Animals respond to the environment much as humans do, reacting emotionally to others and even becoming stressed and anxious in times of danger. Though animals cannot express their feelings linguistically, researchers have found that like humans, their emotions can be expressed through actions.
Animal emotion is a complicated arena, but it seems the scales are slowly tipping toward the opinion that animals do have emotions, although some skeptics remain. Some studies have confirmed that animals do have feelings and emotions. Believers gives the opinion that animals are capable of a range of emotions, such as happiness, sadness, empathy, grief, curiosity, anger, anxiety and fear.
It is observed that elephants along with sea lions, geese, bears, monkeys and moose all appear to be sad and heart broken by the death of a loved one. While dolphins, chimpanzees, elk and rats are among the multitude of mammals who seem cheerful and smattering of birds that engage in play, appearing blissfully happy when they do.
We gathered some beautiful photos of emotions and moods expressed by animals. Scroll down to enjoy!