the cat’s earliest ancestors probably
hunted both on the ground and in the
trees to survive they needed not only
claws but remarkable balance an aptitude
all cats retained to this day in keeping
with its reputation the cat usually does
land on all fours and scientists have
come to understand how slow-motion
photography reveals that cats always
write themselves in a precise order the
head rotates first based on messages
from the eyes and inner ear then the
spine twists and the rear quarters align
at the same time the cat arches its back
to reduce the force of impact
despite its agility the cat faces
particular dangers in today’s modern
cities here although hundreds of feet
above the ground the indoor cat is just
as attracted by moving prey as is any
other cat if anything it may be a
stir-crazy bundle of energy so many cats
actually careen through unscreened
windows that the phenomenon now has a
name
high-rise syndrome at the Animal Medical
Center in New York City doctors were
perplexed when they found that victims
of higher Falls often had less severe
injuries than those that fell a shorter
distance month since you were here
we’ve been puzzled by the high-rise
syndrome for a long time the name that
we give for cats falling out of windows
yeah clinical impression is that cats
that full from medium level storage that
hurt much worse than cats that fell from
even greater distances that seemed to
defy our logic that cats that would fall
farther would be hurt less so we
undertook a study to examine the records
on cats that had been admitted here for
falling out of windows and it actually
confirmed that our clinical impression
was correct
it seems that cats that fall from higher
stories have enough time to reach
freefall like a parachutist and are
relaxed when you experience trauma when
you’re relaxed you will probably avoid
injury when you experience trauma when
you’re very rigid and very tight
will tend to maximize injury the cat may
not have nine lives but it’s uncanny
ability to sail through the air is
almost certainly responsible for the
myth
hunted both on the ground and in the
trees to survive they needed not only
claws but remarkable balance an aptitude
all cats retained to this day in keeping
with its reputation the cat usually does
land on all fours and scientists have
come to understand how slow-motion
photography reveals that cats always
write themselves in a precise order the
head rotates first based on messages
from the eyes and inner ear then the
spine twists and the rear quarters align
at the same time the cat arches its back
to reduce the force of impact
despite its agility the cat faces
particular dangers in today’s modern
cities here although hundreds of feet
above the ground the indoor cat is just
as attracted by moving prey as is any
other cat if anything it may be a
stir-crazy bundle of energy so many cats
actually careen through unscreened
windows that the phenomenon now has a
name
high-rise syndrome at the Animal Medical
Center in New York City doctors were
perplexed when they found that victims
of higher Falls often had less severe
injuries than those that fell a shorter
distance month since you were here
we’ve been puzzled by the high-rise
syndrome for a long time the name that
we give for cats falling out of windows
yeah clinical impression is that cats
that full from medium level storage that
hurt much worse than cats that fell from
even greater distances that seemed to
defy our logic that cats that would fall
farther would be hurt less so we
undertook a study to examine the records
on cats that had been admitted here for
falling out of windows and it actually
confirmed that our clinical impression
was correct
it seems that cats that fall from higher
stories have enough time to reach
freefall like a parachutist and are
relaxed when you experience trauma when
you’re relaxed you will probably avoid
injury when you experience trauma when
you’re very rigid and very tight
will tend to maximize injury the cat may
not have nine lives but it’s uncanny
ability to sail through the air is
almost certainly responsible for the
myth
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