Awesome Video (and Science, sorry) of Mammals Shaking Themselves Dry (Yes, there's dogs)
Georgia Institue of Technology biologist David Hu demonstrates the shake of a wet mammal is anything but random. On the contrary, the researchers write that the frequency "of an animal's shake — i.e., the number of times it oscillates its body per second — is tuned to "(i) the animal's size and (ii) the properties of water, namely surface tension and density," in order to remove as much water as possible with minimal physical effort."
