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Why do furry animals do the “wet dog shake?” (sciworthy.com)

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Researchers found mice have special neurons that sense disturbances to their fur, causing them to shake and groom themselves when wet.

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[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts 1 points 2 days ago

Mice have something like 70 million neurons in their brain. They're not exactly engaging in abstract thought. Everything a mouse does easily has hundreds of thousands of dedicated neurons..

Just seems like the usual pop sci sensational title nonsense..