how rabbits drink water (video)

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- 12/30/2009 at 12:37 PM
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  I have been wanting to catch my rabbits’ drinking action on camera. I use a clear glass bowl for them to show that rabbits do not lap up water as do cats and dogs with their tongues, but instead just suck it in ().
- 12/30/2009 at 12:50 PM
  mrmac
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  That’s so neat!
- 12/30/2009 at 12:51 PM
  Elrohwen
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  So cute!
- 12/30/2009 at 1:28 PM
  sgregory
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  haha, that’s so funny! i guess that’s why their faces are always so wet afterward. i thought they were just messy drinkers.
- 12/30/2009 at 2:35 PM
  bunnytowne
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  My computer doesn’t even show the shortcut to the video or even the video itself.
  
  Guess I will have to see it on old faithful for now.   And check the box for updates to this site so I don’t forget which one it was I wanted to see.
  
  Yeah dogs lap the water up but they dont’ curl their tongue up they curl it backwards towards their chest scoop it up and bring it in their mouths.   I always thought they curled their tongue to the front.   Nope
- 12/30/2009 at 3:24 PM
  Monkeybun
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  hehehe Moose makes a big mess when he drinks,t here’s always water splashed all over the place when he’s done Monkey is, of course, much daintier when she drinks, her little lips just get water on them, and when she’s done, she washes her face
- 12/30/2009 at 9:17 PM
  Barbie
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  Posted By sgregory on 12/30/2009 01:28 PM
  haha, that’s so funny! i guess that’s why their faces are always so wet afterward. i thought they were just messy drinkers.
  
  That was my first reaction too!
  
  Great video!
- 12/30/2009 at 9:23 PM
  TARM
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  I did not know this. Very interesting.
- 12/31/2009 at 9:26 AM
  Beka27
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  How funny!
- 12/31/2009 at 11:50 AM
  Bunnies Galore
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  Wow! thanks for posting this! Very interesting and cute!
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