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http://www.wdsu.com/news/30745939/detail.html
A veterinarian says acting like a flying squirrel may have saved a cat who survived a 19-story plunge from a Boston high rise.
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that lady must suck hard to make her cat jump out a 19th story window to escape.
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The Animal Rescue League estimates Sugar fell between 150 and 200 feet.
Wow.
She definitely used up a life or two there. 
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LadyGodiva. posted:
The Animal Rescue League estimates Sugar fell between 150 and 200 feet.
Wow.
She definitely used up a life or two there.
I think the official conversion is 1 life = 50 ft. 
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apparently you can throw mice out of airplanes and they do ok because they flatten out and turn into their own parachutes.
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Yukishiro1 posted:
apparently you can throw mice out of airplanes and they do ok because they flatten out and turn into their own parachutes.
I wonder if that works on really fat people..
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Yukishiro1 posted:
apparently you can throw mice out of airplanes and they do ok because they flatten out and turn into their own parachutes.
Yup - although there's a tiny bit more to it than that.
As mass reduces so too the effect that gravity can exert upon it. Once you reach a certain size it no longer matters how far you fall - you won't get hurt, as gravity cannot accelerate your mass to a velocity that would be harmful. This is also why really small creatures can lift such massive objects (proportionate to their own body size) - because gravity just doesn't have much to work with.
A rat or squirrel would be pushing it. A mouse? Totally safe and cannot be hurt by falling - regardless of how far that fall is, or what position its body is in while it falls. It can flatten out, or not, and survive totally unscathed. 
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Cats do poorly at medium distances, like 40' to 100'
Once they reach terminal velocity (60mph for a cat), they change position again and do pretty well.
There are some cool slo-mo videos out there.
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GrilledCheez posted:
that lady must suck hard to make her cat jump out a 19th story window to escape.
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