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    Cat jumps out 5th floor window...

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    He's got 8 lives left now.

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    No doubt. Heck, my cat looks down from the second floor and I worry it'll jump, but no more, just do it!
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    Glad he's ok.
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    Wow, their legs are like 'springs'! I wonder if scientist and doctors have studied why their joints are so much more resilient than a humans, or is it just that we are so much heavier? My husband once fell 30 feet out of a tree and now his hip and knees are bad.

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    I did notice the cat had great form. I think it must have been watching some flying squirrels on TV.

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    Quote Originally Posted by carolina73 View Post
    I did notice the cat had great form. I think it must have been watching some flying squirrels on TV.
    He had to clear that retaining wall.
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    Quote Originally Posted by carolina73 View Post
    I did notice the cat had great form. I think it must have been watching some flying squirrels on TV.
    Spreading out like that slowed the fall and let him glide some.
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    From a decade ago: Cat Survives 19-Story Fall by Gliding Like a Flying Squirrel

    ...Mike Brammer, assistant manager of the animal rescue services department at the Animal Rescue League of Boston, the organization that took Sugar in after the fall, told MSNBC that the fact that Sugar landed in a tiny patch of mulch, which was surrounded by brick and concrete, was no coincidence. Brammer guessed that in addition to a little bit of luck, Sugar was able to aim her fall by becoming akin to a “flying squirrel.”

    “You notice where their legs attach to the body, they have … the extra fur right there,” he told MSNBC. This helps because during a fall, “they’re able to glide a little bit and control … where they are going.”

    Additionally, the height of Sugar’s dive might have worked in her favor. According to a 1987 study on the so-called High-Rise Syndrome, published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, cats who fell from higher floors fared much better because they can spread themselves out like a parachute and slow the impact....
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