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A team of neurobiologists at Harvard Medical School's Howard Hughes Medical Institute has uncovered the neural mechanism involved in the unique way hairy animals such as dogs shake themselves when wet ...

“Wet dog shakes” – a common reflex behavior shared among many hairy mammals and designed to expel water and irritants from their coats – happens when particular mechanoreceptors are activated, ...

It's a regular occurrence when taking our canine pals for drizzly walks and summer swims. But until recently, the biology behind the water-flinging, human-drenching, muzzle-distorting "wet dog shake" ...

From the largest tigers to the tiniest mice, most furry creatures share the common problem of how to dry off without a bath towel. Many have developed a similar strategy: a vigorous, full-body shaking ...

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So I have just finished bathing my Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Ripley. Next I reach for a towel to dry him off, when he gives the classic wet dog shake. As a result I am now soaking wet, and my dog ...

When a dog gets wet, what does it do? Answer: it shakes, and very efficiently — a large, soggy dog can shed as much as 70% of the water in its fur in just four seconds. But mammals of all shapes and ...

Why do dogs like to shake themselves dry besides a person rather than doing this as soon as they get out of the water? (continued) Previous correspondence on this topic, describing the physics of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the new study, the team focused on a type of ultra-sensitive touch detecting receptors called C-fibre low-threshold ...