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This is incredible.
Cats can pivot off of nothing to land on their feet. Scientists still can’t fully explain why.
There may not actually exist a true limit to the elevation from which a cat can plunge and survive.
Perhaps only house cats achieve the perfect combo: an amazing sense of balance, to quickly sense when they need to flip, plus lightning-fast reflexes, a bendable back, and super-stretchy limbs to carry it out.
"Infinite heights" sounds like a bit of a stretch. And what we don't need is a bunch of schlubs reading something like this and...yes, you guessed it. It's not hard to predict that some genius Atlantic readers will grab the nearest cat and do some experimenting.
While this piece may be technically interesting, I don't think this sort of information should be published. Because people, unlike cats, are idiots.
"Infinite heights" sounds like a bit of a stretch. And what we don't need is a bunch of schlubs reading something like this and...yes, you guessed it. It's not hard to predict that some genius Atlantic readers will grab the nearest cat and do some experimenting.
While this piece may be technically interesting, I don't think this sort of information should be published. Because people, unlike cats, are idiots.
Ok, now we need a statistically valid number of cats and some high place to drop them from. All that fur might provide too much drag, like a parachute so we might have to drop some in a vacuum chamber.
What if we put the cat inside a box? Would it be both alive and dead in there?
Just past that fifth floor, though, an 11-pound cat will hit its terminal velocity of about 60 miles per hour; no matter how much higher its starting point, its final thud won’t be worse.
Does anybody think that a cat could be hit by a car going 60 mph and live through it?
If vets really do see cats that have fallen long distances with only mild injuries, then survivorship bias is at work. The overwhelming majority of cats falling a great distance, without having their fall broken by an awning or tree limb, won't live to go to a vet.
Ok, now we need a statistically valid number of cats and some high place to drop them from. All that fur might provide too much drag, like a parachute so we might have to drop some in a vacuum chamber.
What if we put the cat inside a box? Would it be both alive and dead in there?
Exactly what I was talking about.
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