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Which is more Zero-G, cats or dogs?

Posted on: November 25, 2009 8:33 PM, by Greg Laden

dog:

cat:

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1

The cat thinks that it's falling and is trying to prepare for its landing.

Posted by: The Science Pundit | November 25, 2009 10:07 PM

2

The dog seemed pretty cool about it. The second cat was thrown around - of course it would freak.

Posted by: NewEnglandBob | November 25, 2009 10:09 PM

3

That... is... weird. The dog, pretty calm about the whole thing, but then it only lasted a few seconds. The cats did remarkably well considering it looks like they'd been in zero-G for a while. My cat would've taken that guy's eyes out.

Posted by: red rabbit | November 25, 2009 10:10 PM

4

Poor pussies.

Posted by: Katkinkate | November 26, 2009 12:55 AM

5

Why am I the only one who thought that in the middle video we needed a soundtrack from 2001?

Posted by: Mike Haubrich, FCD | November 26, 2009 1:17 AM

6

@The Science Pundit: Technically, the cat is falling. :-)

Posted by: skeeto | November 26, 2009 1:59 AM

7

I'll vote for the cats because I had a number of dogs that would grab cats and hurl them through the air until the cats stopped hissing when they hit the ground. I had lost count on the number of cats that would fly by my bedroom window on the second floor.

Posted by: MadScientist | November 26, 2009 6:23 AM

8

Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaats innnnnnnnnnn Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaacee!

Posted by: Sili | November 26, 2009 12:11 PM

9

In the middle video, the cat is falling, whichever way you look at it ;)

But of course, it's falling in the traditional sense and the picture is side on. Still, it looks amazing!

Posted by: Emma | November 26, 2009 1:00 PM

10

Many years ago there was an article about survivorship of cats which fell from highrise apartment buildings. Cats from about the third floor had higher mortality than cats from higher up. Story was they braced for landing and got their front legs driven into their rib cage. Cats from higher up lost the feeling of falling and relaxed. They hit the ground flat with legs spread and survived. Cats from even higher up went splat.

Posted by: Jim Thomerson | November 26, 2009 1:32 PM

11

OMG run for your lives it's Cats On a Plane

Posted by: Doug Alder | November 26, 2009 8:45 PM

12

Yeah, I recently read something like Thomerson just said. Of course, "Thomerson" sounds suspiciously like a cat name, so without verifiable references...

In my own experiences, Kitty could right herself and land on her feet even when stoned (this was done by MIT students in 1974). A decade later further experiments with a pit bull did not lead to conclusive results.

Posted by: Uncle Glenny | November 29, 2009 8:20 PM

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