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During a fall from a high place, a cat can reflexively twist its body and right itself using its acute sense of balance and its flexibility. [8] [9] This is known as the cat's "righting reflex". The minimum height required for this to occur in most cats (safely) would be around 90 cm (3.0 ft).
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A curious cat is getting lots of fuss and attention after he was rescued from being stuck at the top of a 33ft (10m) tree for three days. Casper, an eight-month-old kitten, decided to go exploring ...
Donning his rope and harness, the professional cat rescuer ascends the tree almost 85 feet above the ground. When he sees the animal draped over the branch and unmoving, he fears the worst and ...
A higher place may serve as a concealed site from which to hunt; domestic cats strike prey by pouncing from a perch such as a tree branch. Another possible explanation is that height gives the cat a better observation point, allowing it to survey its territory. A cat falling from heights of up to 3 m (9.8 ft) can right itself and land on its paws.
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It took more than 30 rescue workers to help Hank, a 1 1/2 year old cat in Washington D.C., out of a 60-foot tall tree last month after five days of high anxiety.
The falling cat problem has elicited interest from scientists including George Gabriel Stokes, James Clerk Maxwell, and Étienne-Jules Marey.In a letter to his wife, Katherine Mary Clerk Maxwell, Maxwell wrote, "There is a tradition in Trinity that when I was here I discovered a method of throwing a cat so as not to light on its feet, and that I used to throw cats out of windows.