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Cats tend to run without thinking of the consequences when they get scared. It looked even after it landed.

My cat used to do shit like this and land on hard concrete. Now he has hip dysplasia and hobbles up the stairs.

Yeah because the fact that cat always land on their paws means that they can jump from any heigh.

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Out, I want out, but still need help. To those helping these magnificent animals, may god bless you 🙏

Out, I want out, but still need help. To those helping these magnificent animals, may god bless you

Well it’s the truth. Cats can survive those falls by positioning themselves in a way that reduces their terminal velocity.

And the inverse is also true, injuries and death are sustained when the cat can’t position itself to reduce terminal velocity.

The only speculation is the height at which they aren’t able to accurately position themselves and reduce terminal velocity in time before impact.

And in that regard, my speculation and evidence is just as good as yours.

Yep, that's all correct, but it's pretty obviously not the part of your comment that the other commenters and I were referring to, which was:

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>In fact, the most dangerous height they can hurt themselves is between 4-5 stories because it’s high enough for them to get hurt, but not high enough to position themselves.

Oh my gosh.

I think he just got the zoomies and misjudged the jump onto the ledge.

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That's not high for a cat. I remember my mom's cat being scared by the noise of the moving people when we moved to a different apartment, and she straight up jumped from the 6th floor balcony "into safety". That's ~25m without injuries. Supposedly they can survive 60+ meters or 200feet with little to no injuries but I have not witnessed that myself.

I believe I watched a Cat documentary ( I know I need a life lol). They use every muscle in their body when they jump. So while I believe the cat landed like a pro and was unharmed. I think it kinda feared for its life. Since it’s still hid after the jump.

Depends on how many times you watch the loop

Holy shit I forgot that word existed

What it the airspeed velocity of an unladen falling cat?

This is all the evidence I need to prove my claim.

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My point was that it’s possible, and it is. You can argue how many are injured, but I said survive. You can argue about how many die, but it only really takes one example to show that it is in fact possible.

But thanks for all of your pompous responses

Well if we want to get technical with it, I said that cats CAN survive from great heights. I think one example is enough to prove that theory correct. “Can” and “do” are wildly different claims.

I’m merely saying that it is possible for a cat to survive, and it is. And it is because of the reasoning I mentioned.

Meanwhile my cat sounds like she has the air knocked out of her half the time she leaps off anything so much as two or three feet tall.

I swear that cat pulled a kirby.

Yep. I believe they have been together for a year or two, so they know each other well. :]

Sweet Love :)

While I don’t think it was an intentional jump the point ghigoli was making is still true. Cats know how to fall and spread their body mass out so the impact isn’t as hard on them. But still, you can tell it was accidental lol

That's what, 14 feet? Nbd for a cat.