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    Re: How much water do balls drink & how do they do it?

    Quote Originally Posted by eMonk View Post
    Sorry I'm curious & haven't caught mine in the action yet.

    How much would the average 100 gram bp drink & how do they drink, with their tongue like a cat or dog or do they stick their entire mouth in the water dish?
    If you want to read it here's a study on exactly your question so obviously somebody else got pretty curious too.

    http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/203/14/2171.pdf

    Basically what it comes down to in this study is that it says all snakes are suction drinkers rather than lapping up water as a dog does.
    ~~Joanna~~

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