Cats Are Graceful Drinkers

Posted by The Nag in Animals & Pets on November 11, 2010 at 4:06 pm

Cats may be neater drinkers than we are. They use a technique that balances gravity and inertia to avoid making splashes that would hit their whiskers. Videos of an eight year old cat named Cutta Cutta and various wild cats explain the process.

An Academy Award-winning film recorded by MIT engineer Doc Edgerton in 1941 showed that a drinking cat curls its tongue backward, like a letter “J” shape, so that the top surface of the tongue barely brushes the surface of liquid. Since that film debuted, however, no one has been able to explain the physics underlying the sophisticated process — until now.

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Anteater Drinking From A Wine Glass

Posted by Jill Harness in Animals & Pets, Food & Drink, Video Clips on March 23, 2009 at 6:05 pm

Before you get upset, know that the little guy isn’t drinking wine, just apple cranberry juice. You have to admit the glass seems to be just the right size for his nose.

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