Thank you, came here to say this. It never stops being depressing that, what seems to be, a huge majority of people not knowing even the most basic body language of dogs and cats (the two species you’d expect, but it goes for all animals).
I watch a lot of videos of all kinds of animals and so many are shared as “oooh, look at this smiling, happy, funny etc. animal” but it’s actually a living being in distress, and very rarely are there any comments about it and most of the time when there are they get lots of replies along the line of “fuck off, don’t ruin the fun we’re having”.
I hate people like that so much.
Davel23@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
That's actually what's called a submissive grin. The dog knows he screwed up and is basically saying "please don't hurt me".
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
This guy dogs
M137@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Thank you, came here to say this. It never stops being depressing that, what seems to be, a huge majority of people not knowing even the most basic body language of dogs and cats (the two species you’d expect, but it goes for all animals). I watch a lot of videos of all kinds of animals and so many are shared as “oooh, look at this smiling, happy, funny etc. animal” but it’s actually a living being in distress, and very rarely are there any comments about it and most of the time when there are they get lots of replies along the line of “fuck off, don’t ruin the fun we’re having”. I hate people like that so much.