Not everyone can wink. Whether using an emoji or contorting your face to drop an eyelid, winks are one of the most wide-ranging, ambiguous behaviors there is. Bottom line, you can’t really control how your wink is interpreted.
Source: Science of US, September 19, 2016.
The most popular interpretations: The wink was meant as a way of communicating thanks, or it was a sign of friendliness, or it was a flirting move. Other theories included the possibility that the winker had an eye problem, was trying to seem cool, or was expressing some strange ulterior motive.
INSIGHTS: Since animal health pros are dependent on their interactions with other humans, we offer this as another tip to help manage our human behaviors. 😉