Do note that cats right themselves in just a few feet, it’s the supposed survivability at terminal velocity that’s interesting. 90% cats that fall more than 2 stories and survive long enough to be brought in for treatment survive, but the vast majority have bodily trauma, and most sustain fractures of some kind.
Just so you know, there is a conflicting study mentioned at the end of the main section that refutes the original claim:
In a 2004 study, it was reported that cats falling from higher places suffered more severe injuries than those experiencing shorter drops.[5]
In the main section they call out that there may be a survivorship bias. Basically, you only bring in the cats that survived a high drop because otherwise the cat is clearly dead.
Not sure if I’d say that most have little issue on the terminal velocity thing. But it was an interesting study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-rise_syndrome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_righting_reflex#Terminal_velocity
Cats are funny, cute, and cool!
That’s the idea I was referring to, yeah.
Do note that cats right themselves in just a few feet, it’s the supposed survivability at terminal velocity that’s interesting. 90% cats that fall more than 2 stories and survive long enough to be brought in for treatment survive, but the vast majority have bodily trauma, and most sustain fractures of some kind.
Just so you know, there is a conflicting study mentioned at the end of the main section that refutes the original claim:
In the main section they call out that there may be a survivorship bias. Basically, you only bring in the cats that survived a high drop because otherwise the cat is clearly dead.