my science teacher said....

[WicKeD_WaYz]

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?

[Python14]

Test it

[WicKeD_WaYz]

ive been looking for a stray all afternoon

[Eagle]

Yeah, I saw a tv program about this once, it has to due also with the idea that it gives the cat enough time to twist around and land on its feet.

[TMAXXKING1]

man

man all my science teacher would ever say to me was... i get paid even if you dont show up to class ...

["the FitZ"]

Well, let's think about it. If you drop a cat off the empire state building, I don't care what it relaxes that cat will be tasting it's butthole. That's just my opinion though. I also had a science teacher tell me he took a group of bad kids off into the desert somewhere and left them. He wasn't being sarcastic either. Yep I thinks I'm gonna have to call bs on that

[t33kyboy]

Cats need time to realize wtf is going on, or that is what i was told.

[Pickle]

bs dittos here.

Just saw a vid with a cat on top of a telephone pole. Stupid humans were attempting a "rescue". When one of the stupid humans was close, the cat jumped. Yes, it was a full size telephone pole. The cat ran away......unharmed.

As far as needing enough time to be able to turn to land on its feet. We used to have a cat that was a great sport. One day we took it to see how little height it needed to land on its feet. Was only 12 inches or something. In fact my cat just walked by.....let me double check.

Yup, 12 inches.

[t33kyboy]

So if a cat is dropped from 11 inches, it will most likely die.

[HoppysMag]

So if a cat is dropped from 11 inches, it will most likely die.

well at that hieght its not goin fast enough to die. but will land off ballence or on its side

[yakitori]

what kind of science teacher is this? If it is a high school science teacher, they likely dont know what they are talking about. There are too many variables to tell whether a cat will survive either fall. Variables like age, size, fitness of the cat. Its a pretty mindless statement that a cat will survive that fall or die. Why would it even come up in science class or out of class. That is why high school teachers only have to have an Educational degree, and not specialize in anything. Not to mention, non science major classes are easier than science major classes.

I say your teacher is ignorant and possibly a hillbilly.

[WicKeD_WaYz]

what kind of science teacher is this? If it is a high school science teacher, they likely dont know what they are talking about. There are too many variables to tell whether a cat will survive either fall. Variables like age, size, fitness of the cat. Its a pretty mindless statement that a cat will survive that fall or die. Why would it even come up in science class or out of class. That is why high school teachers only have to have an Educational degree, and not specialize in anything. Not to mention, non science major classes are easier than science major classes.

I say your teacher is ignorant and possibly a hillbilly.

by generalizing that all highschool teachers dont know what they are talking about is also pretty ignorant. some teachers maybe enjoy highschool kids more than college? maybe they have other reasons than they arent smart enough. I know lots of knowledgable teachers, lots of idiots too, but that goes for about everything.

and since I havnt seen too many hillbilly's in south OC....im going to have to say no to the hillbilly part too.

and the variables...yea....thats why I said MOST of the time. Of course if every cat was exactly the same this would be an easy question. Maybe I needed to specify were talking about the average cat here...not the gold medal olympian cat from Kenya....

[Onryou]

i don't think muscle relaxation would matter at terminal velocity. cuz its not the fall that kills, its that sudden stop against something solid that does. sure, its muscles may look good and simply bruised, but those bones can't relax...

[WicKeD_WaYz]

i don't think muscle relaxation would matter at terminal velocity. cuz its not the fall that kills, its that sudden stop against something solid that does. sure, its muscles may look good and simply bruised, but those bones can't relax...

but isnt that why drunk people hardly ever die in car accidents....because they arent tensed up...

[TheDuelist]

So if a cat always lands on its feet and buttered bread always lands butter side down, what happens when you duct tape buttered bread to the back of a cat?