After getting wet, many hairy mammals–particularly dogs–shake off the excess water from their fur. Scientists are now getting closer to understanding the neural mechanism behind the “wet dog shakes.” ...
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A team of neurobiologists at Harvard Medical School's Howard Hughes Medical Institute has uncovered the neural mechanism ...
The “wet dog shake” isn’t just limited to our canine companions, though. It’s actually an evolutionarily conserved behavior observed widely across hairy mammalian species. Now, scientists have finally ...
When hairy mammals feel something on their back, they’ll pull out the “wet dog shakes”. If you’ve ever been within the splash zone of a dog just getting out of the pool, you’ll likely have been on the ...
The brain pathway that causes hairy mammals like mice and dogs to shake themselves dry appears to have more to do with ...
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