Cats smiling?

[Italiangreyhound]

I am always smiling at my cat but his face doesn't seem to smile, and of course I realised thinking about it that maybe cats can't smile with their mouths. He purrs a lot. And I wondered about his eyes, he kind of does this thing where he shuts his eyes like he is happy. Then I spotted this...

uk.ask.com/question/can-cats-smile

Anyone else any thoughts on this, please?

[Jenda]

interesting! I'm not sure if they really can but when my cats had lots of attention and he's all comfy and blissed out he does a face that looks like a smile. Kind of eyes half closed and happy. I always notice it because he's grumpy so it doesn't happen often!

[catameringue]

When one of my cats gets a chin rub she has a smile.
She's also cried before when she got spayed, she's more emotive than others I've known.