This is not just another run-of-the-mill cute animal video, folks.
This is science.
David Hu and colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta filmed 33 wet animals shaking themselves dry.
In cold, wet weather, animals can suffer from hypothermia if they’re unable to dry themselves off quickly.
Watch this slow-motion footage and find out how fast different species need to shake in order to get dry.
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