{"614633":{"#nid":"614633","#data":{"type":"news","title":"High-Speed Video of Cat Tongues Yields Another Reason Why They\u0027re Superior","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.inverse.com\/article\/51131-high-speed-video-cat-tongues-structure\u0022\u003EHigh-Speed Video of Cat Tongues Yields Another Reason Why They\u0026#39;re Superior\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EInverse\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nNovember 25, 2018\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/david-hu\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E is at it again, this time diving deep into cat grooming \u0026nbsp;Using videos captured by high-speed cameras (about 500 frames per second), he showed that cats have a four-phase grooming regimen aided by tiny keratin spikes on their tongues, called filiform papillae.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHu is an associate professor in the Schools of Mechanical Engineering and\u0026nbsp;of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biosci.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EBiological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and an adjunct associate professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"External News: Another reason cats don\u0027t need us"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Hu has investigated, horse tails, wet dog shakes, and sheep eyelashes. Now, he dives into cat tongues, discovering what exactly makes them so good at their job.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"External News: David Hu once again dives deep into the peculiar of animal behaviors, this time examining cat grooming up close."}],"uid":"34651","created_gmt":"2018-11-27 14:51:11","changed_gmt":"2018-11-27 16:00:58","author":"mrosten3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-11-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-11-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"614632":{"id":"614632","type":"image","title":"Cat Tongue","body":null,"created":"1543329820","gmt_created":"2018-11-27 14:43:40","changed":"1543329820","gmt_changed":"2018-11-27 14:43:40","alt":"","file":{"fid":"233997","name":"cat tongue.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cat%20tongue.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cat%20tongue.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":21515,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cat%20tongue.jpeg?itok=Rp5E6CRH"}}},"media_ids":["614632"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/mysteries-animal-movement","title":"The Mysteries of Animal Movement"},{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/tales-elephant-tails","title":"Tales of Elephant Tails"},{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/wet-dog-shake-and-other-physics-mysteries","title":"The \u2018Wet-Dog Shake\u2019 And Other Physics Mysteries"}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"297","name":"David Hu"},{"id":"110741","name":"cat"},{"id":"7130","name":"tongue"},{"id":"100221","name":"grooming"},{"id":"179790","name":"biolocomotion"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}