Dog Tongue Science

August 31, 2008 by Geeks are Sexy | 1 comment

Most people think that when a dog drinks, he creates a kind of spoon with the top of his tongue and brings liquid back to his mouth. When looking at a dog lapping at a bowl of water in real time, it certainly seems this way. But if you slow down a film of the process at around 300 frames by second, things are not really as they appear. Video after the jump.

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One Response to “Dog Tongue Science”

  1. Sam Pagan says:

    Whoa that was crazy! Boy is about 90% of our population wrong about that. Though I don’t know, this dog seems to drink a little differently than what I’m used to seeing. Now I’m curious about cat tongues and about the ridges they have.

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