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by hornbaker 3090 days ago
Cats can right themselves in about 12 inches.

The problem is they land with legs extended down from floors 1 to about 7 (bad: impact is transmitted up through shoulders and hips), while higher than about floor 7 they spread their legs out and attempt to parachute (better: impact is uniform over entire ventral surface, terminal velocity is lower, mortality rate drops).

Source: am DVM and interned at AMC in Manhattan.

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Very cool thank you! Also prewitt and Travis above and below..

Mortality rates.. Got it ,:-$ so, marketing for 7th floor Homes with kitty life policy in the service charge bill technically not the Blatant fraud I assumed, and if the building manager had run into trouble the lives of many injured kitties luckily lookalike to the residents could be the hardest sentencing hearing for any animal lover judge. English cities badly need dog license reintroduction. Asked to help a former neighbor become tramp beg court to return his dog. Second I met the man, who certainly was denied due process and on paper atrociously mistreated, he introduced the dog, unknown potential dominant bulldog mongrel, getting it to l so and lock it's jaw on his agitated arm. I passed him again, alone in rain, dog coat sodden, he was high and drunk careless no train still disgorge the fool he requires. Dogs need sorting out in London before brexit chaos