This pictuire shows two side-by-side face closeups of a coyote (left) and a beagle making big puppy eyes at the camera (right). Coyotes have muscles used to make those wistful heart-tugging looks, a new study finds.

Coyotes have the face muscles for that ‘sad-puppy’ look

The ability to make heart-melting stares may not be the fruit of dog domestication if their still-wild cousins have the power to do it too.

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