human lips redux

Nov 19, 2008 12:46

I'm back on livejournal to lob another grenade in the fight from 3 years ago over whether humans are the only animals with lips (http://existenceproof.livejournal.com/49099.htmlRead more... )

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proudduckling November 20 2008, 03:58:12 UTC
I have nothing to say about lips one way or another, but you have a lovely dog.

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perkypinkgoth November 20 2008, 17:07:25 UTC
I don't know if I was in the original discussion, but I've got to say that, from the photo, your dog most certainly has lips. As for the "border" idea, how about "where the hair stops and the skin starts being black?

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existenceproof November 20 2008, 22:45:02 UTC
Here we go again. (You did comment on the thread 3 years ago, but it was a picture that doesn't show up anymore.)

The thing on the dog where the hair stops and the skin starts being black is the mouth. Human lips, unlike dog "lips," are defined physically, not just linguistically, because of the border.

Lily's lips look like lips from a distance, but check out these gratuitous close-up mouths:


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proudduckling November 22 2008, 18:43:58 UTC
I laughed SO HARD at the picture of the cat.

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perkypinkgoth November 24 2008, 16:28:35 UTC
Nice illustrations, but they get you nowhere. You clearly are lip-blind if you cannot see the HUGE BLACK LIPS on both of those animals!

Maybe you just have a thing against black skin? I look dream of a day when animals' lips can be judged by the content of their characters. And how fast they can lick themselves.

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