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What Drowning Really Looks Like

It’s summertime, so people are going to be stripping down and hanging out in bodies of water way more than usual, and with the act of swimming, or in some cases floating,  comes the inevitable conclusion that some people are going to drown.

Drowning people tend to look an awful lot like swimming people, so how are you supposed to tell when someone is a drowning person and not a swimming person?

Consult this handy infographic, brought to you by The Art of Manliness, so you’ll never wonder again whether that person flopping around in the water is a swimming person or a drowning person, and you’ll know which facial expression is the appropriate response to their predicament!

All kidding aside- the point of this infographic is to illustrate that drowning people don't always look like they're in distress, so keep your eyes open for signs of danger and swim safe this summer.

-Via Lifehacker


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Last year I watched a 12-year-old child in a pool with other similar-aged children start to act like this even though she was literally 2" from the ladder at the side of the pool. Trained in water safety, I knew what I was looking at but was momentarily so surprised because of the location (and the apparent swimming ability of the child up to that point) that it took me a few seconds to comprehend it was really happening. Fortunately her "appears to be climbing an invisible ladder" bumped into the actual ladder so I didn't have to haul her out after all, but I did make her rest for a bit while I explained to her what had happened and that I was literally right over her ready to grab her so she was not actually in danger. She told me she could feel she was drowning and she couldn't understand why no one heard her screams. She was entirely silent at the time....she only imagined she was screaming for help.

I then also talked with all the parents about it. None of them knew it was possible to drown right next to the side of a pool like that. If I hadn't just seen it, I wouldn't have known it either.
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Looks like a submissive thing. One of my dogs does the exact same thing when she thinks she's in trouble. Her eyes squint and she gets that 'grin' on her face. It's super cute :D
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Hmm, fear response does make sense now that I think about when our own dog does it. Not that we beat our dog or anything :P Just saying "bad dog" is enough to get her to do it.
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Are you guys sure? I hope not -- until I read the comments, I thought this was cute. Now I feel bad for laughing. But I have a cat who makes a really similar face (he also does a sort of reverse nod and smiles and winks with either eye) when we get near the cat treats, and I know no-one has ever hurt him.
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My old labradore smiled ear to ear, tail wagging and squinting when ever i got home. would run up to me and sit down beside me... he's never EVER been hit..
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It's quite possible that the dog is performing a fear reaction because it's actually afraid, but it's also possible the dog just taught itself a trick. "Oh wow, people like that when I make my scared-face? Well, okay... humans sure are weird." Dogs are pretty smart, and will do things they associate with rewards.
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he's happy, u can see him get excited and wag his tail when the owner comes in scene with the leash...just looks like fear...when he is off the leash and being pet he would run away and hide if he was scared
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So Cute! My dog can do this too. But, this dog does it better. My dog is part chow and part cocker spaniel. I love these kind of You Tube Videos. They are normal. Love, in any language is enjoyed by all. Even love of bringing a smile on even a dog's face. So cute!
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That is a fear reaction. That dog is probably beaten. Don't you all see the ears shaking when she "smiles"? That poor animal is terrified of that man. That is not a smile, the poor thing is cringing in fear.
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We have a pointer mix that does this when we baby talk her, she squints her eyes and smiles with her tail low with a tiny wag in it. We don't hit her, it's just something she's always done. And it's adorable.
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My Shiba Inu makes this face and she's never been beaten. She gets all squinty eyed and her ears go out like plane wings :) Here's another Shiba doing the patented Shiba squinty smile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxNluekpTN4&feature=related
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I don't care what anyone says! This dog is cute when she smiles, she must be happy or else she would be trying to run away or bite someone for that matter. The way her tail is wagging you can tell that is a happy dog!! Don't accuse someone of abusing there animal unless you know it to be a fact , grow up sheesh!!
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This dog is on a short, thick chain. This is not a well-cared for dog. No matter what you think about the so-called "smile," this is a excruiatingly sad scene to witness. How would you like to live with a short metal chain around your neck? I bet.
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Please take this dog off the chain to make her TRULY happy. Poor thing....
She deserves much better than this.
If you honor your dog, if you care for your dog,
set her free.
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Have to agree. Clearly a fear response.

Even if it was happy, do you think that it's a good thing the poor dog is chained on a short leach all day and is happy just because it might get to be fed or walked a little bit?

Very sad, but that's what comes of living in a world where we consider animals to be our property to do with as we wish.
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Pavlov's Dog. The animal has become conditioned to respond in a certain way when the condition is met, which is the very appearance of the master. The dog responds in a way that it associates with a favorable response from the master, and possibly other people. Smile, then the master and other people will pet me, feed me, take me for a walk, pay attention to me, or not abuse me. The ears down in a submissive gesture indicates possibly the dog is reacting to the condition in a way it associates with not being abused.
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My American Eskimo dog does this when I call her name. It's usually accompanied by excited whining and jumping, but she will stay still on occasion when she's been sleeping. She does look like she's scared when she does it lying down, but I know that she just doesn't want to move. The dog looked like he/she was very relaxed. And that sure looks like a smile to me!
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Also, I'd like to add that the dog looks excited when the owner begins to approach and then turns to the smile. But in a scared dog, the usual reaction would be to look away and cower or move away. The dog does none of this, and actually looks quite healthy. Those airplane ears are adorable. lol
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Dogs do not 'smile'. Just like chimps don't. They might show teeth or have an upraising of lips, but it's not a smile. They have different ways to express pleasure.
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I have a shiba he's smiling -
you guys are stupid You don't know the
breed and you are making these asumptions!
My dogs does the same thing and he
is smiling and we live in Colorado not
Japan! Learn about the breed before you make
your assumptions!
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If you people think dogs don't smile you just don't know a thing about dogs. I've had at least a dozen dogs that actually smile. I'm talking happy as a lark, wagging their tails, not scared at all, bearing their teeth because their happy dogs. My current dog smiles sometimes. I've had dogs that smiled every time they saw me. I had a Cairn terrier that would do that. I currently have a feist that will smile sometimes but not often. It's obviously a smile when you see a dog smile. The video above is gone so I know nothing about it. I just know that dogs do smile and often. If you know how to make your dog truly happy you'll know how to make your dog smile.
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