[__ Science __ ] The Science of Why

[HeIsRisen2018]

I'm one of those kind of people that loves science and knowing the scientific reason behind things, so the answers; just because, and that's the way that God intended it aren't good enough reasons for me. Sure they are good reasons but things like; Why does the tail of a cat wiggle when its excited to see you? (I sort of already know why they purr as it's sort of like a Yoga meditative state) or why do dogs' tails wag or seem like they know just when exactly you are going to come home? Why do we smile, laugh and cry and why can't other animals do the same? (Other primates can smile but not for the same reason) Finally, when somebody feels sick why is it that everybody else start feeling the same way?

 

[Barbarian]

Why do we smile, laugh and cry and why can't other animals do the same?

Other apes laugh, particularly when tickled. Likewise, rats laugh when tickled.
Rats have been observed giggling when they're tickled - but only when they're in a good mood.
Researchers at Germany's Humboldt University, who tickled young male rats for a new study published in Science, say they have shown “for the first time that laughter can be elicited by stimulation".
Neurobiologist Shimpei Ishiyama told the LA Times that tickling induces a “primitive form of joy” in animals.
Ishiyama and researcher leader Dr Michael Brecht tickled the rats on their back, stomachs and tails and observed the animals' responses, which included high-pitched vocalisations - laughter, essentially - which, although generally inaudible to the human ear, can be heard in slowed-down form in the YouTube video below:

Rats laugh when tickled - and this is what it sounds like

Rats have been observed giggling when they're tickled - but only when they're in a good mood.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Humor seems to be present in apes, in rudimentary form.

Koko, a gorilla who could sign, once tied the shoelaces of a scientist together, and then signed "chase?"

Juvenile humor, but humor, nonetheless.

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

Other apes laugh, particularly when tickled. Likewise, rats laugh when tickled.
Rats have been observed giggling when they're tickled - but only when they're in a good mood.
Researchers at Germany's Humboldt University, who tickled young male rats for a new study published in Science, say they have shown “for the first time that laughter can be elicited by stimulation".
Neurobiologist Shimpei Ishiyama told the LA Times that tickling induces a “primitive form of joy” in animals.
Ishiyama and researcher leader Dr Michael Brecht tickled the rats on their back, stomachs and tails and observed the animals' responses, which included high-pitched vocalisations - laughter, essentially - which, although generally inaudible to the human ear, can be heard in slowed-down form in the YouTube video below:

Rats laugh when tickled - and this is what it sounds like

Rats have been observed giggling when they're tickled - but only when they're in a good mood.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Humor seems to be present in apes, in rudimentary form.

Koko, a gorilla who could sign, once tied the shoelaces of a scientist together, and then signed "chase?"

Juvenile humor, but humor, nonetheless.

Hmm,.. that is really interesting, I never heard about rats laughing before. However, there is a very important creature that I have heard that "laughs" before that I completely forgot to mention.

 

[Barbarian]

For them, it's not humor. It's more like communication of anxiety.

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

For them, it's not humor. It's more like communication of anxiety.

I know, that's what the video that I posted above just said.

 

[jasonc]

Dogs laugh,the paw kick,lol

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

Dogs laugh,the paw kick,lol

Huh??

 

[jasonc]

I have my,dogs kicking ing the leg when I hit that itch spot.

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

I have my,dogs kicking ing the leg when I hit that itch spot.

Oh. I think I get it now.