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Curious physical impossibility in cats.

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Feline Phynne - 08 Sep 2007 01:54 GMT
As we all know, it is physically impossible for a cat to look up
(something to do with the skeletal structure of the feline neck
vertebrae), but does anyone know of any surgical procedure which will
allow it?
Stig - 08 Sep 2007 02:06 GMT
oh jeeez, get a life..
> As we all know, it is physically impossible for a cat to look up
> (something to do with the skeletal structure of the feline neck
> vertebrae), but does anyone know of any surgical procedure which will
> allow it?
Nina Jarvis - 08 Sep 2007 04:35 GMT
>As we all know, it is physically impossible for a cat to look up
>(something to do with the skeletal structure of the feline neck
>vertebrae), but does anyone know of any surgical procedure which will
>allow it?
I was just looking at my cat......he was just looking up at me.  
Maybe you should visit Lenscrafter then look at your cat again.
dinkmeister - 08 Sep 2007 04:38 GMT
my cat can look up

:As we all know, it is physically impossible for a cat to look up
:(something to do with the skeletal structure of the feline neck
:vertebrae), but does anyone know of any surgical procedure which will
:allow it?
William Graham - 08 Sep 2007 05:32 GMT
> As we all know, it is physically impossible for a cat to look up
> (something to do with the skeletal structure of the feline neck
> vertebrae), but does anyone know of any surgical procedure which will
> allow it?

My cats catch birds....They do this by looking up at them while they feed,
and then sneaking up on them and leaping in the air trying to catch them as
they fly away......They are not very often successful at this, but it isn't
because they can't look up.
William Graham - 08 Sep 2007 05:45 GMT
>> As we all know, it is physically impossible for a cat to look up
>> (something to do with the skeletal structure of the feline neck
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> as they fly away......They are not very often successful at this, but it
> isn't because they can't look up.

After thinking about this for a while, I have come to the conclusion that
cats normally live horizontally, while we humans live vertically....So, we
are already at a distinct advantage in looking up, since we already have a
90 degree advantage over cats......I think cats can, "look up" just as well
as we can, discounting that 90 degree advantage.....
Upscale - 08 Sep 2007 08:56 GMT
"William Graham" <weg9@comcast.net> wrote in message

> After thinking about this for a while, I have come to the conclusion that
> cats normally live horizontally, while we humans live vertically....So, we
> are already at a distinct advantage in looking up, since we already have a
> 90 degree advantage over cats.

Maybe they're not looking up all the time, but my Deetoo tip toes on her
hind paws and can reach up over three feet off the ground. Damned irritating
when she reaches up onto the dinner table and snags a piece of food when I'm
having dinner. The hard part is that it happens so fast that she's gone with
it before I can do anything about it.
Vicki - 13 Sep 2007 20:42 GMT
> As we all know, it is physically impossible for a cat to look up
> (something to do with the skeletal structure of the feline neck
> vertebrae), but does anyone know of any surgical procedure which will
> allow it?

hi

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