Cats Falling from Greater Heights suffer lesser injuries

2006-10-01 11:55:32

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sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7009|Argentina

I found very interesting this video on why cats always land on their feet.

It might sound like a form of urban anxiety, but high-rise syndrome is actually a serious problem for cats in the city. Adventurous felines don't always look before they leap, and many wind up in emergency care after they go careening through unscreened windows.

But a mystery unfolded when doctors treating these "high-rise kitties" noticed a pattern: Cats that fell from great heights were less injured than those that took a modest dive.

See slow-motion cameras reveal how a falling cat manages to land on its feet, and find out why—for these furry acrobats—the higher they are, the better they fall.

2006-10-01 11:56:20

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ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6901

Are you sure this is a DAST topic?

2006-10-01 11:59:48

#3

pers0nah: Waste Kid; +271|6834|MANCHESTERRR

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news … n-ewe.html

ROFL

2006-10-01 12:01:30

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Paco_the_Insane: Phorum Phantom; +244|6896|Ohio

I plan on testing this ASAP. Now I have to go hunt down the cats that live outside my building.

2006-10-01 12:01:38

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sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7009|Argentina

ghettoperson wrote:
Are you sure this is a DAST topic?

I had the doubt about it, but since it's a scientific fact...anyway I thought it was interesting. Sorry if it belongs on the other section. Besides, I thought a fresh topic, would come handy after all the political crossfire there's always in this section.

PoP wrote:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060915-python-ewe.html

ROFL

That makes you laugh?

Paco_the_Insane wrote:
I plan on testing this ASAP. Now I have to go hunt down the cats that live outside my building.

That isn't the idea. But if you are trying to get a cat be careful, they are little bastards.

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2006-10-01 12:49:39

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unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7023|PNW

ghettoperson wrote:
Are you sure this is a DAST topic?

Biology's serious.

2006-10-01 13:25:41

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Major_Spittle: Banned; +276|6907|United States of America

If you throw them like spiking a football they will land on their face.

2006-10-01 13:27:20

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Spearhead: Gulf coast redneck hippy; +731|6941|Tampa Bay Florida

It makes me sick to hear what some retards do to cats... if someone would ever kick or attack one of their dogs they'd be crying like little 5 year olds.

Cats ftw. They do almost everything dogs do, and all you have to do is put some food down 2 times a day and give them a litter box.

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2006-10-01 13:30:42

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kr@cker: Bringin' Sexy Back!; +581|6801|Southeastern USA

https://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6189/catantigravity0cfuf5.gif

and thus the world's energy crisis is solved

Last edited by kr@cker (2006-10-01 13:32:05)

2006-10-01 16:54:26

#10

BVC: Member; +325|6947

Spearhead wrote:
It makes me sick to hear what some retards do to cats...

Fucking aye! Need to give them the same treatment, see how they like it...damned idiots like that are the reason you can't get decent firecrackers here any more

2006-10-01 18:06:16

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sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7009|Argentina

Spearhead wrote:
It makes me sick to hear what some retards do to cats... if someone would ever kick or attack one of their dogs they'd be crying like little 5 year olds.

Cats ftw. They do almost everything dogs do, and all you have to do is put some food down 2 times a day and give them a litter box.

2006-10-01 18:21:07

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kr@cker: Bringin' Sexy Back!; +581|6801|Southeastern USA

that's all well and good, til they walk out of that litter box and onto your kitchen counter or bed with litter feetses

2006-10-01 18:23:09

#13

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7009|Argentina

kr@cker wrote:
that's all well and good, til they walk out of that litter box and onto your kitchen counter or bed with litter feetses

They are the cleanest animals on Earth m8.

2006-10-01 18:24:02

#14

kr@cker: Bringin' Sexy Back!; +581|6801|Southeastern USA

whoever wrote that never had to change the my cats' litterboxes

2006-10-01 18:31:19

#15

jonsimon: Member; +224|6747

pretty cool vid

2006-10-01 18:34:37

#16

lavadisk: I am a cat ¦ 3; +369|7081|Denver colorado

nothing makes hurting a cat alright.

not even doom music

2006-10-01 18:39:39

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sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7009|Argentina

kr@cker wrote:
whoever wrote that never had to change the my cats' litterboxes

That's another story. I always have to clean the sandbox of my cat, coz my wife hates the smell, so I'm the sandbox guy. What it's disgusting is when I'm playing BF2 f.i. and that little bastard leaves his turds there, OMG, the smell is from another planet. I can't continue with the game, I feel the other team is using chemical weapons.

2006-10-01 18:47:38

#18

seraphite86: Member; +1|6725|Florida

I love cats. My allergies don't.

2006-10-01 18:54:12

#19

jet burned: Banned; +13|6878|Irving, Texas, USA

when i saw this I tried it on my cat.

2006-10-01 19:02:47

#20

MECtallica: Member; +73|6756|jalalabad

In July a pet Burmese python in Idaho required life-saving surgery to remove a queen-size electric blanket from its digestive tract (see photo). And last October a python in the Florida Everglades apparently busted a gut when it tried to make a meal of a 6-foot-long (2-meter-long) American alligator (see photo).

LOL gotta save those snakes!!

2006-10-01 19:11:12

#21

arson: Member; +99|6888|New York

Spearhead wrote:
It makes me sick to hear what some retards do to cats... if someone would ever kick or attack one of their dogs they'd be crying like little 5 year olds.

Cats ftw. They do almost everything dogs do, and all you have to do is put some food down 2 times a day and give them a litter box.

They usually end of killing more than just innocent animals..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1670025.stm

.. there is a clear link between animal abuse and psychopaths. That idiot who was bragging a few weeks ago about his innocent pet animal killings has a high probability of prision in his future.

2006-10-02 08:04:08

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sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7009|Argentina

Those fuckers kicking kittens should be put in a cage with a tiger. Do you like this kitten?

2006-10-02 10:12:49

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mattrsch: Yeah, that thing I said; +18|6886|Ames, IA

Spearhead wrote:
Cats ftw. They do almost everything dogs do

Except be loyal. Cats are ungratful little bastards.

2006-10-02 15:21:08

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Spearhead: Gulf coast redneck hippy; +731|6941|Tampa Bay Florida

mattrsch wrote:
Spearhead wrote:
Cats ftw. They do almost everything dogs do
Except be loyal. Cats are ungratful little bastards.

Yep

It all depends on the kinda food that you give them

2006-10-02 15:58:20

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sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7009|Argentina

Spearhead wrote:
mattrsch wrote:
Spearhead wrote:
Cats ftw. They do almost everything dogs do
Except be loyal. Cats are ungratful little bastards.
Yep

It all depends on the kinda food that you give them

You want a loyal asshole cat? Get a siamese, it's a dog with a cat form.

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