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   Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Apr-2026 09:58:33 JST Tim Chambers

   **Survival of the funniest.**
   
   "However, many scientists believe that humour is far more widespread amongst the animal kingdom than this.... other researchers have noted that dolphins appear to produce [**sounds of joy**](https://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/article/vol-31-iss-2-blomqvist/) while they are play-fighting, and elephants [**trumpet in excitement**](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8610244/) when playing. 🧵 1/3

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     Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Apr-2026 19:26:03 JST Tim Chambers

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     Some parrots have been known to tease other animals for fun, for example by whistling at and confusing the family dog. There's even evidence that rats enjoy a good laugh. For the last decade or so, Jeffrey Burgdorf, research associate professor at Northwestern University in the US, has been tickling rats for a living. 🧵 2/3

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     Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Apr-2026 21:48:18 JST Tim Chambers

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     • dominik schwind

     @dominik Thank you will fix!

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     dominik schwind (dominik@nona.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Apr-2026 21:48:19 JST dominik schwind

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     @tchambers these links are great but whatever client you're using is making a mess out of them. Markdown doesn't travel well and the posts within the thread are in random order