If true, how do they do it?????
2006-10-15 23:41:15 · 16 answers · asked by dervin 3 in Pets ➔ Cats
Unless a cat falls from a very short distance, they generally land on their feet. This is due to the "righting reflex," a maneuver by which cats twist their bodies as they fall to land on their feet. It is facilitated by the fact that they have no collarbone, and an exceptionally flexible spine; the tail is also used in the process. The fact that they land on their feet does not, however, mean that they will be uninjured. As with any other creature, the legs and body can only withstand so much velocity; while cats seem to cheat injury far better than humans, the ability does have its limits.
2006-10-15 23:49:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They pretty much land on their feet every time. Cats are extremely flexible and they use their muscles in their back to basically move their body in the air
2006-10-15 23:47:24 · answer #2 · answered by Kyle A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always? - No! A few months ago, mine was sleeping on a beam in my house and she fell off, she flipped herself to try and get her feet under her, but she actually hit the ground on her side. Didn't get the landing gear down in time! She was okay, though!
Usually however, they do land on their feet. It is a cool reflex, as someone else mentioned.
2006-10-16 00:26:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Live cats mostly land on their feet - they twist midair
I've seen a slow motion video of a cat twisting midair to get the paws down to the ground
It's a cool reflex to have.
Dead cats - well ...
2006-10-15 23:48:54 · answer #4 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm going to respond to your question yet first I could desire to assert that your chum needs to be stated for animal cruelty - it quite is not something in need of torture to drop an animal from that top! attempt and communicate them out of it - and in case you are able to not then be human and humane and record them your self! to respond to your question cats are waiting to land on their feet on condition that they have got adequate time to coach over interior the air. A cat that falls will rotate the front area of their physique, and the hindquaters then carry on with. something of the time that the cat is interior the air it quite is eye-catching its physique which helps it to absorb the effect from the eventual landing. A cat falling from a much better top has greater time to realx, even though it remains a super ask your self to the physique to hit the floor at that speed. And no i did not drop a cat to discover this - I examine plenty and characteristic seen photographic sequences of a cat being dropped from a small top. in case you do a google seek you're able to desire to be waiting to discover examples besides.
2016-11-23 14:16:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not all the time. As they get older you really have to watch their jumps because sometimes they can fall. My cat mack who is over weight has an issue with jumping sometimes he can land on his feet and sometimes not.
2006-10-15 23:45:28 · answer #6 · answered by redsnowykitten 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppose , mine always does, she just moves her body so she always lands feet 1st
2006-10-15 23:43:29 · answer #7 · answered by start 6-22-06 summer time Mom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It must be instinct, becuase my kitten fell off our back porch and landed on her feet. No problem.
2006-10-15 23:56:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah - I have seen a cat land on its back :(
2006-10-15 23:52:20 · answer #9 · answered by shirazzza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they do! they seem to turn over in mid-fall and land feet first!!!! Uncanny!
2006-10-15 23:51:13 · answer #10 · answered by wheeliebin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