I heard the following story to the best of my memory; I cannot vouch for it, it could be urban legend.
Allegedly someone conducted a study dropping inverted cats from various heights to document a cats ability to self right itself. Allegedly the study found that many cats were not able to right themselves when dropped from lower heights. Allegedly the higher that you drop them the more probability that they will self right themselves. Allegedly at something like three stories high; nearly all cats right themselves before hitting the ground.
Allegedly a cat is more likely to survive something like a 10-story drop than a 2-story drop . (I don’t remember the exact figures but it was something to this affect)
The way the story was told implied that some cats were killed and injured during the study. To me this makes the story sounds fishy. Though the experiment does sound interesting and I suspect much of the alleged findings are true; I would certainly hope that any self-respecting scientist conducting such a study, would do it in such a manner to reduce the cruelty (risk of injury and death) to the cats.
I certainly hope the alleged study was taken out of context or didn’t happen. I suspect it was just a sick joke. If it did happen I would want to know if it was a government-funded study.
I’ve been told this story by many people I think because I give them the impression that I don’t like cats. I do criticize cats because some of the diseases they spread and some of the harm they do to the wildlife. However they do have their place in nature and society. I’m more of a dog person; but almost secretly I do like cats.
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I’ve never really wanted to own a cat. But last winter I fostered a cat until with the help of a neighbor and a local vet we found a more appropriate home for the cat. I really didn’t want to go through the trouble and expense of fostering a cat; but this kitten just broke my heart. It was so hungry, cold and lonely that it ran out of the relative safety of being under a pickup truck; and bravely came up to my German Shepherd as if to ask it to be its foster mom. I walked the dog and kitten throughout the neighborhood and Woods trying to find its mother; I hoped that the dog and kitten would get a scent of its mother. No luck. I left a kitten outside for a few hours a day at different times of the day, hoping that it’s mother would come and get it. No luck.
I heard the following story to the best of my memory; I cannot vouch for it, it could be urban legend.
Allegedly someone conducted a study dropping inverted cats from various heights to document a cats ability to self right itself. Allegedly the study found that many cats were not able to right themselves when dropped from lower heights. Allegedly the higher that you drop them the more probability that they will self right themselves. Allegedly at something like three stories high; nearly all cats right themselves before hitting the ground.
Allegedly a cat is more likely to survive something like a 10-story drop than a 2-story drop . (I don’t remember the exact figures but it was something to this affect)
The way the story was told implied that some cats were killed and injured during the study. To me this makes the story sounds fishy. Though the experiment does sound interesting and I suspect much of the alleged findings are true; I would certainly hope that any self-respecting scientist conducting such a study, would do it in such a manner to reduce the cruelty (risk of injury and death) to the cats.
I certainly hope the alleged study was taken out of context or didn’t happen. I suspect it was just a sick joke. If it did happen I would want to know if it was a government-funded study.
I’ve been told this story by many people I think because I give them the impression that I don’t like cats. I do criticize cats because some of the diseases they spread and some of the harm they do to the wildlife. However they do have their place in nature and society. I’m more of a dog person; but almost secretly I do like cats.
I’ve never really wanted to own a cat. But last winter I fostered a cat until with the help of a neighbor and a local vet we found a more appropriate home for the cat. I really didn’t want to go through the trouble and expense of fostering a cat; but this kitten just broke my heart. It was so hungry, cold and lonely that it ran out of the relative safety of being under a pickup truck; and bravely came up to my German Shepherd as if to ask it to be its foster mom. I walked the dog and kitten throughout the neighborhood and Woods trying to find its mother; I hoped that the dog and kitten would get a scent of its mother. No luck. I left a kitten outside for a few hours a day at different times of the day, hoping that it’s mother would come and get it. No luck.
Kitty now has a permanent home. Thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfUIeMjeAaU
Another old Fart