I can't believe this is a wild cat🤔😍😘

3 years ago
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1. Cats are prickly.
When we say someone has a barbed tongue, we usually mean he is liable to dish out particularly sharp criticism. Although this could apply to cats in the metaphorical sense — after all, they don’t have the people-pleasing needs of, say, the average Golden Retriever — a cat’s tongue is literally covered with barbs.
2. Cats can right themselves when they're falling.
The feline righting reflex is a fascinating ability that allows cats to orient themselves during a fall so that they land on their feet. Though the physics of the motions are beyond the scope of this article, suffice it to say that it is a marvel of angular momentum, inertia and a quick-functioning vestibular apparatus.

The minimum height of a fall for the reflex to kick in is around 12 inches, and a 1987 study of accidental falls published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association showed that some cats have survived falls from higher than seven stories, possibly because of their tendency to spread their bodies out to increase drag. Think of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, and you’ll get the picture.

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