The joy of April Fools' Day: Why your brain enjoys pranking (and being pranked)
comments The cat may not have intended to prank the professor, but that was how it came across in the moment. As we began our late night Zoom call, the cunning kitty pulled off an unexpected photobomb by jumping into the frame and absolutely refusing to leave. I relished the coincidence. We were talking about April Fools' Day, after all, and photobombing is one type of prank... even if that wasn't what her cat intended. "It's not in any way affection or love," Dr. Giselinde Kuipers, who teaches sociology at the Belgian university KU Leuven, told Salon as her feline friend swished his tail...
Source: salon.com