Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, including a ‘play face’ they share with humans

Cats can use hundreds of facial expressions to communicate, a new study reveals. 

Over the course of a year, researchers recorded a total of 276 distinct facial expressions used among a colony of 50 cats living at a cat cafe in Los Angeles. The felines’ faces ranged from playful to aggressive and everything in between, according to the study, published Oct. 18 in the journal Behavioural Processes.