cameraman
11-11-10, 04:43 PM
Really, who funds this stuff?:saywhat:
The way cats drink water turns out to be a more complex process than we thought, according to a paper published in Science on Thursday. When a group of researchers used high-speed imaging to capture video of cats drinking water, they found that cats are, among other things, using only the tip of their tongue to pull water into their mouths from the surface. Once there, they exploit inertia and gravity to hold onto it, and maintain proportionate lapping and swallowing cycles.
Sounds like they depend on the polar nature of water and the surface tension that results to get the job done. (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/11/cats-use-gravity-inertia-gecko-like-process-to-lap-up-cream.ars?comments=1#comments-bar)
The way cats drink water turns out to be a more complex process than we thought, according to a paper published in Science on Thursday. When a group of researchers used high-speed imaging to capture video of cats drinking water, they found that cats are, among other things, using only the tip of their tongue to pull water into their mouths from the surface. Once there, they exploit inertia and gravity to hold onto it, and maintain proportionate lapping and swallowing cycles.
Sounds like they depend on the polar nature of water and the surface tension that results to get the job done. (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/11/cats-use-gravity-inertia-gecko-like-process-to-lap-up-cream.ars?comments=1#comments-bar)