Licking

Uschi was bathing when Vladi showed up.

Lick-a

Ewwww, dirty "baby-cat."

Uschi-Swirl bathing.

What?

Its nap time.

Before long his belly fluff is waving in the air.

U On The Roaches

The boys came in from a walk in the rain,

Uschi bathed his wet toes and belly fluff
while on top of the,

Madagascar Hissing Cockroach tank.

So everyone could see him.

Thankful

Tonight we asked "what are we thankful for?",
then literally turned around and this was going on,...
We have never seen such a display.

T stretches into position,...

Hiiii

Happy Vladi,...

T & U regularly neck.

A lick for V from T,...

V never licks back,...

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Yum

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Lady Bug Nipping

We put some cat nip on the boys
fluffy lady bug toy,...

Oh-boy

Don't bite your tongue Uooie,...

Lick, lick, lick,...

Okay, you have had enough,...

My turn,...

Lick, lick, lick.

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Vera Bradley

Uschi looooves to sleep on Vera Bradley quilted products,...

His main place to sleep is on Lesley's computer bag

SO,...

Lesley got him a Vera Bradley place-mat off eBay.
(I guess you really can buy anything on eBay)

Uschi happily curled right up on his very own V.B.

Then,...

The baby-cat arrived,...

What do you want??

Maybe if I lick him,...
(That never works)

Daaaad,... mom got this for meee,...

Note - V may look like he is about to lick Uooie,...
BUT,... he never licks his brothers.

Later,...

All is well with Uschi's world.

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Too Close

Uschi was sleeping on my "office" chair,
when Vladi arrived,...

U is not happy,... but what to do?

Your ear is stinky,...

You are too close,...

Maybe if I lick him he will go away,...

Lick, lick, lick,...

Lick, lick, lick...

But Vladi will never leave when being licked,...
(or pet)

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Bath Time

Hi Uooie,...

Lick, lick, lick,...

Chew, chew, chew,...

Big Lick.

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How Cats Drink

Uschi likes to demonstrate,...

He loves his water bowl.

MIT researchers wondered how cats drink,...
They used high speed cameras and discovered
that the tips of their tongues create a column of fluid
which they then catch in their mouths. Also interesting
is that the rate of lapping is cat size dependent,
meaning that big cats (tigers, lions, etc) lap slower.

MIT pictures

They also built this cat tongue machine so they
could precisely control and measure parameters.

The MIT PR page has three cool videos at the bottom of the page

http://web.mit.edu/press/2010/cat-lapping.html

The actual scientific paper if you are interested in
all the calculations and such.
http://web.mit.edu/preis/www/mypapers/cats_Science_Express_Reis_Aristoff_Stocker.pdf

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Bath Time

Uschi was napping on the bed, when,...
Vladi arrived,...

WHAT?,... do you want? !!!

Sniff, sniff,...

Lick

Happy Vladi.

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