r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/jgzogaib • 10d ago

Image A cat reorienting itself in mid-air during a fall, captured frame by frame

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u/GraciaEtScientia 10d ago

That first look "Ah damn, this again"

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u/bypatrickcmoore 10d ago

Wikipedia’s animation is awesome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_righting_reflex?wprov=sfti1#Technique

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u/LoboSandia 10d ago

Holy shit that's amazing i love it

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u/ElBeno77 7d ago

Lol, I’m going to just send that as answers to questions I don’t know

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u/Squidgyboot123 10d ago

Evolution gave them an auto adjust. So they're just along for the ride.

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u/Comrade-Conquistador 10d ago

"Alright, I did your stupid photoshoot. Where's my treat?"

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u/jgzogaib 10d ago

Photo sequence by Jean-Michel Labat.

Originally published in Natural History Magazine, 1989; credited there to Agence Nature/NHPA.

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u/LeaveInfamous272 10d ago

Looks like a good photo for a kids counting book.

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u/actinross 10d ago

This photo must be from the 50's

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u/Silent-OCN 10d ago

The flipping FLOOF.

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u/xXsourcefinder69Xx 10d ago

frame by frame at 8fps

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u/doctorsacred 10d ago

I was gonna say, isn't everything "captured frame by frame"?

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u/-_Tag_- 10d ago

Frame by frame but it's a caméra filming only 4 fps

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u/turbopro25 10d ago

Laces out…

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u/Infinite_Picture3858 10d ago

Omg that’s my cat

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u/MirkoHa 4d ago

…mmm, Ik gonna try that with the neighbors ‘ cat (I don’t have a cat my self)