Comments on: Wilson

By: King Radical

King Radical — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:35:41 +0000

Not true… I saw a mouse that fell from only about 4.5 meters high place… it was going like it was drunk and it was a bit funny and I thought – hey, that mouse went out of that garage drunk. I was mistaken. The mouse suffered from shock and I think – internal bleeding. Because when I went to have a look just a minute later, the mouse was STIFF. It was horrible. It wasn’t a soft, recently deceased mouse, like when a cat kills it, this one has solidified in death. Do they call it rigor mortis?

As with any fall- survival rate is greatly increased by series of small colisions, dissipation of the kinetic energy into spins and cushioning effect of the final impact surface.

A man has fallen out of a balcony on the 10th floor, and only broke a tooth. He landed into some low bushes, which had the cushioning effect.

By: Kerbocat

Kerbocat — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:04:16 +0000

@Azalea: Actually that is not so. “Terminal velocity” refers to the maximum possible falling speed you can achive. Studies show that the survival rates for cats falling out of buildings decrease as the buildings gets taller, but at about 8 stories they flat-line – since that is the height it takes for cats to reach their terminal velocity. (They do still frequently die, but as mentioned above this is usually due to their jaw hitting the pavement and shattering)

How fast a creature can fall before reaching terminal velocity is species-specific, since it is basically a function of mass vs aerodynamic drag. Mice, for instance, has such a low terminal velocity that they can wistand a fall from any height 100% of the time. For humans it is about 122mph/195kph if the arms are a spread out (angel position) – and about 200mph/320kph if the limbs are pulled close to the body.

Anyway – the interesting link:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/11/domestic-cats-can-fall-from-any-height-with-a-remarkable-survival-rate/

Note the “fun” fact about the survival chance actually beginning to increase as the fall gets longer.

By: Javier

Javier — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:16:15 +0000

Panel 2:
CHLOE LOOKS SO ADORABLE!

By: Azalea

Azalea — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:36:50 +0000

The last panel made me burst with laughter.
@ liphttam1: there is a maximum height from which a cat can survive a fall. Lady Liberty is way beyond that max.

By: Andy L

Andy L — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:47:05 +0000

The solution here is obvious!

Behind the railing she’s sitting on is a door that leads down into the statue.

So use a cat’s standard door-opening strategy : Scratch at it until a human opens it.

By: Andy L

Andy L — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:41:55 +0000

They CAN survive falls from terminal velocity, but they don’t always.

Often, when they do survive they do so with serious injuries. (I’ve read that broken jaws are common in those cases because their head snaps down onto the pavement! Yikes!)

By: Bill Murphy

Bill Murphy — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:53:55 +0000

Everyone knows you have to wait an hour after eating before climbing down the Statue of Liberty.

By: wowitsme

wowitsme — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:40:56 +0000

Love it

By: liphttam1

liphttam1 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:14:45 +0000

I was under the impression cats can survive falls from terminal velocity.

Although I suppose Chloe wouldn’t know that.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 06:08:23 +0000

My cat could/would never eat a pigeon but on at least 2 occasions we found little feathers or even a small wing next to her water bowl :/