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

[Patricia]

I remember the first time I caught my first BP drinking, it was a magical moment.

I totally agree! That first, magical moment happened here on 4th of July after we'd held Patriot out in the sun for nearly an hour. I'm guessing a lot of sunshine made it thirsty? Or perhaps that was the first time it had moved out of its hide after eating 3 days prior? I don't know, but it didn't dunk the front part of its head into the water like it had done before. This time it held a beautiful pose, and yes, looked to be sucking. You really couldn't tell if the mouth was even touching the water until you got down to its level to see. Here are a couple of pictures I took:

Blowing bubbles?


View from mouth level. It stayed like this for over a minute.