Huh, well, that’s an odd route you’ve forced my brain to take this morning. I’m now having to wonder… dogs and cats drink by lapping up liquids as adults. They don’t really have lips like humans do. How do they suckle as infants?
I imagine it’s a combination of having a gum ridge like human babies (which can HURT, btw), having more agile tongues than humans, and the fact that their adorable little howl faces can still generate enough of a seal.
Huh, well, that’s an odd route you’ve forced my brain to take this morning. I’m now having to wonder… dogs and cats drink by lapping up liquids as adults. They don’t really have lips like humans do. How do they suckle as infants?
Calves, lambs and kids don’t suck with a vacuum neither. They just kinda chew.
I imagine it’s a combination of having a gum ridge like human babies (which can HURT, btw), having more agile tongues than humans, and the fact that their adorable little howl faces can still generate enough of a seal.