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why-animals-do-the-thing:

“Here’s a good example of moon eye (and lip licking/pinned ears/spatula tongue)”

Waltz:

Yes, it is! And I like the phrase moon eye instead of whale eye because it’s more accurate and descriptive. Great breakdown of the body language for the small dog.

To clarify for non-dog folk, this is whale eye because it not only involves the half-moon shaped whites of the eyes, but because the face is stiff and the eyes are tense and wide. One of the important features is that the gaze during whale eye is directed at the a source of the discomfort (although it’s hard to tell in this if that’s the gum or the other dog, due to how brachiocephalic the small dog’s head is).

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why-animals-do-the-thing:

a-stingrae:

mostlycatsmostly:

A brief history of Thor talking to birds.

(via I H Laking)

@why-animals-do-the-thing !

Waltz:
So, this is really interesting to me. A lot of cats will ‘chatter’ their teeth when watching prey animals, and it’s commonly considered a sign of arousal and interest in prey they know they can’t reach. This looks to me like it might be a manifestation of that chattering, but with a vocalization at the same time.

But, with meowing being mostly a communication strategy with humans, I wonder if this is a behavior that only happens when there’s a person present. Because then it might be like, a meow because the cat knows it can’t reach the prey and is trying to communicate something to the human about it. That’s total speculation on my part, but I’d love to find out if this happens when people aren’t actively in the room.