“Cats fall on all fours” We always use the cliché, but we don’t know if it’s true or not.

If you really like cats If you don’t know it, they’ll fall on all foursyou will know now!

There are many physical and biological characteristics that underlie cats’ ability to fall.

It is very unlikely that we will see a cat fall and get injured. The reason for this is their characteristic known as the “cat righting reflex”. This feature allows cats to turn themselves while falling. Pulling their front legs towards their body and straightening their hind legs They maintain their momentum.

Similar, their bodies twist as they fall They can control the moment of falling. Isn’t that impressive?

To what do they owe this flexibility?

This flexibility This is possible because their spines do not have collarbones. This gives cats more freedom of movement.

Another notable point is of course the acceleration process of cats during falling. Initially their speed increases, but after a certain point their speed stabilizes. Physically, this process can be modeled with complex differential equations and the relationship between the cat’s fall speed and the height of the fall can be calculated.

Studies on this topic say that these reflexes are also related to survival instincts.

According to emerging reports, 90% of cats that fall from tall buildings survive. We call it “They have 9 lives” Although we say, this actually demonstrates cats’ ability to protect themselves and minimize damage from falls. Of course, we cannot say that every cat that falls will survive, these are just possibilities.

As you can see, cats Thanks to the flexibility of the spine, they maintain their angular momentum. It is one of the rare creatures that can manage to stand on all fours while falling. These abilities make them more impressive.

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