If I throw my cat out a 7th floor window...

Would it survive? I say it'd go splat but Braindead_hero says they open their arms and legs and (I quote) "sail down".

I thought it was only those flying squirrels that could do that...

He seems pretty sure about it though so what do you think OT?

DISCLAIMER: Please don't throw your cat out the window!

why do you keep referring to this braindead_hero person? :?SimpJee

its her bf..

Depends on the cat. If it's long hair, I'm almost positive it could survive. You know how things like ants and cockroaches can survive a fall because they have such a low ratio of mass to surface area that they have an incredibly low terminal velocity? Cats are right on the sort of hazy borderline between surviving speed and splatting speed. However, cats also have very spring bones compared to other mammels, which combined with always landing on their feet, and thier natural instinct to spread out (but they definately don't glide :roll: ) to increase the surface area... yeah, a cat could probably survive a fall from an infinite height.

Still, don't chuck kitty out the window.

Yes,a house cat is a decsendant from the Sugar Glider species...

...and Soulja Boi is running a presidential campaign. :|

It won't die..I threw once a stray kitten from my friend's condo at the 14th floor..it didn't die..It just limped to shelter and is now my friend's cat in the house..We were testing if the "Cats has 9 lives" was true... Vancelvany

How old were you at the time?

[QUOTE="Vancelvany"]It won't die..I threw once a stray kitten from my friend's condo at the 14th floor..it didn't die..It just limped to shelter and is now my friend's cat in the house..We were testing if the "Cats has 9 lives" was true... Tylendal

How old were you at the time?

13.

[QUOTE="Tylendal"]

[QUOTE="Vancelvany"]It won't die..I threw once a stray kitten from my friend's condo at the 14th floor..it didn't die..It just limped to shelter and is now my friend's cat in the house..We were testing if the "Cats has 9 lives" was true... Vancelvany

How old were you at the time?

13.

Yes, it'll try to open up and land on it's legs but either way it'll die. We can get seriously hurt and even die just by jumping down from a height of 40ft, imagine a cat with a more fragile body. Hell, I once saw a kid throw a cat out a 3rd floor window in the building I grew up in. The cat didn't make it. :(elblanquito_81

You don't know much about terminal velocity do you? Besides, cats don't have fragile bodies. Cat's are killing machines. Seriously, what other animal has retractable claws, night vision, toxic saliva and coating on claws, and can sense its surroundings simply by the air currents?

[QUOTE="Vancelvany"][QUOTE="Tylendal"]

[QUOTE="Vancelvany"]It won't die..I threw once a stray kitten from my friend's condo at the 14th floor..it didn't die..It just limped to shelter and is now my friend's cat in the house..We were testing if the "Cats has 9 lives" was true... AtomicBaconBits

How old were you at the time?

13.

I now live with 4 budgerigars and a green parrot...7 goldfishes, 2 angel fish, 2 parrot fish, 1 siamese fighting fish, 12 guppies...A beagle..And a few mices... Not to mention the ladybugs and butterflies with the houseflies that invades my garden and home...

The best floor of a building to throw a cat without killing it is the 7th floor. Experiments were done on them from different floors. The higher up to the 5th floor, the rate of injury increased. But, after the 7th floor, they can reach their terminal velocity of 60 mph. Like a squirrel, they spread themselves out and parachute down. Cats have even survived from falling aeroplanes.

(quote from the genius of stephen fry)

I threw once a stray kitten from my friend's condo at the 14th floor. Vancelvany

I want to throw Vancelvany off a very tall building and see if the c*nt lives or dies.TheFlush

:?....What have I done wrong to deserve such....:cry:

The best floor of a building to throw a cat without killing it is the 7th floor. Experiments were done on them from different floors. The higher up to the 5th floor, the rate of injury increased. But, after the 7th floor, they can reach their terminal velocity of 60 mph. Like a squirrel, they spread themselves out and parachute down. Cats have even survived from falling aeroplanes.

(quote from the genius of stephen fry)

braindead_hero

Who the hell threw a cat from an aeroplane?! :)

Well it's true that they can use that they use that. I heard that a fairly short fall can be more dangerous than a little long one because of it (getting into position). I don't know if it could survive 7. I have heard one that did 5-6, and only broke it's leg._Tobli_

For a cat, 5 or 6 would probably be plenty to reach terminal velocity. By fairly short, they generally mean 2 or 3 feet.

By the way, here are some funny (and harmless) things to do with cats.

#1. Spin them around on an office chair until they get dizzy, then put them on the ground. They're self righting instinct will result in barrel-rolls.

#2. Put a small box over them, so that their tale is clear, but it covers their face. They will try to back into the open that they can feel with their tale, and away from the object in front of their face. Their rump will push the box along with them.

#3. Attach some packing tape (or other weighty adhesive object) to the tip of their tale. They will proceed to spin slowly in circles, sort of like the donkey with the carrot on a stick.

#4. Turn the lights out and rub them with fleece. This is entertaining for both owner and cat.

Well, there you have it. #2. and #3. are pretty creepy, when you think about how a thinking mammel can go into a loop like a computer program. Discovering #2. was really funny. Christmas day I walked into the room still strewn with tape and paper, and saw one of my cats spinning in circles "Awe, that's cute". I return a minute later and she's still doing it...

The best floor of a building to throw a cat without killing it is the 7th floor. Experiments were done on them from different floors. The higher up to the 5th floor, the rate of injury increased. But, after the 7th floor, they can reach their terminal velocity of 60 mph. Like a squirrel, they spread themselves out and parachute down. Cats have even survived from falling aeroplanes.

(quote from the genius of stephen fry)

braindead_hero

Lie!! I threw a kitten from the 14th floor before around 6 years ago and that kitten is now a mother who is still alive...I guess the condominium wasn't tall enough..Not every floor measures the same in all tall structures... Besides, one reason why the kitten survuved because it landed on thick Bermuda grass.

[QUOTE="_Tobli_"]Well it's true that they can use that they use that. I heard that a fairly short fall can be more dangerous than a little long one because of it (getting into position). I don't know if it could survive 7. I have heard one that did 5-6, and only broke it's leg.Tylendal

For a cat, 5 or 6 would probably be plenty to reach terminal velocity. By fairly short, they generally mean 2 or 3 feet.

By the way, here are some funny things to do with cats.

#1. Spin them around on an office chair until they get dizzy, then put them on the ground. They're self righting instinct will result in barrel-rolls.

#2. Put a small box over them, so that their tale is clear, but it covers their face. They will try to back into the open that they can feel with their tale, and away from the object in front of their face. Their rump will push the box along with them.

#3. Attach some packing tape (or other weighty adhesive object) to the tip of their tale. They will proceed to spin in circles, sort of like the donkey with the carrot on a stick.

#4. Turn the lights out and rub them with fleece. This is entertaining for both owner and cat.

Well, there you have it. #2. and #3. are pretty creepy, when you think about how a thinking mammel can go into a loop like a computer program. Discovering #2. was really funny. Christmas day I walked into the room still strewn with tape and paper, and saw one of my cats spinning in circles "Awe, that's cute". I return a minute later and she's still doing it...

We have the same instinct and research ability...You my friend is a fellow scientist..

The best floor of a building to throw a cat without killing it is the 7th floor. Experiments were done on them from different floors. The higher up to the 5th floor, the rate of injury increased. But, after the 7th floor, they can reach their terminal velocity of 60 mph. Like a squirrel, they spread themselves out and parachute down. Cats have even survived from falling aeroplanes.

(quote from the genius of stephen fry)

braindead_hero

I want to throw Vancelvany off a very tall building and see if the c*nt lives or dies.TheFlush

[QUOTE="TheFlush"]I want to throw Vancelvany off a very tall building and see if the c*nt lives or dies.Vancelvany

:?....What have I done wrong to deserve such....:cry:

The best floor of a building to throw a cat without killing it is the 7th floor. Experiments were done on them from different floors. The higher up to the 5th floor, the rate of injury increased. But, after the 7th floor, they can reach their terminal velocity of 60 mph. Like a squirrel, they spread themselves out and parachute down. Cats have even survived from falling aeroplanes.

(quote from the genius of stephen fry)

braindead_hero

I just got this mental picture of a scientist appearing at windows in a skyscraper, and tossing a cat out each floor. Each floor up he gets progressively more torn and scratched...

[QUOTE="elblanquito_81"]Yes, it'll try to open up and land on it's legs but either way it'll die. We can get seriously hurt and even die just by jumping down from a height of 40ft, imagine a cat with a more fragile body. Hell, I once saw a kid throw a cat out a 3rd floor window in the building I grew up in. The cat didn't make it. :(Tylendal

You don't know much about terminal velocity do you? Besides, cats don't have fragile bodies. Cat's are killing machines. Seriously, what other animal has retractable claws, night vision, toxic saliva and coating on claws, and can sense its surroundings simply by the air currents?

Let's assume this cat is 25 lbs or 11.4 kg. The cat is falling from a height of 70 ft or 21.366 m. The cat would hit the ground at a velocity of 20.464 m/s negating air resistance. The cat would hit the pavement with a force of 2386.02 Newtons of force. I would agree. The cat would probably go splat. bman784

But for a cat, that's what's so important. I studied this in physics, but it's 1 AM on a Sunday, I'm not about to go leafing through textbooks for the formula. All I know, is that a cat is on the very border of size/surface-area to have a survivable terminal velocity.

[QUOTE="Vancelvany"]

[QUOTE="TheFlush"]I want to throw Vancelvany off a very tall building and see if the c*nt lives or dies.TheFlush

:?....What have I done wrong to deserve such....:cry:

I'll live...Maximum "throwing floor" is 5 floors...I've been practicing parkour for two years...My rolling techniques would absorb the impact... More than 5 floors I might get an injury, above 7 floors is severe injury or death...

