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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2007Cat Falls 50-60 feet from a tree
http://tinyurl.com/2r8raw Yikes! There is no follow-up about what may have happened to the cat. It ran off into the woods after the fall. (Again, sorry about the stupid advertising before the clip). Jill > http://tinyurl.com/2r8raw > > Yikes! There is no follow-up about what may have happened to the cat. It > ran off into the woods after the fall. (Again, sorry about the stupid > advertising before the clip). Let's hope it was okay! Although, even though they land on their feet, cat's can sustain injuries from such a fall, many of them actually manage to survive without incident. >> http://tinyurl.com/2r8raw >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > cat's can sustain injuries from such a fall, many of them actually manage > to survive without incident. I think??? I remember something about this. It was a local lost pet and the slaves came to the fireman afterwards and thanked them for the rescue I watched a cat jump from the top of a telephone pole before and land on its feet with no injury in fact the furball ran right to momma's arms who was watching across the street. She had a grip on him like steel when she took her and the HRH to the vet. >>> http://tinyurl.com/2r8raw >>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > was watching across the street. She had a grip on him like steel when she > took her and the HRH to the vet. You're right. This has been around for a while. The cat was fine, but it was quite a scary drop.  SignatureJoey Dee from NYC Remember: It is To Laugh a few Ketzl pix <http://tinyurl.com/2a5u8b> > >>> http://tinyurl.com/2r8raw > >>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > was watching across the street. She had a grip on him like steel when she > > took her and the HRH to the vet. What's an HRH? Joyce > > >>> http://tinyurl.com/2r8raw > > >>> [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Joyce His/Her Royal Highness in other words our masters ;-) >>>> http://tinyurl.com/2r8raw >>>> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > You're right. This has been around for a while. The cat was fine, but > it was quite a scary drop. Sorry, it was just on my local news last night. Still scary. Jill >> http://tinyurl.com/2r8raw >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > cat's can sustain injuries from such a fall, many of them actually > manage to survive without incident. I have an article on a study of cats who had fallen from great heights. It says that there is a height (equivalent to between 2 and 3 stories of a building), where cats sustain *more* injuries than if they fall from a greater height. This is because they have time to spread out, like a parachute, if they have further to fall. I should dig out the article. I know it's here somewhere. It had some amazing stories about cats who had fallen from great heights and had made it. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > I have an article on a study of cats who had fallen from great heights. > It says that there is a height (equivalent to between 2 and 3 stories of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > know it's here somewhere. It had some amazing stories about cats who had > fallen from great heights and had made it. I read (or watched) something about that, too. Also, isn't it because they have time to flip over in order to land feet first? Joyce > > I have an article on a study of cats who had fallen from great heights. > > It says that there is a height (equivalent to between 2 and 3 stories of [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Joyce That is what the cat I saw did it spread itself way out like a flying squirrel does >>> I have an article on a study of cats who had fallen from great heights. >>> It says that there is a height (equivalent to between 2 and 3 stories of [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > That is what the cat I saw did it spread itself way out like a flying > squirrel does Yes, exactly. I saw Frank do that once. He wasn't falling from a great height, but was jumping from a boat to our jetty. I stood on the jetty, and saw Frank prepare for the jump. The boat was tied to the jetty with a long line, and just when Frank was going to jump, a gust of wind blew the boat further away from the jetty. My heart jumped into my mouth as I saw Frank jumping anyway. I stood right in his line of jumping, and I saw how amazingly he sort of flattened himself out like a pancake and glided through the air and landed on the jetty. I'll never forget that, it was just stunning (and swallowing my heart back down took its sweet time). SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > That is what the cat I saw did it spread itself way out like a flying > squirrel does Cats when falling spread their legs out and because their skin is so loose it does like something like a flying squirrel. Actually though it acts more like a parachute and slows the cat down making for a softer impact Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > > That is what the cat I saw did it spread itself way out like a flying > > squirrel does [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Lesley In _On Being the Right Size_ (a very old but excellent popular science book) J.B.S. Haldane discusses the effect of falls on varioius animals. He doesn't say much about cats but Haldane, although brilliant, WAS a wierdo and it is not unusual for him to leave out the most important thing. One oddity is that a fall by itself cannot kill a mouse. At terminal velocity a mouse is not moving fast enough to cause more than minor injury. Will in New Haven -- > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs On 28 Jun, 21:19, jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: > I read (or watched) something about that, too. Also, isn't it because > they have time to flip over in order to land feet first? Apparently the most dangerous fall for a cat is if they fall back first for a short distance. Over a longer distance, cats have a superb (like everything else about them) righting reflex, which enables them to turn in mid air and get into a good landing position Many years ago the Xmas edition of the British Medical Journal (that one is always full of interesting stuff not necesarily medical) reported on a survey done by vets in some American town on cats falling and excluding cats who were enthanised because of injuries possibly survivable but put to sleep due to potential cost, the winner was an average DSH male tabby who jumped off a balcony (probably chasing something) and plunged over 300 feet. (5th floor apartment) And walked away with a cracked rib and a chipped tooth ...He managed to land on very soft ground Now that's a cat who has DEFINITELY used one