Comments on: How do dogs drink water? http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/06/13/how-do-dogs-drink-water/ where we're going, we don't need roads... Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:58:05 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: maddog http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/06/13/how-do-dogs-drink-water/#comment-4711 maddog Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:11:07 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/?p=1528#comment-4711 I think that at least one dog can hold its breath under water. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_jSlrc4JKs I think that at least one dog can hold its breath under water.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_jSlrc4JKs

]]> By: David http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/06/13/how-do-dogs-drink-water/#comment-4503 David Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:57:09 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/?p=1528#comment-4503 This comment thread is pretty weird. All mammals can suck from birth - think about it. When we suck we use our tongues as a pump, so we can breathe at the same time. I am not sure that dogs can hold their breath, but as they can swim and hunt in water, I suspect they can. This comment thread is pretty weird.

All mammals can suck from birth - think about it.

When we suck we use our tongues as a pump, so we can breathe at the same time.

I am not sure that dogs can hold their breath, but as they can swim and hunt in water, I suspect they can.

]]> By: Jean-Louis http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/06/13/how-do-dogs-drink-water/#comment-4350 Jean-Louis Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:46:59 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/?p=1528#comment-4350 sorry, french legend: they scoop too: http://tecfa.unige.ch/tecfa/teaching/UVLibre/9899/fev2000/croyances.htm sorry, french legend: they scoop too:
http://tecfa.unige.ch/tecfa/teaching/UVLibre/9899/fev2000/croyances.htm

]]> By: Jean-Louis http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/06/13/how-do-dogs-drink-water/#comment-4349 Jean-Louis Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:44:04 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/?p=1528#comment-4349 Hi I think wolfs suck water, and dogs scoop it. That's what i was told when I was a kid. I'm trying to find internet reference to confirm, but can't find it. Hi
I think wolfs suck water, and dogs scoop it. That’s what i was told when I was a kid.
I’m trying to find internet reference to confirm, but can’t find it.

]]> By: Martin Owens http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/06/13/how-do-dogs-drink-water/#comment-4348 Martin Owens Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:09:20 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/?p=1528#comment-4348 There are only a small set of mammals that can control their breathing as humans can and all of them that I know of are aquatic. (Whales, Dolphins, Seals, Otters etc) This is one reason some scientists suspect that humans are actually evolved to fish and swim (aquatic apes) rather than hunt on the prairie as in traditional explanations. Sucking requires breathing control, you have to use your lungs to suck in liquids and sometimes solids and then redirect them into the digestive tract... dangerous. Thank Darwin for coughing then. There are only a small set of mammals that can control their breathing as humans can and all of them that I know of are aquatic. (Whales, Dolphins, Seals, Otters etc)

This is one reason some scientists suspect that humans are actually evolved to fish and swim (aquatic apes) rather than hunt on the prairie as in traditional explanations.

Sucking requires breathing control, you have to use your lungs to suck in liquids and sometimes solids and then redirect them into the digestive tract… dangerous. Thank Darwin for coughing then.

]]> By: Harley http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/06/13/how-do-dogs-drink-water/#comment-4347 Harley Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:46:08 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/?p=1528#comment-4347 Lower chance for the water to splash up into the nostrils? Lower chance for the water to splash up into the nostrils?

]]> By: Jeff Waugh http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/06/13/how-do-dogs-drink-water/#comment-4294 Jeff Waugh Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:26:42 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/?p=1528#comment-4294 Post updated with video of Sarah. :-) Post updated with video of Sarah. :-)

]]> By: Jeff Waugh http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/06/13/how-do-dogs-drink-water/#comment-4293 Jeff Waugh Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:30:20 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/?p=1528#comment-4293 Woo, Dusty has sent me a video of Sarah drinking... as soon as I get permission, I'll whack it on YouTube and post it here. :-) Thanks for satisfying our curiosity, Dusty! Woo, Dusty has sent me a video of Sarah drinking… as soon as I get permission, I’ll whack it on YouTube and post it here. :-) Thanks for satisfying our curiosity, Dusty!

]]> By: Glynn Foster http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/06/13/how-do-dogs-drink-water/#comment-4292 Glynn Foster Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:55:12 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/?p=1528#comment-4292 Freaky! Who'd have thought!? Freaky! Who’d have thought!?

]]> By: Patrick Walker http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/06/13/how-do-dogs-drink-water/#comment-4290 Patrick Walker Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:46:32 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/?p=1528#comment-4290 This is just unfounded assumption, but it's possible that they lick backwards to prevent errant water droplets from ending up going up their nose. They are basically tossing the water into their mouths, so if they toss it close to the nose it becomes likely that some will get in. This is just unfounded assumption, but it’s possible that they lick backwards to prevent errant water droplets from ending up going up their nose. They are basically tossing the water into their mouths, so if they toss it close to the nose it becomes likely that some will get in.

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