I'm unsure if there is an actual name for it, but they use their tongues as a spoon, curling the tongue backwards and pulling the water into their mouth.
lap
Lap
Lap is the term used for the way dogs drink water.
Pigs drink water in the same way that dogs do. Pigs will lap up the water they need with their tongues.
The words, "Slurp" or "Lap" are two words that could refer to the way dogs drink water.
Lap
Dogs will "lap" their water. To lap means to take up liquid with the tongue. Dogs actually fold the tip of their tongue backwards so the top of the tongue penetrates the surface of the water.
Gray wolves stay near open sources of water. After the wolf feeds on a prey, it will drink large amounts of water to prevent uremic poisoning. A wolf's stomach can hold as much as 7.5 liters of water.
Hummingbirds use their tongues to lap up nectar. Much the same way dogs or cats lap up water to get a drink.
drinking water
They drink water because if they didn't they would die, and if is a way of keeping their body working in the heat of the African day.
When lobsters drink, they drink water. They do not metabolize salt in the same way that most animals do. They suffer no ill effects of salt water.
When lobsters drink, they drink water. They do not metabolize salt in the same way that most animals do. They suffer no ill effects of salt water.
If you want to drink salt water, you can drink it exactly the same way that you would drink anything else; any fluid can be swallowed. However, there are better things to drink.