[QUOTE="TheFlush"]I want to throw Vancelvany off a very tall building and see if the c*nt lives or dies.HyBridFuRy

[QUOTE="AtomicBaconBits"][QUOTE="Vancelvany"][QUOTE="Tylendal"]

[QUOTE="Vancelvany"]It won't die..I threw once a stray kitten from my friend's condo at the 14th floor..it didn't die..It just limped to shelter and is now my friend's cat in the house..We were testing if the "Cats has 9 lives" was true... Vancelvany

How old were you at the time?

13.

I now live with 4 budgerigars and a green parrot...7 goldfishes, 2 angel fish, 2 parrot fish, 1 siamese fighting fish, 12 guppies...A beagle..And a few mices... Not to mention the ladybugs and butterflies with the houseflies that invades my garden and home...

But no cats apparently. :|........ :P

[QUOTE="TheFlush"][QUOTE="Vancelvany"]

[QUOTE="TheFlush"]I want to throw Vancelvany off a very tall building and see if the c*nt lives or dies.Vancelvany

:?....What have I done wrong to deserve such....:cry:

I'll live...Maximum "throwing floor" is 5 floors...I've been practicing parkour for two years...My rolling techniques would absorb the impact... More than 5 floors I might get an injury, above 7 floors is severe injury or death...

[QUOTE="TheFlush"][QUOTE="Vancelvany"]

[QUOTE="TheFlush"]I want to throw Vancelvany off a very tall building and see if the c*nt lives or dies.Vancelvany

:?....What have I done wrong to deserve such....:cry:

I'll live...Maximum "throwing floor" is 5 floors...I've been practicing parkour for two years...My rolling techniques would absorb the impact... More than 5 floors I might get an injury, above 7 floors is severe injury or death...

Cats>Vancelvany when it comes to surviving falls... :lol:

[QUOTE="_Tobli_"]Well it's true that they can use that they use that. I heard that a fairly short fall can be more dangerous than a little long one because of it (getting into position). I don't know if it could survive 7. I have heard one that did 5-6, and only broke it's leg.Tylendal

For a cat, 5 or 6 would probably be plenty to reach terminal velocity. By fairly short, they generally mean 2 or 3 feet.

By the way, here are some funny (and harmless) things to do with cats.

#1. Spin them around on an office chair until they get dizzy, then put them on the ground. They're self righting instinct will result in barrel-rolls.

#2. Put a small box over them, so that their tale is clear, but it covers their face. They will try to back into the open that they can feel with their tale, and away from the object in front of their face. Their rump will push the box along with them.

#3. Attach some packing tape (or other weighty adhesive object) to the tip of their tale. They will proceed to spin slowly in circles, sort of like the donkey with the carrot on a stick.

#4. Turn the lights out and rub them with fleece. This is entertaining for both owner and cat.

Well, there you have it. #2. and #3. are pretty creepy, when you think about how a thinking mammel can go into a loop like a computer program. Discovering #2. was really funny. Christmas day I walked into the room still strewn with tape and paper, and saw one of my cats spinning in circles "Awe, that's cute". I return a minute later and she's still doing it...

[QUOTE="Vancelvany"][QUOTE="TheFlush"][QUOTE="Vancelvany"]

[QUOTE="TheFlush"]I want to throw Vancelvany off a very tall building and see if the c*nt lives or dies.TheFlush

:?....What have I done wrong to deserve such....:cry:

I'll live...Maximum "throwing floor" is 5 floors...I've been practicing parkour for two years...My rolling techniques would absorb the impact... More than 5 floors I might get an injury, above 7 floors is severe injury or death...

#1. Spin them around on an office chair until they get dizzy, then put them on the ground. They're self righting instinct will result in barrel-rolls.

Tylendal

Will the cat be sick? We've got a cat and an office chair here now :P

Many of your cat calculations are flawed! A rough calculation showed me that the terminal velocity for a cat is 30.243 m/s (this is of course assuming that I know the drag coefficient of a cat;) ). It would take a height of 46.665m for a cat to reach its terminal velocity. Therefore a height of seven stories would be insufficient for a cat to reach that velocity. Nevertheless, it would still probably perish.bman784

My cat once jumped from the railing on the second story of our house down to the first story floor. She was limping for days. (needless to say, she never tried that again)

I'm pretty sure a seven story fall would have a high lethality rate. It could also result in the thrower being charged with animal cruelty.

[QUOTE="Tylendal"]

#1. Spin them around on an office chair until they get dizzy, then put them on the ground. They're self righting instinct will result in barrel-rolls.

tofu-lion91

Will the cat be sick? We've got a cat and an office chair here now :P

Well the results... the cat fell off a few spins in...

He kinda swayed for a bit then walked off, I don't think he's impressed with us :P

Right now to find some tape...

My cat once jumped from the railing on the second story of our house down to the first story floor. She was limping for days. (needless to say, she never tried that again) I'm pretty sure a seven story fall would have a high lethality rate. It could also result in the thrower being charged with animal cruelty.ThePlothole

Not if the cat jumped by itself :P