http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ninelives Posts tagged with 'ninelives' at MetaFilter. Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:22:49 -0800 Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:22:49 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/19564/ <a href="http://www.petplace.com/Articles/artShow.asp?artID=4076">Nine lives?</a> It seems cats do better when dropped...uh, I mean, fall, more than seven stories. Anything less and they fail to reach terminal velocity and don't land properly. Once the cats reach <a href="http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/cats2.asp">terminal velocity</a> they spread their legs (think parachute) and slow their fall. A cat has a far better chance of survival falling from 32 stories than four. <a href="http://icg.harvard.edu/~mr22/assignments/Paper_1/Dwarfs.html">Dwarfs</a>, however, do not benefit from longer flights. tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.19564 Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:22:49 -0800 animals cats danger ninelives pets cedar