she usually catch it in his paws and smile :D She seems to be happy and I think it make her a lot of fun.