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TopicOpen mouth smile is the worst trend of this past decade
Doom_Art
12/24/19 4:50:09 PM
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Ultima Dragon posted...
The bared-teeth display, also referred to as the fear grin, or grimace, is one of the most conspicuous and well-studied facial expressions in ethology and has been reported in a variety of mammalian species from canids to primates. Research has shown, however, that the communicative function of this expression can differ quite broadly depending on the species, their type of social organization and social context. In wolves, for example, retraction of the lips horizontally over the teeth results in a submissive grin which is used by cubs and subordinates when actively greeting adult conspecifics, or humans (Fox, 1969 ).

Antithetical to this expression is a vertical lip retraction which is given by dominant animals during aggressive interactions, very similar facial movements but with vastly different social functions (Darwin, 1872 ; Fox, 1969 ).

Among primates, the function of the bared-teeth also has different meanings depending on the species and their type of social organization. Among macaques species that have despotic social systems characterized by strict, linear dominance hierarchies, i.e. rhesus monkeys, the bared-teeth display appears to be a signal of submission, or rank recognition in that it is only given by subordinates to higher ranking individuals (van Hooff, 1976 ; de Waal and Luttrell, 1985 ).

https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/1/3/221/2362993
I think you're confused because the "fear grin" in that article doesn't really look anything like the thing in the OP

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