Puppy Dog Eyes

You’re about to eat-and there, by your side, looking up at yours your dog with those BIG soulful eyes. Who could possibly resist? Which may be precisely why dogs do this. Unlike wolves, dogs possess muscles that allow them to raise their inner eyebrows, making their eyes appear larger and more appealing, perhaps because they appear infant-like to us!

People likely didn’t select this trait. Instead, it probably evolved because individuals who made puppy dog eyes could better win our hearts! The discovery of these muscles actually came from researchers filming dogs at a shelter; moving eyebrows upward and inward was the one behavior that correlated with adoption!