We all need this clear liquid that this earth is full off. The Earth is called the blue planet because it is full of water. Every living creature in this planet, be it plants, animals, or us, need water to survive. And they have each got different ways of consuming it. Plants absorb it through the ground. And all animals that drink it have got fascinating ways they do it.
Today, we’re going to be seeing the major difference between how dogs and cats drink. The first thing, the common misconception that they both drink the same way. Well, that is false. They both have different ways, and while they both may use their tongues to drink, they both have individual drinking methods. A ladle is a nice way of understanding how dogs drink. When you dip a ladle into some soup, for example, their is soup inside the ladle, and then as you draw it out of the soup, it is dripping, and there is that like trail of soup flying off of it.
That is somewhat similar to how dogs use their tongues when it comes to drinking water. Or anything for that matter. They can also get their tongues into very narrow spaces and pull water out. And this is how dogs do it.
They first carve their tongue into a scoop, like a ladle, and then smack it roughly onto the surface of the water. Then they lower it into the water, filling their ‘ladle’ with water. Then quickly, they draw the water filled ladle into the back of their mouth, and then close their mouth on the flying water from their tongues. That is what makes the water fly, making a dog drinking water a pretty messy sight.
Cats, on the other hand, don’t drink nearly as messily. If you own both cats and dogs, like me, you’re probably a witness to the fact that cats DON’T splash half of the water they intake all over the place. But also, they take a lot less water in in one sip, or lap. We won’t use the ladle example here, though maybe the soup flying off bit could be used. Imagine a J, and curve the lower point BACKWARDS instead. And lengthen it. What do you get? τ. A more curved version of that symbol. Perhaps they should implement a ‘cat tongue’ special symbol in English. Maybe, actually, it isn’t a more curved version. A cat’s tongue is basically that symbol, providing you remove the – at the top. Anyway, back to business.
The cat then lowers the tongue a lot more gentler – if it’s the correct term – on to the surface, and then they pull it with a lot of speed into the back of their mouth, closing it on the trail flying. They do it so quickly, and that is how they get almost all of the flying trail.
P.S. THIS IS WHAT I’VE LEARNT ON MY OWN. IF IT IS INCORRECT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
Time for some fun, now. What would happen if humans lapped things like dogs or cats? They would be able to clean glasses with the remains of some thick drink on it. Lick it up(eww.) and then dump it for washing. Okay, seriously, eww. That is so gross. So bye bye! :’)