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 theycould 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
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
