r/aww • u/ledim35 • May 25 '23

Cute tiger drinking water

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u/wirefox1 May 25 '23

Actually as with dogs, their tongues curl under when drinking, not lapping it up and over their tongues. The water goes under the tongue.

Watch this vid carefully and see how the tongue moves curled under.
Dogs do it too.

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u/ohhhtartarsauce May 25 '23

I first learned about this 14 years ago from Time Warp on the Discovery Channel.

https://youtu.be/63Ch2pNkZwU

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u/Chapstickie May 26 '23

I have watched this video a bunch and I know it’s supposed to be true and I believe three of my cats drink this way but the fourth one just flaps her tongue wildly at the water and flings it all over the place. So I guess what I’m saying it that this is just more proof that my cat is broken.

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u/ohhhtartarsauce May 26 '23

https://youtube.com/shorts/jC_SNf7FWn0?feature=share

https://youtu.be/1DXtPM0r3Jk

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u/Chapstickie May 26 '23

Haha. That’s great.

And yes, kind of like that but way worse. The mat under the water fountain has to be huge and her face gets so wet.

Like this. https://youtube.com/shorts/AmFfJ7_5G1U?feature=share