Dogs able to quickly, economically shake themselves dry, experiments prove(philly.com)

3 pointsby unfasten14 yıl önce3 comments

Dogs able to quickly, economically shake themselves dry, experiments prove

http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/faye_flam/20120903_Planet_of_the_Apes__Shake__Rover_.html

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unfasten14 yıl önce

For those interested in the full paper:

• Dickerson, A., Mills, Z. & Hu, D. L. (2012) Wet mammals shake at tuned frequencies to dry. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Interface. http://www-old.me.gatech.edu/hu/Publications/Hu12-dog.pdf

smartkids14 yıl önce

This HN title reminds me of the type of headline The Onion used to be famous for.

accarrino14 yıl önce

in addition to perfecting their shake to get every drop of water all over my bathroom floor/walls, my dogs (@TurdsAndTreats) also have a dive bomb maneuver where they drop and roll on any carpet or piles of clothes.