Comments on: Canine Weightlessness Research.

Canine Weightlessness Research.

grapefruitmoon — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:54:51 -0800

The effects of weightlessness are most associated with astronauts, but a more practical application can be seen in this dog.

By: pkingdesign

pkingdesign — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:01:01 -0800

Fantastic. Woof!

By: wendell

wendell — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:09:28 -0800

Finally! Something for the Dog People! (All these cat pic posts were getting on my nerves) "IM IN UR PLANE DEFYIN TEH LAW OF GRABITY!"

By: grobstein

grobstein — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:28:57 -0800

The days of dog-fighting are not over!

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:38:12 -0800

Weightless dog? OK. That's fine. But here's Giant Spider Dog. So there you go.

By: armage

armage — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:38:55 -0800

By: mediareport

mediareport — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:13:41 -0800

I have watched that weightless dog video four times now and can't stop laughing. Poor dog, kinda, but what a feeling it must have been. I like to think they have a nice soft mattress bolted down for it.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:18:22 -0800

(Hey, grapefruitmoon, did you intend two of your links to go to the same content at different sites? I only ask because it's interesting content, and if you had more I'd want to see it :)

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:29:52 -0800

Wow, that's old.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:35:36 -0800

What's the point to that kind of comment, delmoi? Honestly, why even bother to say anything?

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:39:17 -0800

mediareport: Erm. Not really. It looked like different content to me, but I was blinded by the glory of the dachshund. So, uh, no, I've got nothin'.

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:46:55 -0800

The wieghtless dog is totally weird. The dog stays quiet, the humans make no reaction. Weight returns, dog falls, making no noise. Humans appear unconcerned for the dog's welfare. Me, I want to see a cat in zero-G. Especially after that cat has had a chance to get used to it. I think a cat would love it.

By: DU

DU — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:54:47 -0800

A cat would hate it. Cats are control freaks. I could swear that video used to have the dogs ears rising and then lowering, but I must be thinking of something else.

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:03:54 -0800

Once cat unerstood the conditions, I think it would quickly learn to fly between one grab and the next. I'd place ample amounts of suitable material on the walls (and any other surface) for the cat's claws to hang on. Would be especially amusing if could introduce a bird to the scene. Picture joy of cat flying to intercept bird. bwahaha.

By: hoverboards don't work on water

hoverboards don't work on water — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:16:36 -0800

Looks like he lands kind of hard, upside down. Ouch.

By: gwint

gwint — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:22:26 -0800

Ha! Nice way to start the day, thanks.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:32:35 -0800

That was funny. h4!

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:03:09 -0800

No footage of the owner scraping half-digested kibble from the walls and windows after landing, however...

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:10:06 -0800

I'm with you DU. I've seen another segment of this like you've described and it's somehow cuter.

By: Muddler

Muddler — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:10:22 -0800

This is the highest and best use of the internet. And no, I'm not being sarcastic. Thanks!

By: hal9k

hal9k — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:17:42 -0800

Strong with this one, the gForce is. Always wanted to fly a parabola but could only afford one.

By: kalessin

kalessin — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:30:01 -0800

Dude. Not a bad post methodology for posting an old but amusing youtube clip.

By: [insert clever name here]

[insert clever name here] — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:55:28 -0800

I think a cat would love it. Not so much.

By: three blind mice

three blind mice — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:21:36 -0800

From the third link: Astronauts on the orbiting space shuttle are weightless because... a) there is no gravity in space and they do not weigh anything. b) space is a vacuum and there is no gravity in a vacuum. c) space is a vacuum and there is no air resistance in a vacuum. d) the astronauts are far from earth's surface at a location where gravitation has a minimal effect. This is what passes for high school science today? Orbiting astronauts are NOT weightless, at 200+ miles above the planet surface, gravity still exerts one hell of a pull. Astronauts just appear to be weightless because they and the craft they are in are following the trajectory of orbital motion (i.e., the are both "falling" - not unlike the occupants of an airplane making parabolic dives.) I suppose this is true for dogs too, but I am skeptical about cats. If anything can defy gravity, it would be cats.

By: davy

davy — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:24:33 -0800

Hey, it looks like material for a new screen saver!

By: three blind mice

three blind mice — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:25:31 -0800

And stupid me! I just took the test only to find out that: If you believe in any one of the above statements, then it might take a little rearrangement and remapping of your brain cells to understand the real cause of weightlessness. So let go of those stubborn little preconceptions which we all have about the world as you consider the reasonableness of the following alternative conceptions. *goes off to remap brain cells*

By: Citizen Premier

Citizen Premier — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:42:54 -0800

Not so much. Well, for fucks sake, that guy's throwing it at the wall! Not a very scientific test of a cat's reaction, if you ask me.

By: brautigan

brautigan — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:50:17 -0800

Two poor links and an old YouTube. Hmm.

By: brautigan

brautigan — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:51:16 -0800

Oh there's three. Even better.

By: smoothvirus

smoothvirus — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:00:29 -0800

I did that once in a Cessna 150. Problem was I forgot about the box full of wrenches that was in the luggage compartment. Those wrenches sure made one hell of a crash after they stopped floating around back there.

By: cavalier

cavalier — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:27:05 -0800

Oh hell. When can we get IMG tag back? Please please please? http://content.ytmnd.com/content/6/3/3/633c881f6336f682179d69ecb400226e.gif

By: aerotive

aerotive — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:31:37 -0800

About how I would expect a cat would react.

By: CynicalKnight

CynicalKnight — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:00:47 -0800

that guy's throwing it at the wall I think the idea was to se if the cat would learn to use it's claws to cling to the soft padded wall - however, it's falling instinct kicked in and it kept spinning like it had buttered toast tied to it's back.

By: dustsquid

dustsquid — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:47:12 -0800

Dogs seem ok with freefall, cats not so much

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:16:38 -0800

The poor cat keeps trying to pull this maneuver but gets messed up by the fact that he never actually begins to fall. Whereas the dog has no natural reflexes when he encounters freefall. But the cat video is pretty funny.

By: Bovine Love

Bovine Love — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:23:06 -0800

The dog seems perfectly happy to be weightless. "Whatever". The cat now ... that is one freaked out cat.

By: ntartifex

ntartifex — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:18:29 -0800

That poor cat keeps trying to rotate itself and figure out which direction is down. I keep wanting to tell it "The gate is down!"

By: econous

econous — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:15:14 -0800

I saw a dog in a car once. For reasons known only to itself and god it had it's head out of the window, face into the wind. And seemed to all the world quite content with this state of affairs. So you can understand that I was glad the windows on the light aircraft were closed, I was in serious fear the poor sweet little fucker was going to float right out of it. Perhaps dog's faces are a little unexpresive, but s/he seriously didn't seem to give a shit. Kinda like s/he was thinking: "Weightless..? Pah! What do I care.. I've got a tail!"

By: palmcorder_yajna

palmcorder_yajna — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:51:23 -0800

Got up this morning. Checked in with Mefi before going off to take bar exam. Watched dog. Snorted. Got home from bar exam. Checked in with mefi. Watched dog again. Would have snorted again, had snorting circuits not been blasted to jelly by exam. Thanks, Grapefruitmoon.

By: Salamandrous

Salamandrous — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:39:13 -0800

Wow, I am kind of horrified by the cat video. That poor cat!!