This thread almost gave me a headache LOL! Everyone has had good arguments here. What it boils down to is that if a cat consumes 2oz. of water, it does not matter what the moisture was ingested from. I'm still not sure if that was the point of all this. I think Otto may have been trying to say that even if kibble absorbs water it does not make it a better food than say... wet food? Maybe not. I'm not exactly sure at this point :dk: