2006-09-05 10:46:44 · 13 answers · asked by soccerchick406 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
#1 They don't always land on their feet. I've seen some spectacular falls by cats who panic because of the height and the landing is anything but graceful.
#2 The reason they quite often land on their feet is a strong sense of balance and great agility.
2006-09-05 10:52:40 · answer #1 · answered by Sebring Sage 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's just part of their natural inheritance. Cats love to be up high and scale fences and such. They do this to flee from predators, like dogs. There probably wouldn't be any cats if they couldn't do that. Being up high requires good balance and that you be able to land on your feet and run quickly if you are being pursued.
Rabbits on the other hand don't land on their feet. Many people who pick up rabbits don't know this and when the rabbit struggles and falls from someone's arms it often breaks its back.
Rabbits of course are natural prey animals, running and running into holes are their main protections from predators
2006-09-05 11:16:27 · answer #2 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't. It's just really likely that they will because they're very nimble creatures.
But I saw a couple cats fighting once. On a fence. And when one cat finally knocked the other one off, the cat that fell landed on his back and rolled about for a minute before running away.
2006-09-05 10:52:59 · answer #3 · answered by dinochirus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
good question, cats tend 2 land on their feet because when the fall they have this motion that turns them right side up. so, really all a cat does is flip on its journey 2 the ground. cats are really flexible and have good reflexes.
most of the time cats don't fall because they have good balance, you see, cats have whiskers, whiskers help them for moving around in the dark,keeping balance, and many other things. their tail also helps them 2.
2006-09-05 12:15:07 · answer #4 · answered by take.my.hand. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's their tail. There's a documentary that features slow motion footage of a cat falling from a great height. Their tail swings around first and essentially choreographs a perfect landing every time.
2006-09-05 20:25:06 · answer #5 · answered by Clayton B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have four cats and they don't always land on their feet. One of them sometimes lands on her back or side. LOL Maybe she is just clumbsy like me. =)
2006-09-05 10:52:48 · answer #6 · answered by simolianturtle2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but probably because of their weight and balance, and maybe their feet pads.
2006-09-05 10:49:59 · answer #7 · answered by Meridian Nocturne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magnets
2006-09-05 10:52:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
not if you swing em around in a circle a few times and throw em they don't land on their feet
2006-09-05 10:55:41 · answer #9 · answered by J Lock 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
if you throw them down hard enough they wont land on there feet
2006-09-05 10:52:20 · answer #10 · answered by deepbushhunter69 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