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I suppose one might speak of it, if it is not too absurd to do so, as a smile. - (Kur of Gor, Chapter 2, Sentence #85)

To Cabot, at that time, the expression of the beast seemed naught but a hideous grimace, but it was not. He would later learn that that movement of the mouth, the exposure of the fangs in that fashion, without the laying back of the ears, without the warning rumbling, was not a sign of hostility, at all. It was rather, in its way, an expression of recognition, of pleasure. I suppose one might speak of it, if it is not too absurd to do so, as a smile. And is the human smile not, in its way, similar? Is it not a baring of the teeth, a way of saying, I could bite you, and tear you, but I will not, because I like you? Is it not in its way a threat behavior revoked, withdrawn, as a sign of good will, perhaps even affection? The long, dark tongue of the beast moved about its left fang, and then slid back into the cavernous jaw. He will eat her, thought Cabot. Did the blonde not understand the danger in which she stood? The beast examined the container. - (Kur of Gor)