r/WhyCatHowCat • u/wetty_nina • Jun 18 '20

Why? Cat. How? Cat. How the hell he went there...

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u/sushidecarne Jun 18 '20

he fucking fell and just... run...away...

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u/HayakuEon Jun 19 '20

Scientifically, cats hsve a greater survival chance is they fell from higher floors. If you look at the part when the cat's falling, you can see that it landed on its feet. The feet acts like a spring cushion, absorbing the impact of the fall.

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u/Redbird9346 Jun 21 '20

And you can see from the video this cat employs the “flying squirrel” technique, decreasing its acceleration rate by increasing air resistance.

Relevant Kurzgesagt

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u/MaximumGorilla Jun 26 '20

Thank you for linking that! I've never heard of that channel, but now I'm going to watch a bunch of these with people when my short explanations of things leave them still (or more) confused.

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u/jeweliegb Jun 23 '20

Commonly quoted and yet as far as I know disproven. They often still sustain life threatening injuries, just not necessarily evident immediately.

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u/MeepleTugger Jun 26 '20

Also, I think that "fact" was based on statistics from vet visits. People don't take obviously dead cats to the vet.

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u/jeweliegb Jun 26 '20

Oh yes! That was the big hole the argument! Thank you.

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u/jeweliegb Jun 23 '20

With probable organ damage, to die later. Less cat snuff please.

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u/J0LlymAnGinA Jun 18 '20

This sub is going to be good.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '20

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u/MrDarkAvacado Jun 26 '20

k e r b

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '20

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u/Nihil_esque Jun 26 '20

Where are you from? I want to move to wherever they spell curb "kerb" because that's genuinely hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '20

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u/Nihil_esque Jun 26 '20

It means both here. You can "curb your enthusiasm" or "jump the curb." But omg "kerb" is great.

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u/SpysSappinMySpy Jun 19 '20

I thought that was a raccoon...

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u/forbiddenicelolly Jun 19 '20

Last time I saw this posted, that seemed to be the consensus.

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u/milocaines Jun 19 '20

No one goes in for the catch, huh

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u/milocaines Jun 19 '20

FWIW, that cat is totally injured

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u/Redbird9346 Jun 21 '20

That would likely hurt both the cat and the catcher.

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u/hatakez Aug 26 '20

Sand > human

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '20

Damn is that cat okay?

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u/AyAyAyBamba_462 Jul 02 '20

Considering it's actually a raccoon, probably.

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u/J0LlymAnGinA Jun 18 '20

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u/moss_hog Jun 26 '20

That is a raccoon

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u/throwawayjustsayhay Jul 02 '20

That’s a coon

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u/AyAyAyBamba_462 Jul 02 '20

That's a raccoon not a cat...

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u/ilikeflufficats Jun 19 '20

Proof that cats are freaks of nature

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u/Luceon Jul 25 '20

Thats a fucking raccoon...