I observed several decades ago that our cats curled their tongue "backwards," with the backside up, when drinking, whereas most other animals, and dogs in particular, drink "front side up."

After attempting to discuss the phenomenon, and being ridiculed by know-nothings, I gave up on trying to inspire curiosity or to find anyone who'd ever actually looked at a drinking cat.

It was quite rewarding to finally see that someone has had the curiosity (and adequate facilities) to examine the cat way, although I was not sufficiently encouraged to start a thread here when I saw the report a week ago, due to my past experience regarding discussion of the subject.

The note on the cat drinking method at MSNBC has been replaced by an article about how dogs shake water off, but a brief video of how cats drink, showing the experimental apparatus used by the researchers, is still available. (The commercial is longer than the video).

John