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		fluoridation on Oct 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cats are (almost) liquid Save for their skeletons and other dry structures like hair and shells, animals are in fact gels.

WJW on Oct 17, 2024 [–]

Maybe they're more broth-like? Also the paper at https://www.drgoulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Rheology-... seems to indicate that they are "active rheological materials" and therefore probably non-Newtonian.

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