Cats use a 'subtle mechanism' in which water sticks to the tip of the tongue and is pulled up into the mouth, taking advantage of the water’s inertia.
The Egyptian cobra that recently hightailed from its pen in the Bronx Zoo is now author to a tongue-in-cheek Twitter account, which has over 150,000 followers.
The Egyptian cobra that recently escaped from its pen in the Bronx Zoo is now author to a tongue-in-cheek Twitter account, which has over 150,000 followers.
The USB Chameleon is bizarrely lovable. Pop him on your computer screen and watch as he randomly rolls his eyeballs and sticks his tongue out to catch passing flies.
Cats of all sizes, from tabbies to tigers, drink by moving the tip of their tongue onto the surface of the water, then drawing it up rapidly so that a little jet of liquid flies into their mouth.