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* Aladar and Neera neck hug in ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'' when Kron dies

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' has its two main birds kiss despite the movie having a surprising amount biological correctness up to that point. Somewhat {{justified}}: parrots in RealLife do bite each others' beaks affectionately, which is not that different from a human kiss.

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* ''Film/Godzilla2014'': the [[Characters/MonsterVerseKaiju MUTO couple]] nuzzle each other and touch snouts, making beeping noises as their eyes flash towards each other. Humorously, the StockFootage of this in [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 the sequel]] indicates this moment was actually them ''having sex''.

* Aladar and Neera neck hug in ''WesternAnimation/Dinosaur'' when Kron dies

* In ''Fanfic/{{Pawprints}}'', Blake is a [[{{Animorphism}} Panther]]. She shows gratitude towards Weiss for sparing her life by licking her knuckles. This confuses Weiss, because she thinks of animals licking one another as being an equivalent to a kiss.

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction, [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonTitansAndOtherCreatures Mothra]] does a bit of this with Godzilla; poking her tongue and playfully jabbing a couple times whilst she's grooming his back.

* Cats nuzzling their owners is also often said to be this. They also [[HeadbuttOfLove headbutt]] as a sign of affection. The page image shows Nala doing this to Simba (she's also rubbing her muzzle on him, but it starts as more of a headbutt).
** Cats have scent glands in their faces, and they rub things to declare to other cats "this object belongs to the cat that it smells like." So a cat rubbing its head on you is saying it likes you .... well enough to claim ownership of you. Cats also slow blink as their form of an air kiss.

* ''WesternAnimation/PuppyInMyPocketAdventuresInPocketville'': Since all the animal characters show humanoid characteristics for some reason, this show has the first type. In the final episode, Ava shares a kiss with Wallace, with her lips clearly shown being puckered up like a human's. [[FurryDenial Geez, what's with Mondo TV humanizing those Pocketville denizens?]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has actually shown both variants of the trope. Spike fantasizes about kissing Rarity in "A Dog and Pony Show" and is kissed on the cheek twice by Rarity in "Secret of My Excess". Also, at the end of "Canterlot Wedding", Cadence and Shining Armor are shown kissing in the usual way.
* Two pigeons that show up in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' movie, ''The Beast With a Billion Backs'' French kiss. Interestingly, the two pigeons are otherwise normal pigeons and their beaks don't get as pliant and squishy as human lips.
* ''WesternAnimation/PuppyInMyPocketAdventuresInPocketville'': Since all the animal characters show humanoid characteristics for some reason, this show has the first type. In the final episode, Ava shares a kiss with Wallace, with her lips clearly shown being puckered up like a human’s. [[FurryDenial Geez, what’s with Mondo TV humanizing those Pocketville denizens?]]

** In the original ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials'' ponies nuzzle and lick each other like real ponies do. Further in G1, the characters become [[AnthropomorphicShift more anthropomorphic]] and the licking is phased out. It hasn't been used since G1, although ponies still tend to nuzzle each other.

-->"Mmm... Peck peck. Pecky, love peck... (I'm trying to kiss but I got no lips)... Peck... No, wait! I'm getting good at this pecking."

-->"Mmm... nutty!"

-->'''Hans:''' You should know I kissed your sister. On the lips!
-->'''Skipper:''' I don't have a sister. And if I did, she wouldn't have lips.
-->'''Hans:''' Then who did I kiss?

** In the original ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials'' ponies used to nuzzle and lick each other like real ponies do. Further in G1, the characters became [[AnthropomorphicShift more anthropomorphic]] and the licking was phased out. It hasn't been used since G1, though ponies have been shown nuzzling in works such as ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends''.
** In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Hearts and Hooves Day", pony couples are shown performing Eskimo kisses. This appears again in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E8HardToSayAnything Hard to Say Anything]]" when Big Mcintosh nuzzles Sugar Belle's nose.

* WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'': Kion and his parents share nuzzles and head bumps a few times, especially when he returns from the Tree of Life. And he neck hugs Rani, his eventual mate, when her grandmother Queen Janna dies.

** Angela and Broadway's kiss was explained as Angela being raised by humans and Broadway having seen a lot of movies. (Admittedly, that doesn't explain the flashback of Demona kissing the petrified Goliath goodbye before leaving Castle Wyvern in the ''City Of Stone'' arc.

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* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Bolt (licking) as well as Mittens and Berlioz ([[HeadbuttOfLove bumping foreheads]]) express their affection in species-specific ways during "The Paris Trip," "The Cameo," "The Ship," and "The Rings."

* In ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'', the MUTO couple nuzzle each other and touch noses, making beeping noises as their eyes flash towards each other.

The problem arises from the fact that, unless you're writing [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkeys and apes]] (or fish, we suppose, but there are usually NoCartoonFish), most animals just ''don't have the facial structure required'' for a human-type, lip-to-lip kiss. So having animals "kiss" like humans isn't necessarily plausible. So what do writers do?

* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'' stars [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto]] and his love interest Dinah the dachshund kissing each other on the lips.