43 Animals So Happy, It Might Paint A Smile On Your Face

Most of the people you will meet in your life love animals. Those who are not fond of them usually have a good reason for that. They might have experienced some trauma with them back in the day, they might feel sensory overload due to intense smells and behaviors, or it might be just the way they’re wired. Either way, a person who doesn’t like at least some kind of animal is a relatively rare one. 

Overall, people tend to love animals, especially their pets, for various reasons. If we were to mention some of them, the list would include things like contribution towards emotional stability, positive lifestyle changes, empathy coming from pets (and towards them), to name a few. Everyone has their own reason, as is the case with pretty much everything else in life. 

Essentially, if you spend some time around animals, this won’t surprise you – they can significantly improve people’s wellbeing and mental health. So, that’s just another reason to love them. 

They do so by providing companionship, which can be especially important for folks who feel lonely. They also provide people with a sense of purpose – feeling parental, or responsible for someone, can make people believe that they have something worthy going on in their life.

More possibilities for social interactions are also something that pets bring to an individual's life. For example, by walking their dog, a person has a chance to get to know their neighbors and other owners, and to go to pet-focused events, and we already know how important social life is for one’s wellbeing. 

And these are just a few examples of how including animals in your day-to-day life can improve your life. But have you ever thought about how humans in their lives influence animals’ wellbeing? Are they even capable of feeling anything other than happiness? 

Of course they do. Well, there’s no specific scientific guarantee of that, but given the context of what’s known about animal emotions, such a speculative conclusion can definitely be drawn. 

You see, animals have similar neurological processes to humans, which suggests that if we can experience happiness, so can they, right?

After all, it’s clear they can feel feelings such as fear, so happiness isn’t that much different, apart from the fact that it’s driven by positive experiences instead of negative ones. 

So, today we’re serving you a full list of very happy-looking animals that were shared in the dedicated community of r/AnimalsBeingHappy. We hope that this list will bring you just as much happiness as those little creatures are experiencing!