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To: crusty old prospector

Clearly, the cat let the eagle go when he got too high. Actual truth: The car killed the cat OR the cat was already dead before the eagle let go. Cats can survive being dropped at any height. The terminal velocity of a cat which is able to right itself is slow enough that cats can fall from any height and, with a little luck, remain uscathed.


33 posted on 11/21/2025 9:54:38 AM PST by dangus
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To: dangus

I have seen a squirrel fall from the top of a tree. It knocked the wind out of it but it scampered off. I have also seen two crows fighting and one flipped the other. It fell like an upside down helicopter to the ground. Same thing-it knocked the wind out of it and it re-entered the fight.


34 posted on 11/21/2025 9:57:07 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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I don’t believe this. Who made that windshield? I would have a test run to see if it was defective. That cat would need to be launched from a pumpkin chunker.


36 posted on 11/21/2025 9:58:41 AM PST by Celerity
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To: dangus

“Clearly, the cat let the eagle go when he got too high. Actual truth: The car killed the cat OR the cat was already dead before the eagle let go. Cats can survive being dropped at any height. The terminal velocity of a cat which is able to right itself is slow enough that cats can fall from any height and, with a little luck, remain uscathed.”

This has been proven empirically? Any height?
I would like to see this presentation at the Science Fair.


83 posted on 11/21/2025 5:39:08 PM PST by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole-You had so much to offer, why didya offer your soul?)
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