I remember my dad telling me they ran some experiments (mostly setting up high speed cameras) to study how a fly lands on a ceiling. This car experiment makes some sense, because they know how to orient themselves in a free fall. That trait isn't well suited in a continuous free fall apparently.
I heard cats do relatively well in continuous free fall (better than humans). They tend to relax and turn into flying squirrels. Most cats don't weight that much, and with their fur tend to have a lower momentum and lower terminal velocity. So cats falling from very high floors can sometimes survive, where mid level floors (when they are more tensed up) they suffer greater injury on impact. Survival Rate for Falling Cats
I remember my dad telling me they ran some experiments (mostly setting up high speed cameras) to study how a fly lands on a ceiling. This car experiment makes some sense, because they know how to orient themselves in a free fall. That trait isn't well suited in a continuous free fall apparently.
ReplyDeleteI heard cats do relatively well in continuous free fall (better than humans). They tend to relax and turn into flying squirrels. Most cats don't weight that much, and with their fur tend to have a lower momentum and lower terminal velocity. So cats falling from very high floors can sometimes survive, where mid level floors (when they are more tensed up) they suffer greater injury on impact. Survival Rate for Falling Cats
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