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How Do Cats Deal With Being Weightless?
universetoday.com ^ | Nancy Atkinson

Posted on 02/03/2015 2:12:51 PM PST by BenLurkin

Since my previous post was about dogs, its time to give equal time to the cats … although I’m guessing the cat lovers of the world won’t have a great reaction to this one. Here’s some footage from some the Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories which include a test of the effects of weightlessness on cats in a C-131 “vomit comet” that simulates weightlessness. Best I can tell, this research was done in 1947. Think of it in the same vein as all those weird tests the early astronauts had to endure.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: kityping
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video at link -- poor kitties!
1 posted on 02/03/2015 2:12:51 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: Slings and Arrows

ping


2 posted on 02/03/2015 2:13:09 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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3 posted on 02/03/2015 2:16:46 PM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: BenLurkin

Finally.. something you can do with cats.


4 posted on 02/03/2015 2:16:57 PM PST by maddog55
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Vomit Comet? Does that refer to hairballs?


5 posted on 02/03/2015 2:21:28 PM PST by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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poor kitties

You won't want to watch the Navy experiments.

6 posted on 02/03/2015 2:23:43 PM PST by palmer (Free is when you don't have to pay for nothing. Or do nothing. We want Obamanet.)
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To: BenLurkin

Feline Whirling Dervishes.

Beware the claws. Always beware the claws.


7 posted on 02/03/2015 2:25:25 PM PST by bubbacluck (America 180)
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To: BenLurkin

Later


8 posted on 02/03/2015 2:28:10 PM PST by gaijin
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Well if like anything else, I would say puke in the owners shoe or urinate on the owners bed, you don’t want to be on a cats bad side.


9 posted on 02/03/2015 2:28:43 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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How Do Cats Deal With Being Weightless?

 

They deal very well, thank you.

 

10 posted on 02/03/2015 2:30:30 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (See Ya On The Road; Al Baby's Mom!)
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To: BenLurkin

I remember watching this in elementary school!

PETA would never permit it now.


11 posted on 02/03/2015 2:31:54 PM PST by kaehurowing
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12 posted on 02/03/2015 2:32:26 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Ragnarok" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L5nD7-qsEw)
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To: BenLurkin

They deal with it by killing the first human they get their claws on.


13 posted on 02/03/2015 2:41:10 PM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9XtK6R1QAk


14 posted on 02/03/2015 2:45:19 PM PST by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: BenLurkin

Vomit comet with claws. Bet the guys handling those cats were glad they wore gloves.


15 posted on 02/03/2015 2:45:43 PM PST by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: BenLurkin

There were no C-131s in 1947. Possibly, 1957.


16 posted on 02/03/2015 2:46:33 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: bubbacluck
Feline Whirling Dervishes.
Beware the claws. Always beware the claws.

Oh come on! That's the best part.
After all, Catch the Cat* wouldn't be nearly as exciting if he's declawed.

* You toss the cat at somebody who's not expecting it and yell Catch!

17 posted on 02/03/2015 2:51:01 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Slyfox; Tax-chick

The Cat from Outer Space?


18 posted on 02/03/2015 2:56:28 PM PST by GeronL
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To: Responsibility2nd

The hover-cat army has invaded


19 posted on 02/03/2015 2:56:55 PM PST by GeronL
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Considering how strenuously my new kitties attempt to become and remain airborne, I’m thinking that once they got the hang of it they might like it ;-)

-JT


20 posted on 02/03/2015 3:06:38 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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