"How a cat drinks: Feline finesse and fluid dynamics"

Lee Thomas Walker Yes, cats are indeed smarter than dogs: "Four researchers have painstakingly filmed, analyzed and determined how it is that a cat can drink water while (unlike a dog) keeping its chin and whiskers pleasingly dry. "The answer involves an exquisite demonstration of physics: The cat, in effect, balances the forces of gravity against the forces of inertia, and so quenches its thirst." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/11/AR2010111107897.html How a cat drinks: Feline finesse and fluid dynamics www.washingtonpost.com As all cat lovers know well, Felis domestica is a marvel of balance, subtlety and other hidden elegances. 16 minutes ago