• Question: do all animals laugh? if so, what makes them laugh?

    Asked by lucyluvslemurs to Charlotte, Jo, Kevin, Louise, Valeria on 18 Jun 2012. This question was also asked by imnotmeommyclone, hannahdixonn.
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      Joanna Cruden answered on 18 Jun 2012:

      Yes they do but as a form of communication and not because they think something is funny, it is more through excitement and/or pleasure than because they have seen something funny or heard a good joke, however scientists have found that you can tickle monkeys and they make a primitive laughter sound and that may happen with other species too.

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