They are all practicing "how to fish and catch big ones".

We had a faucet that dripped occasionally and our cat would lay in the bathroom sink and wait for it to drip and swat it with her paw and then lick the water off. After a while she was laying in a puddle in the sink because she had the sink plugged with her body and didn't seem to care.

I have a new fur baby (same coloring) who loves the water. Iggy, my other cat does not want to get his feet wet. But Smokey splashes it, dips his head under the faucet and loves it. Iggy likes to be "watered" by me holding my hand under the running water so that he can sip from my hand. Ah, what we do for our babies.

My cat puts his paw in the water bowl and moves it around, sometimes tips it over. It drove me nuts so I bought a watering fountain from Amazon. Works great but I have to take apart and clean it every few days. Guess it's worth it if it keeps me from slipping in his spilled water and possibly ending up with a broken bone someday.

Mine does the same thing as nativetexan says her's do..(just the female cat)
So funny to watch though....

My cat Ibenez used to drop a piece of food into the water, swish it around and then retrieve and eat it. We think she may have had a raccoon gene in there somewhere. I'm sure she is still washing her food at the Bridge.

This is exactly what my cat does! I've always said he must be thinking, "If there's water, it must be spilled!" I hate the mess, but he has always been this way.

I also have to keep the water dish in a pan. Both of my cats like to play in the water. They are fascinated by water but not to bath in.
Also have a fountain bowl but they play in that too and it is harder to keep clean.

I was told by a vet that cats stir the water so they can see it. Otherwise they don't see the top of the water and won't put their face in it. That is why the fountain works. Our cat likes to drink when the faucet is on.

I had one cat, a female orange tabby, that used to cup her paw and pick up the water to drink. She didn't do it all the time, but it was funny.