Subject: RE: |SKML| Brain over Brawn, who's better lookin? Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 15:20:32 -0500 From: "Rudnicki, Edward J." Reply-To: swatkats@PEAK.ORG To: "'swatkats@PEAK.ORG'" >>Here's one: since I don't recall ever seeing them panting, would their >flight suits have some sort of cooling apparatus? Given how energetic >they are, something would be necessary.< > >Well, do cats pant? My bad! I know that cats pant. What I meant was that since we've never seen the Kats panting, etc.... >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. Sweating IS a cooling process. It's not as efficient as panting, since with the latter the cat induces airflow over the wetted surfaces to increase the rate of evaporation. Ed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.