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Comment author: ChristianKl 19 August 2014 11:16:44AM 1 point [-]

Yes I believe the dogs do, but I haven't spent a lot of time dissecting this or being able to study it (maybe I can figure out something the next time I'm dogsitting for my cousin).

If you manage to use your theory of humor to get the dog to laugh, that would show that you nailed some universal essence of humor.

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