Zero Gravity - Dogs vs Cats

[ryoder 1,571]

First the dog's performance (I first saw this years ago):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfGMOvPzrvE

Now the cat's performance, (a couple years old, but I hadn't seen it before):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iHOQNNOE8M

I'd say the dogs won this contest, but the cat is soooo much more fun to watch.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[PLFXpert 0]

I didn't want to enjoy these, but alas I couldn't help laugh at the dog.

The cat one is just wrong.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[billvon 2,772]

>The cat one is just wrong.

Clearly that cat just needed some more freefall time to get the hang of it. The dog seemed to adapt to it pretty fast!

[PLFXpert 0]

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Clearly that cat just needed some more freefall time to get the hang of it. The dog seemed to adapt to it pretty fast!

The dog does not have the righting reflex.

And if we're talking freefall the cat would most definitely be the victor.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[ryoder 1,571]

I've seen slow-motion video explaining the gymnastic maneuver a cat does to get oriented feet-to-earth when falling. I think the problem is that w/o gravity, the cat doesn't get a sense of when he is upright, so he doesn't know when to stop the maneuver, hence the spinning on the longitudinal axis.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[ryoder 1,571]

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The dog does not have the righting reflex.

And if we're talking freefall the cat would most definitely be the victor.

I suspect you are right:

http://www.pawsonline.net/images/video/cat_falls_80ft.wmv

I'm glad I've never had to deal the the instability caused by tree limbs.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[PLFXpert 0]

Cats are pretty awesome skydivers if you think about it.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[airdvr 201]

I think I most enjoyed the Vet She's hot!!

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[diablopilot 2]

The cat and drogue project might have to be re-done to get close up video.......

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[godfrog 2]

I don't know but I think the dog was way more laid back and just hangin with it. the cat was way to uptight and fighting it. the dog was goin hey lets go back up and do that again, that was cool!!!
the cat was "I think I'm gonna be sick".

Experience is a difficult teacher, she gives you the test first and the lesson afterward

[mr2mk1g 10]

I know the truth behind the cat clip.

Buttered toast always lands face down right? And a cat always lands on its feet; we all know these universal truths.

So what if you strap buttered toast to the back of a cat?

Clearly it will spin on its axis, levitating inches above the ground.... just like the cat in that video does. Look at about 18 seconds in onwards. That's clearly what the cat's doing.

Conclusion: They're not on a zero-G ride... they just have buttered toast strapped to the back of the cat.