Slow-motion mammals shaking themselves dry

This is not just another cute animal video compilation. This is science. David Hu and colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta filmed 16 wet mammals as they shook themselves dry. Watch their slow-motion footage and find out how fast different species need to shake.

Nature News story: http://www.nature.com/news/scientists...

Original research paper: http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.or...

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[talldudegrad12]

Humans can still do this. You need wet "fur" the hair on your head works fine. The reason it's hard to shake the water off our bodies is because we don't have anything to trap the water against our skin. We can air dry in a couple of minutes, animals with fur can't. So they use momentum and whip out the water. Haha :)

[blogegog]

Shaking doesn't work when I try it :(.

[diamond baniya]

I adore doggy footage online. I waste loads of time doing this. HOWEVER the large majority of regular people are little by little KILLING their dogs - without noticing it!! The junk commercial dog food companies insert into pet food will cause many forms of cancer and tends to make dogs pass away early. I learned the challenging way when my dog passed away aged 7.

In order to save your pet's life search online for Double Life Dog Diet (Use Google.)

[IINeoXerOII]

Science, bitch.

[MrSkyfaller]

Someone needs to edit this to dance music lol

[crystallize89]

27 shakes per second? o_O

[Patrick Reilly]

There is such a thing as centrifugal force. It is not an inertial force, which is why it is termed a "fictitious force" (a force witnessed in a non-inertial frame of reference that is a component of inertia in a corresponding inertial frame of reference) along with the Coriolis and Transverse forces.

Learn your physics, non-biologist.

[SuperniusPL]

Amazing video! I posted on supernius.pl

Great music, photos, bravo!

[Victor Alfonso Ramírez Muñoz]

Excelente el vide y una forma de conocer a nuestras mascotas