The BBC reports that it’s not just human beings that enjoy a good laugh. Some species of animals are into humor as well! Not only that but they might also use it to strengthen the bonds between them.

A study from the University of California Los Angeles looked at great apes’ daily routines. Our closest living relatives, including orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas, were found to tease each other.

“What we saw often was that a juvenile would sneak up behind an adult that was busy grooming another ape, and proceed to poke them or hit them on the back, sometimes even surprising them,” Isabelle Laumer, one of the researchers of the study, told the BBC.

“They'd then wait and watch for the adult's response. Usually, the target would just ignore them, and so they'd persist in their teasing, making the behavior more and more elaborate and difficult to ignore, until they sometimes ended up slamming the adult with their entire body.”

This sort of behavior is akin to human beings sticking their tongues out at someone else and then running away.

Other species of animal are likely to have a sense of humor, too. Other species of animals are likely to have a sense of humor, too. Dogs, foxes, wild coyotes, and wild wolves also tease each other, as researched by Marc Bekoff from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

The ecology and evolutionary biology expert added that he’s also heard stories of some species acting like stand-up comedians and jokesters. Among these animals are horses, Asian black bears, and the scarlet macaw.

Meanwhile, the BBC also reports that rats are ticklish while dogs and chimps can actually laugh.

It’s hard to argue about comedy because each of us has a unique sense of humor. What you find funny can be subtly different from what makes your family and friends giggle. Meanwhile, a coworker or passing acquaintance of yours might not even smile at the things that make you wheeze with laughter.

The same holds true for social media posts: a lot depends on your personal taste and what humorous content you grew up with. Some internet users are huge fans of dark humor with an edge. Some prefer cheesy and silly dad jokes. Others might enjoy more subtle, nuanced, and layered jokes that really make you think.

At the end of the day, no comedian is going to satisfy their entire audience. Not everyone will laugh. However, that’s the way of the world.

You can’t make everyone happy, no matter what. But if enough people are giggling and guffawing at your content, you can add your joke or quip to your list of successes.

However, if your skits and posts don’t make much of a splash, whether in person or online, you may want to consider changing things up. You should also consider the feedback you get. There will always be folks who hate what you do, no matter how high you rise.

So, you need to look at what criticism is valid and helpful and what’s simply people venting because they’re in a bad mood. If you take every negative comment to heart, you’ll soon lose any and all motivation that you had.

Like Bruce Lee once said, “Absorb what is useful. Discard what is not. Add what is uniquely your own.” Finetune your comedy until you’re making more and more people laugh. Of course, that’s easier said than done. It requires a ton of patience, lots of passion, and the willingness to experiment until you get things right.

Truly successful comedians iterate and polish their quips over time. They have a growth-oriented mindset and see failure as a lesson in the making, not as the mark of something ‘bad.’

When you stop avoiding failure and set your ego aside, you can grow incredibly quickly. It also helps if you can quickly get to grips with what your audience likes. You wouldn’t try to amuse a crowd full of cheesy joke-lovers with edgy humor, and vice versa.

Which of these tweets made you chuckle the most, dear Pandas? Were there any that genuinely got you laughing out loud? What kind of comedy do you prefer in person, and what quips do you enjoy the most on social media? What’s the best joke you’ve recently seen pop up on your social media feed?

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