Chinese tv station tosses cat off 4 story building..

[SmokeyTheBear]

To prove it can survive..

It does..

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050513...a_050513172212

[KMR Stitch]

No video? =)

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally Posted by KMR Stitch

No video? =)

nope where's the babies banana head ? )

[pr0]

During the heyday of communist ethics, China banned pets as frivolous and bourgeois but pet ownership has become a new vogue among the country's newly rich amid its robust market economic reforms.

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And when the economy slumps they can go back to cooking & eating them

[gecko]

I wish I could do that

[2HousePlague]

It's not so bad as it sounds...

The highly developed inner ears of cats equip them with an unusually keen sense of balance, which is critical to their landing on their feet. This sense of balance allows a cat falling upside down to right himself by rapidly determining his position, repositioning himself, and making any adjustments necessary to ensure that he lands on all fours.

Since cats land on all four paws, the impact from landing on the ground is absorbed by all four. Additionally, cats bend their legs when they land, which cushions the impact by spreading the impact, not only through bones that could easily break, but through the joints and muscles as well.

Most are surprised to learn that a cat stands a greater chance of survival if it falls from a higher place than from a lower place. New York veterinarians gathered data from their feline patients, which clearly supports this fact. Ten percent of their patients died after falling from 2-6 stories, while only five percent of the fatalities occurred when their patients fell from 7-32 stories

Laws of physics explain why these survival rates vary. All falling bodies, regardless or their masses, accelerate by 22 miles per hour per second of their falls. The falling object, after traveling a certain distance through the air reaches a final speed, or "terminal velocity," because the object's friction with the air slows the fall. The smaller the object's mass, and the greater its area, the more it will slow.

A cat falling from a higher floor, after it stops accelerating, spreads its legs into an umbrella shape, which increases the area against which the air must push and increases the friction, thus slowing the cat's fall. Through the cats highly developed sense of balance, he buys more time to maneuver his body in preparation for landing on all fours. A cat falling from a lower height does not have the opportunity to increase its body's area, slow its fall, or position his body to land on all four feet.

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[Turboface]

"Let's look at how it's doing ... it is okay!"

[xclusive]

Originally Posted by 2HousePlague

It's not so bad as it sounds...






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interesting read

[VeriSexy]

Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

To prove it can survive..

It does..

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050513...a_050513172212

Cats are a dime a dozen...............

[Vitasoy]

They don't call cats with 9 lives for nothing...

[H.I.G]

Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

To prove it can survive..

It does..

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050513...a_050513172212

bunch of idiots

poor cat

[wedouglas]

"....while only five percent of the fatalities occurred when their patients fell from 7-32 stories."

32 stories? that is fucking nuts.....

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally Posted by wedouglas

"....while only five percent of the fatalities occurred when their patients fell from 7-32 stories."

32 stories? that is fucking nuts.....

Yes i found that odd too.

So its safer to throw a cat from a 32 story building than it is throwing a cat from a 2 story buiding

[GatorB]

Originally Posted by pr0

And when the economy slumps they can go back to cooking & eating them

That's Koreans. Chinese eat dogs. Get your racism right. If you are going to hate learn to hate correctly.