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How cats drink milk without wetting their chins
Creation Ministries International ^ | 4-21-14 | David Catchpoole

Posted on 04/21/2014 10:21:50 AM PDT by fishtank

How cats drink milk without wetting their chins

by David Catchpoole

Researchers have discovered the precise physical mechanism that enables cats to lap up liquids.1,2 It had earlier been thought that they curled their tongue backwards to make a J-shaped curve, and thus ‘ladle’ the fluid into their mouths. But this latest study shows a cat’s tongue actually performs the equivalent of complex mathematical equations to keep two opposing forces in perfect equilibrium.

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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: cats; creation; kittyping
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To: Lazamataz

They don’t look anything alike.


21 posted on 04/21/2014 10:59:19 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Obama : 'You can keep your doctor if you want. I never tell a lie ')
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To: fishtank; Slings and Arrows
My cat got zits.

< |:(~

22 posted on 04/21/2014 11:04:36 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: fishtank
Easy...like this:


23 posted on 04/21/2014 11:04:59 AM PDT by moovova
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To: fishtank

My cat ALWAYS has a wet chin after he drinks.
Maybe he never went to drinking class.


24 posted on 04/21/2014 11:09:22 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Government by Gun Point.)
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To: sickoflibs
Celebrity Lookalikes!!!


25 posted on 04/21/2014 11:10:51 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: fishtank

Cats don’t know they’re doing math, they are just doing what comes naturally to cats. Silly scientist milking the system for a grant.


26 posted on 04/21/2014 11:11:48 AM PDT by This I Wonder32460
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To: Lazamataz

They dont look a-like either, maybe you need your vision tested.


27 posted on 04/21/2014 11:12:13 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Obama : 'You can keep your doctor if you want. I never tell a lie ')
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To: Genoa
I praise God for His marvelous design, but I still don’t like cats.

Don't worry, the feeling's probably mutual.

28 posted on 04/21/2014 11:19:29 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: sickoflibs
CELEBRITY LOOK ALIKES!


29 posted on 04/21/2014 11:23:15 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Kartographer

Milk in any appreciable amount makes my cat barf.


30 posted on 04/21/2014 11:23:31 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: Lazamataz

Are you legally blind?

If so your speech-to-HTML convertor is posting crazy stuff.


31 posted on 04/21/2014 11:27:54 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Obama : 'You can keep your doctor if you want. I never tell a lie ')
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To: sickoflibs
CELEBRITY LOOKALIKES



32 posted on 04/21/2014 11:32:53 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: martin_fierro

Poor zitty kitty.


33 posted on 04/21/2014 11:36:11 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: Lazamataz

You need to stop playing with your daddies computer when he is passed out.


34 posted on 04/21/2014 11:38:03 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Obama : 'You can keep your doctor if you want. I never tell a lie ')
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To: Lazamataz

35 posted on 04/21/2014 11:39:51 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: sickoflibs
CELEBRITY LOOK ALIKES!


36 posted on 04/21/2014 11:42:23 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: fishtank

To a mathematician, the world’s an equation.


37 posted on 04/21/2014 11:44:41 AM PDT by I want the USA back
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To: Lazamataz

38 posted on 04/21/2014 11:46:23 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Obama : 'You can keep your doctor if you want. I never tell a lie ')
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To: windcliff

Not Phoebe.


39 posted on 04/21/2014 11:54:59 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: I want the USA back

...or an inequality.


40 posted on 04/21/2014 11:56:03 AM PDT by onedoug
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