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TheMegabro t1_izv0vhw wrote

Reply to comment by XColdLogicX in How dogs scoop up water. by ooMEAToo

If a wolf is drinking from a natural puddle, any water it spills goes back into the puddle. So "efficiency" didn't matter.

Edit: Unless you mean inefficient as in slow rather than wasteful of water. Moderately slow drinking could actually be a feature. Lots of animals are slow drinkers.

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XColdLogicX t1_izv12k6 wrote

The quicker you drink, the safer you are. I was also joking lol

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Spacier_soda t1_izv4jyh wrote

I don't know if that would even be an advantage, do wolves have natural predators?

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TheMegabro t1_izvqtyx wrote

A lot of wolves are killed by wolves from other packs. Cougars/mountain lions will sneak attack, kill, and probably eat an individual wolf (a wolf travelling in search of a mate) if they have a chance. Bears would eat a wolf if they were able to grab one, although they aren't as soft-stepping as a cougar so it is unlikely for a bear to catch a wolf by surprise.

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h-bugg96 t1_izvqlgw wrote

Maybe it is by design. My dumb boy forgets to drink a lot and then goes for the whole bowl at once. Sometimes he drinks too much. Too quickly and throws up. Caue he's dumb. So it would probably happen more often if he wasn't such an inefficient drinker

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