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"Almost" is a bit vague and probably too strong, but they are mostly water, just like other mammals.
by t-3 2y ago
"Almost" is a bit vague and probably too strong, but they are mostly water, just like other mammals.
- krapp 2y agoTherefore they are more properly classified as soups.
- maxbond 2y agoNoted ontologist Pirate Software would argue that cats are a Wellington, not a soup. https://youtube.com/shorts/MnAegCmJ7Xk https://youtube.com/shorts/MnAegCmJ7Xk
- krapp 2y agoI can't refute his logic.
- orangeartist 2y ago[flagged]
- sleazebreeze 2y agoWhat false flagging campaign are you referring to? I am not familiar.
- orangeartist 2y agoHe's taken down at least a dozen videos criticizing him by using his position as a youtuber with a million+ subscribers. Originally it was just videos referencing his "maldavius figtree" fursona, but now it's anything that portrays him in a negative way.
- Dilettante_ 2y agoWhoa he's a furry? That's crazy. I should've known though when I heard that he made big money selling Second Life content back in the day. Man, what a lore drop
- fluoridation 2y agoSave for their skeletons and other dry structures like hair and shells, animals are in fact gels.
- WJW 2y agoMaybe they're more broth-like? Also the paper at https://www.drgoulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Rheology-of-cats.pdf https://www.drgoulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Rheology-... seems to indicate that they are "active rheological materials" and therefore probably non-Newtonian.
- joshuamcginnis 2y agoThat's a lot of ambiguity for a scientific paper. Even if it's true (Cats are about 60-70% water), that's not the point of the title. I suspect its because it makes for a catchy headline.
- accrual 2y agoI agree. I think it's a bit of nod into the playfulness most associate with cats. I don't mind though, cats are one subject I'm okay with some leeway in the rigorousness of the article title.
- aithrowawaycomm 2y agoCatchy headline, but also in a fluid in a dynamical sense - cats "flow" into spaces when exploring by trial-and-error testing openings with their body size, but they are also only "almost" liquid in that for especially narrow openings they are reluctant to poke their heads in, presumably because they might get stuck. The contrast with dogs in the introduction is instructive: dogs tend to hunt over open fields rather than chasing prey into narrow dens, so it makes sense they would tend to make conservative eyeball judgments about whether they can fit into certain spaces. But cats will try to corner their prey in a tunnel/etc, so they have good reason to rely more on touch and experimentation ("ecologically-valid strategy").