On 2/11/06, William Chops Westfield <westfw@mac.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 10, 2006, at 1:18 PM, Lindy Mayfield wrote:
>
> > The trick to getting energy from a cat is very simple and is based on
> > a couple of known laws:
> >
> > 1. A cat always lands on its feet.
> >
> There was an article in Scientific American about 1980, studying
> the fates of cats who suffered falls from tall buildings.  Interesting
> stuff; apparently cats have at least two modes of fall correction, and
> there's a danger region in initial altitude where injuries are more
> severe; It's too high for "land on your feet mode", and not high
> enough for "parachute mode" to come into play.  There's even a name
> for the typical pattern of injuries: "High Rise Syndrome."
>
> BillW


Parachute mode? That sounds severe! Does that mean that I can throw one out
of an airplane and it will still manage to survive the fall?

Sean
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