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Maggie Laps Water Up At Cattle Tank

Maggie depends on the adhesive properties of water to lap liquid into her mouth. It actually takes three or four laps for Maggie to work the water along her ton...
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Maggie depends on the adhesive properties of water to lap liquid into her mouth. It actually takes three or four laps for Maggie to work the water along her tongue and the roof of her mouth and into the throat. While Maggie does pick up a certain amount of water by curling the undersides of her tongue, most of that ends up back in the bowl (or elsewhere). When things really start to happen is when Maggie uses a flattened tongue that barely nicks the surface of the water before snapping back, and when it does so it manages to pull a column of liquid (shown in this photo) into the air behind it--a column that Maggie can then bite down on almost as she would a solid.

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Mar, 2015

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REALLY cool shot!!!!

Thanks and as you say "REALLY cool shot!!!!!" it took hundreds of tries to make this one happen.

Platinum

It's a lot of work for dogs to get enough water to rehydrate themselves. Great shot

It sure is and now that I know why they are so messy in the house when lapping water it is much more forgivable.

One in a million. Thank you for explaining.

Thanks! My new camera is really a fast focus machine and had a lot to do with accomplishing this shot. I'm really proud of this shot and at the same time glad to have this goal accomplished. Thanks very much for the "Absolute Masterpiece" peer recognition and the nice comment on the detail explanation.

Wonderful capture. I'm sure Maggie would agree. Appreciate all your explanations. Kudos!

This has to be my most scientific based photo to date. Thanks for the "Superb Composition" peer recognition and the kind comment on the explanation.

Oh my! This is a most amazing photo...............

This may have first been discovered in Super slow-mo-video but I can report that Maggie met the challenge ::(^____^)::

Maggie is both gorgeous and soooo clever...Voted ...kathleen

Voted ...k

ALSO VOTED CHALLENGE..K

Your perseverance paid off with this amazing capture....thank YOU so much for sharing both the pic and explanation

Thanks! I figure this is a once in a lifetime capture and for sure I will not try to do it again. Love the "Outstanding Creativity" peer recognition ::(^___^)::