The Smiling Dolphin meme features a photo of a Yangtze finless porpoise with a slight smile and is used to express awkwardness or frustration. The image of the creature first appeared online in 2023 ...

Researchers still don't know what the open-mouth facial expression means or whether it's akin to smiling in humans—but ...

This smilling dolphin has completely taken over the internet. According to Know Your Meme, it's a Yangtze Finless Porpoise ...

A recent study published in the journal iScience has revealed that bottlenose dolphins use an open-mouthed expression, similar to a human "smile," while playing. This behavior is thought to be a ...

"We've uncovered the presence of a distinct facial display, the open mouth, in bottlenose dolphins, and we showed that ...

Animals have always had a special way of stealing the spotlight in the meme world, from cats to dogs and now, dolphins. The ...

Dolphins open their mouths in what appears to us to be a smile when they are in the field of vision of others they like.

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.

Bottlenose dolphins use an "open mouth" facial expression during social play to signal playfulness. This expression is ...

A new groundbreaking study revealed that, like human beings, dolphins also ‘smile’ at each other to avoid ...

This smilling dolphin has completely taken over the internet. According to Know Your Meme, it's a Yangtze Finless Porpoise ...

The smile was almost always used when a dolphin was in their playmate's field of view, the team, including researchers from ...