Cats show perfect balance even in their lapping

Cats' gravity-defying grace and exquisite balance extends even to the way they lap milk, say researchers. They analyzed the way cats lap and found that felines of all sizes take advantage of a perfect balance between two physical forces -- gravity and inertia -- when they drink. Unlike dogs, cats aren't dipping their tongues into the liquid like ladles. Instead, the cat's lapping mechanism is far more subtle and elegant.

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