Subject: Re: |SKML| Brain over Brawn, who's better lookin? Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 19:23:06 -0400 From: "Raphael" Reply-To: swatkats@PEAK.ORG To: >Well, do cats pant? I've never seen either of mine pant and, sometimes, >they do exert themselves. I've seen them breath heavily, but never >pant. The few times I've seen a cat with its tongue out it was after >washing. I'm to understand that holding their tongue out lets it dry >and all the hair they've collected and, quite naturally, have no desire >to swallow falls off. Yep...I've had two cats that both panted if the weather got too hot (and my friend had one that sat at her feet and panted, while it waited for her to throw a ball of paper for it to chase and retrieve....but that's a whole different story ) >Back to the subject, Maverick said they sweat through their paws - don't >they cool through their pawpads too? Maverick, any ideas? If they did, >we'd have yet another reason why they run around barefoot. Hmm...now, I'd always thought that the main reason for not leaving your pets in a car during the summer is because the heat rises too quickly and animals do not have any means to perspire, so they suffer from the heat even faster (not to mention wearing those fur coats...oy...). Learn something new every day, as they say. Erin "> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Do not meddle in the affairs of the SWAT Kats, . for they well armed and destined to win. Do not meddle in the affairs of our Commander, . for he has a blaster and knows how to use it.