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Susan Hazel, Ana Goncalves Costa and Julia Henning

Why do cats and dogs get the zoomies?

Does your cat or dog suddenly get a burst of energy and perform athletic feats around the house that would make even a gold medallist jealous? Welcome to the world of zoomies.

Zoomies involve intense periods of high-energy activity including running, spinning, jumping and rolling. All at top speed.

A proposed scientific name is frenetic random activity periods (FRAPs). In rabbits these high activity periods are called "binkies". But many cat and dog owners simply call them "zoomies".

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