Our Four-Legged Friends With Special Abilities
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189793)
Boise, Idaho
October 4, 2021 2:21pm CST
Several things lend to the ability cats have of always landing on their feet. First off, they have more vertebrae than humans. This makes it possible for them to move in ways that humans cannot. Also, their inner eat provides your kitty with a keen sense of balance. They automatically position their bodies for a good landing by rotating their upper body to face downward, and their lower body also follows this movement.
All this being true of cats ability but, to achieve this they need about two and a half feet to do so. They can also flatten their bodies as if they were parachutes so that they fall slower.
Cats can still be injured from high falls.
Have you ever experienced a cat falling from a height where you thought sure it would be injured?
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Oct 21
If they fall from too far. Poor cat.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Oct 21
@LadyDuck .......Sounds logical to me.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
6 Oct 21
@celticeagle The cat recovered. It was not too high, but there was not a "flat" place where he could land. If they land wrong they can get hurt.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 Oct 21
Apparently squirrels can flatten themselves into a paraparachute, too.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
5 Oct 21
I had one that was always climbing the antenna tower to the roof. Then would jump down. I think she fell one time and landed wrong. She was blind for a few days.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Oct 21
@wolfgirl569 ...........Glad she recovered.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Oct 21
@celticeagle Figured it out when she ran into me. I kept her in the bedroom for a couple of days and could tell she was starting to see as she started trying to get out. Either had minor swelling or pinched something. It was in the evening after vet hours when I knew something was wrong. The next morning I was sure she would be ok. It was then just waiting to see if she would be a full time house cat.
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@sallypup (69156)
• Centralia, Washington
4 Oct 21
When I was young I had a huge fight with one of my brothers. He was determined to try an experiment: drop a kitten out a second story window to see if it really would land on its feet. I said NO. Don't you do that. I can't remember if he did it or not.
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@JESSY3236 (22199)
• United States
5 Oct 21
I haven't. But I have read of cats that have been injured from falls.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Oct 21
I haven't read about any injuries. Poor kitties.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
5 Oct 21
We always had dogs. Cats have survived some scary falls.
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