How cats drink!

[phesina]

From the New York Times yesterday:

"For Cats, a Big Gulp With a Touch of the Tongue"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/science/12cats.html?src=me&ref=general


:eek::p:p:p:love:

[catmandu]

I have on VHS the video that shows Cat drinking milk.
It is slowed down so you can see the tongue going under the milk and then scooping it into the Cat's mouth.
I bet this might nbe on youtube!!!:cool:

[Laura's Babies]

Interesting, I wished they'd shown more of the cat drinking though.. BIG cats too!

[happylabs]

They make it sound like such a profound revolution. LOL!

[Karen]

It's such a cool story, we plan to talk about it on the radio show tomorrow.

"a just-released study points out that the way cats drink water is extremely neat and efficient, and their chin doesn't even get wet.

"Cats show mastery of physical forces, balancing gravity and inertia, to drink"
Findings of four-member team were published in the online journal Science.

They weren't paid to do the study, just curious, especially as one them watched his cat, Cutta Cutta, drink.

[catmandu]

he video was a Pete Smith Specialty released many years ago by MGM and showed things slowed down by trick photography.
he Cat one I will try and take a movie of and put it in photobucket!!!:cool:

[happylabs]

One of my cats used to get their chin wet when they drank. I can't remember now which one but it always made me laugh when they came to me with a wet chin. :p

[momcat]

Quite honestly, I never thought about how cats drink. My only concern is to make absolutely sure that Groucho has enough fresh water for when he wants a drink. Wow, this is really neat! Too bad they didn't show more of the kitties and big cats drinking while they gave their explanation of the process.

[lvpets2002]

:) Yup I watched that video too.. Very Interesting..