my science teacher said....

[PyRo]

We know humans cannot twist like that so their is no need for an experiment
Take a phychology course and you get to see videos of all the things they do to infants. Actually I forget all of them except the cliff one. A baby will walk right off the edge (and safley onto a piece of glass they cannot see) at a certain point they develop the sense to say "hey if I walk over this i'm going to fall and crack my head open".

On another note:
My mother used to be a vet. The office had a cat that got dropped off one day with a broken jaw. Somone had thrown it out a 2nd story window to see if it would land on its feet. It didn't.

[tony3]

Only thing my physics teacher told me about cats was he had to bury his mothers. The cat died in a stretched out position and wouldn't fit in the hole, when his mother and wife weren't looking he cracked it over his knee and threw it in

[WickeDKlowN]

In 8th grade, my science teacher taught us how to make black powder. And in Chrmistry last year my teacher was talking about how to make some sort of crazy radiation death ray or something. I tried to get him to use Thermite to demonstrate an exothermic reaction but he said the fume-hood couldn't suck the smoke up fast enough and we would all die.

Never learned anything about cats though.

[slade]

We know humans cannot twist like that so their is no need for an experiment
Take a phychology course and you get to see videos of all the things they do to infants. Actually I forget all of them except the cliff one. A baby will walk right off the edge (and safley onto a piece of glass they cannot see) at a certain point they develop the sense to say "hey if I walk over this i'm going to fall and crack my head open".

On another note:
My mother used to be a vet. The office had a cat that got dropped off one day with a broken jaw. Somone had thrown it out a 2nd story window to see if it would land on its feet. It didn't.

hey, you never know till you try

those are some pretty cool tests... and it proves my theory that baby humans are the stupidest of lifeforms... which already had a lot of evidence from when my feline anatomy teacher (yes feline anatomy) brought in her 2 year old son... the 6 week old kittens were smart, energetic and coordinated. he, on the other hand, had trouble walking, shook the kittens when they came over, curious (they kept away after that) and found a croquet set, dragged it around, knocked it over on top of him, and sat down and cried until someone came over to rescue him.

oh, and that person should be shot... or at least smacked around a bit for stupidity. they could at least RESEARCH something before testing something they heard. if a cat falls from a certain range of height (including 2 stories) he/she will not have enough time to rotate his/her body and prepare for the impact, and thus will be injured. at a higher hight, the cat will have enought time to properly prepare before impact.

(you know, an eye for an eye punishment sounds pretty good. that person should be thrown out of a second story window )

[maglover728]

ive been looking for a stray all afternoon

So, did yo find a test subject? If so, what were the results?

I could mail you a cat. i don't have much money though so I would have to use parcel post! Let me know.

[WicKeD_WaYz]

if a cat falls from a certain range of height (including 2 stories) he/she will not have enough time to rotate his/her body and prepare for the impact, and thus will be injured. at a higher hight, the cat will have enought time to properly prepare before impact.

actually the cat has plenty of time to rotate around. it has time to rotate around if u drop it from almost any height. cats are crazy that way. it has something to do with how it relaxes its muscles and prepares for impact.

[slade]

actually the cat has plenty of time to rotate around. it has time to rotate around if u drop it from almost any height. cats are crazy that way. it has something to do with how it relaxes its muscles and prepares for impact.

exactly, the cat wont have time to rotate his/her body AND prepare.

[WicKeD_WaYz]

exactly, the cat wont have time to rotate his/her body AND prepare.

ooops missed that before my bad

[Hasty8]

[QUOTE=slade]from hasty8's last link:

[QUOTE]Animal experts say that this instinct is observable in kittens as young as three to four weeks

now what kind of sadistic maniac drops 3 week old kittens as an experiment?! at three weeks old a kitten can barely walk, yet someone is trying to drop them to see if they can twist themselves around and land on their feet?!

you know, i think im going to start doing the same experiment with human infants. ill just break into a nursery at night. "hmm, 'robert,' three weeks old. lets see if you can turn over and land on your feet if youre dropped!" THUNK! "nope, guess not bob, that looked to me like you landed on your head. hmm, 'sue,' four weeks old. ill bet youre old enough to land on your feet!"

Erm, dude, how many predators do you have coming after you within 3-4 weeks of birth?

Most wild animals can run and even walk just a few hours after birth.

Try not to put all your value and life experiences on other animals. They don't often fit.

[Hasty8]

that if a cat falls from more than one story... it will most likely die.

except if it falls from more than 4 1/2 stories...it will most likely live.

something about once the cat reaches terminal velocity, it relaxes its muscles and doesnt die when it lands?

true?

Looks like your teacher was wrong.

Above seven stories, however, the number of injuries declined. In other words, the farther the cat fell, the better were his chances of escaping injury.

Scroll down to "Terminal Velocity"

It seems to me that he was off by a few floors.

I can't find the actual study cited but I'm lookinf for it.

[ScatterPlot]

So a cat could fall out of an airplane and live? Awesome.

[PyRo]

So a cat could fall out of an airplane and live? Awesome.

So can humans...

[ScatterPlot]

Wait- huh? They can? I mean aside from like landing on some big airbag or something, but like a cat could nearly walk away from a plane crash?

[PyRo]

Wait- huh? They can? I mean aside from like landing on some big airbag or something, but like a cat could nearly walk away from a plane crash?

Yes, aside from their natural ability to survive falls traveling around 120mph (that's about terminal velocity isn't it?) cats are also impervious to things such as being hit with other heavy objects traveling at high speeds, being crushed, and burning jet fuel.

Seriously, read the thread then use your head before I come to the conclusion that you don't have one.

[SoccerPaintball3]

cats are the best paintball targets i can find