of his nine lives Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > On 28 Jun, 21:19, jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > was an average DSH male tabby who jumped off a balcony (probably > chasing something) and plunged over 300 feet. (5th floor apartment) Not to be nit picky, but 300 feet is 30 stories and is very different than 5 stories which is 50 feet (they've made me take way too many engineering classes to get my computer graphics certification - 10 feet is generally considered a story whether they use vaulted ceilings and are really 15 feet each - making a 300 foot building 30 stories no matter how many floors it really has) > And walked away with a cracked rib and a chipped tooth ...He managed > to land on very soft ground [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Not to be nit picky, but 300 feet is 30 stories and is very different > than 5 stories which is 50 feet (they've made me take way too many > engineering classes to get my computer graphics certification - 10 feet > is generally considered a story whether they use vaulted ceilings and > are really 15 feet each - making a 300 foot building 30 stories no > matter how many floors it really has) Wow - several years ago when I went parasailing (where you're tethered to the back of a motorboat by a very long cord, and when the boat goes fast, you go way up in the air, buoyed up by a "parasail"), they had 3 different heights you could choose: 450, 800 and 1250 feet (137, 244, and 381 meters, respectively). It being my first time, I was a bit chicken, so I chose the 450 foot one. I estimated one floor of a building to be 15 feet high, so that would mean I was 30 stories up. It was very hard to imagine that, because all I could see was water and sky - there wasn't much to compare my height against. The boat did look tiny, but I couldn't tell if that was 10 stories tiny, or 50. And now I can say I was 45 stories high! :) Joyce Confused now By storey I suppose I mean floors the cat fell from 5 floors I thought a floor was a storey! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Confused now > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs You're not confused; you're just... oh, I guess you *are* confused. A floor is a storey (or "story") here in the states. As Bridget pointed out, a storey/story is usually figured to be 10 feet in height. SignatureJoey Dee from NYC Remember: It is To Laugh a few Ketzl pix <http://tinyurl.com/2a5u8b> > You're not confused; you're just... oh, I guess you *are* confused. > A floor is a storey (or "story") here in the states. As Bridget pointed out, > a storey/story is usually figured to be 10 feet in height. Whoa! I thought a storey or floor was the same thing. If your storey'floors are 10 feet by my estimates you're all bent double. I am sitting in the bedroom of my flat now I know my flat tends to be a little on the tall side but from floor to ceiling is just over 25 feet and the living room is taller it has itr's pros and cons Pro's- Lots of tall space for Furballs to play and sleep in Con's- You try to get ready made curtains with a 90-120" drop! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >> You're not confused; you're just... oh, I guess you *are* confused. >> A floor is a storey (or "story") here in the states. As Bridget pointed out, [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs But story and floor *are* the same thing. I'm in a 20-story building; it has 20 floors. Most ceilings here ("here" being in the city, but also every place I've lived) are 8 or 9 feet; some of the "claaasssier" buildings boast of higher. I think I've even been in places where the ceilings were 7 feet. *That's* claustrophobic. I'm not sure about standard curtain lengths here. I have made some, but they were only window-length. Never had them made for me and never bought any. I can't imagine a 25-foot ceiling in a bedroom; and higher in the living room? Maybe your feet are smaller than mine. :-) SignatureJoey Dee from NYC Remember: It is To Laugh a few Ketzl pix <http://tinyurl.com/2a5u8b> > If your storey'floors are 10 feet by my estimates you're all bent > double. I am sitting in the bedroom of my flat now I know my flat > tends to be a little on the tall side but from floor to ceiling is > just over 25 feet and the living room is taller it has itr's pros and > cons Whoa! That is a *tall* ceiling! I don't know exactly what mine are, but probably not more than about 8 or 9 feet, I'd guess. That would mean your ceiling is about 3 times a high as mine. That's huge. So, I'm wondering what you are calling a "foot". In the US, one foot equals about 3/10ths of a meter, or 30.4 centimeters. Is it the same for you? If so, then wow! I've always heard that spaces in the UK are much smaller than in the US, but maybe you make up for the lack of floor space with height? Must be difficult to heat in the winter, though! Joyce >> You're not confused; you're just... oh, I guess you *are* confused. >> A floor is a storey (or "story") here in the states. As Bridget [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs You must have very high ceilings, here floor to ceiling is about 8 feet (2.4m). SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk You must have very high ceilings, here floor to ceiling is about 8 feet >(2.4m). I do, I live in a late 1890's house which has been converted into flats- in those days they did have much higher ceilings. It's pretty good as it makes our small flat look spacier than it is but the first thing we had to buy was a step ladder when we moved in Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Confused now > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Depends upon where you are, I think - in the U.S. "five floors" is a storey less than in the UK, where "first floor" is what USAians would call the second floor. (We consider the ground floor to be the first floor, they don't.) >> On 28 Jun, 21:19, jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > feet each - making a 300 foot building 30 stories no matter how many > floors it really has) Nit picky, possibly but I don't think so. But definitely very interesting and informative. So a story isn't necessarily a floor, a 2 X 4 isn't. And a ten penny nail has nothing to do with price. We won't get into the terms plumbers use to confuse the rest of us. Jo >>> http://tinyurl.com/2r8raw >>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > dig out the article. I know it's here somewhere. It had some amazing > stories about cats who had fallen from great heights and had made it. About 30 years ago, when the Britania Bridge in Nort Wales was being repaired, a cat fell 200 feet onto rocks below. It broke both its back legs but survived and after treatment by the vet fully recovered and was adopted by one of the workers. 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