Summer Heat Has Animals Of All Species Assuming The Sploot Position

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    Plant - NYC Parks @NYCParks - Follow If you see a squirrel lying down like this, don't worry; it's just fine. On hot days, squirrels keep cool by splooting (stretching out) on cool surfaces to reduce body heat. It is sometimes referred to as heat dumping. 3:37 PM Aug 9, 2022 .
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    Plant - HTXCisco @HTX_Cisco - Follow See this guy from my home office window all the time.
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    Table - smellsofbikes @smellsofbikes Follow Well she's splooting so she's a squirrel?
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    Organism - Britrock @Britrock - Follow Replying to @NYCParks Our neighborhood squirrel has it down perfectly. Zras
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    Water
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    Dog - Jude Toche @Jude Toche. Follow I didn't think this thing that dogs do could get any more adorable but then I learned the actual term for this is "splooting" and I may literally die now.
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    Cat - Dave Waters @Daveyman19 - Follow Replying to @JenBartram George is 'splooting' in the heat - I learnt about this recently as this is the term used for animals cooling themselves - now we want another cat to call it Sploot
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    Dog - Winnie @StumpyLegsATX - Follow Splooting on a Wednesday!
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    Dog - THIS ARISE TALES-N
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    Brown bear - Some 30,000 grizzly bears live in Alaska, and they are normally solitary.
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