How cats drink

I imagine most of you have seen this information by now, but I particularly
like this article because it includes pictures and a video showing the
"column" of liquid that cats form when they drink.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/sc...me&ref=general

MaryL

On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 11:18:33 -0600, MaryL wrote:

I imagine most of you have seen this information by now, but I
particularly like this article because it includes pictures and a video
showing the "column" of liquid that cats form when they drink.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/science/12cats.html?
_r=1&src=me&ref=general


The storyy has gone viral - it's everywhere. Yours is the second post on
the topic - other links, including the one to the original MIT press
release, can be found in the "How a cat laps" thread from Thursday (11
November).


--
Ted Davis )

I heard about this study that took 4 years to complete and wondered what it
cost the tax payers and mostly why it was so interesting that it had to be
studied by some collage folks.
"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
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I imagine most of you have seen this information by now, but I particularly
like this article because it includes pictures and a video showing the
"column" of liquid that cats form when they drink.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/sc...me&ref=general

MaryL

they interveied the researcher on bbc last night, he got into this because
of his cat, Lee
"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
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I imagine most of you have seen this information by now, but I particularly
like this article because it includes pictures and a video showing the
"column" of liquid that cats form when they drink.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/sc...me&ref=general

MaryL

"Granby" wrote in message
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I heard about this study that took 4 years to complete and wondered what
it cost the tax payers and mostly why it was so interesting that it had to
be studied by some collage folks.

I'm sure they had some sort of university grant for the study. Everything
costs us taxpayers eventually.

Jill

"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
...
I imagine most of you have seen this information by now, but I
particularly like this article because it includes pictures and a video
showing the "column" of liquid that cats form when they drink.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/sc...me&ref=general

MaryL

Granby wrote:

I heard about this study that took 4 years to complete and wondered what it
cost the tax payers and mostly why it was so interesting that it had to be
studied by some collage folks.

You don't think that how cats do things is interesting? Well, I do and
I'm glad they did this research. I'm also glad that Irene Pepperberg managed
to wangle some grants to study the intelligence and trainability of her
wonderful RB parrot Alex. Animals are fascinating, IMO. Your mileage may
vary, of course.

I'm sure the cat-lapping research cost a whole lot less than most weapons
research, which believe me, we are also paying for.

Joyce

--
I only like dreaming, all the day long
Where no one is screaming...
-- Men at Work

I guess what I was thinking that the money could have been better used
studying some of the diseases they get than how they manage to drink and not
get their whiskers wet.
wrote in message
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Granby wrote:

I heard about this study that took 4 years to complete and wondered what
it
cost the tax payers and mostly why it was so interesting that it had to
be
studied by some collage folks.

You don't think that how cats do things is interesting? Well, I do and
I'm glad they did this research. I'm also glad that Irene Pepperberg
managed
to wangle some grants to study the intelligence and trainability of her
wonderful RB parrot Alex. Animals are fascinating, IMO. Your mileage may
vary, of course.

I'm sure the cat-lapping research cost a whole lot less than most weapons
research, which believe me, we are also paying for.

Joyce

--
I only like dreaming, all the day long
Where no one is screaming...
-- Men at Work

On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:28:01 +0000, bastXXXette wrote:

I'm sure the cat-lapping research cost a whole lot less than most
weapons research, which believe me, we are also paying for.

I have seen no funding information - that is significant. Based on my
knowledge of the university world, I suspect that the research was
unfunded: the high speed camera was probably borrowed from a funded lab -
the milk was probably donated; the cat and location belonged to one of
the researchers. I suspect it was an informal experiment to satisfy the
curiosity of a group of people who were hanging around together. The
work on big cats came later, after someone at the zoo was co-opted and
the original researchers realized they had a publishable paper in the
making. That is an entirely possible way it happened. Unfunded research
happens all the time, often small studies to satisfy somebody's personal
curiosity - I have personally assisted in several such projects.


--
Ted Davis )