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The scope of feline weirdness is unprecedented. I mean, we do know cats are so dramatic they deserve an Oscar, they love sleeping in the most bizarre places like flower pots and tissue boxes, and sometimes their .exe stops working.

But what if I tell you that new evidence shows our beloved furballs have been defying the laws of physics?

From bouncing off the walls at 3 am like an astronaut in space to practicing for an audition for the Spider Cat sequel, these are the sightings that cancel gravity, the speed of light, mechanics... you name it. Let’s see it to believe it down below and I promise, you won’t be looking at your chonk in the tronk the same way again.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here, you will find the majestic cat tree. It appears as if there's a bountiful harvest this year

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To find out just how cats defy the laws of physics, Bored Panda reached out to cat behaviorist Celia Haddon, who has lectured on cat behavior at Ruskin Anglia University and Oxford Adult Education.

Celia explained that their climbing powers come down to unique feline anatomy. “Cats' claws are curved so they can use them for climbing upwards. They are retractable, so cats walk without their claws touching the ground, but protract them to climb.”

Moreover, the claws help felines grip onto surfaces. “They can, therefore, climb straight up, if there is something they can get their claws into, like a tree trunk or a wall which is not too smooth.” Having said that, Celia added that “a completely smooth 90-degree angle surface would be too much of a challenge.”

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

🎶 Spider-Cat! Spider-Cat! Feral neighborhood Spider-Cat! 🎶

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Cats are also notorious jumpers who could reach the sky if they wanted to. The cat behaviorist said that “they can jump six times or more their own height from a standing start.”

Exactly how high that’d be depends on every cat individually. It may partly have to do with “the relative length of their back legs and their weight, according to a study in the Journal of Experimental Biology.”

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Pretty Pangolin
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm going to assume that couch is up on end, but I may be failing to give kitty enough credit.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree, but think it's a chair, so the white object is against the arm.The kitty's shadow makes sense for that scenario.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm pretty sure that this furball is just sitting on the upturned chair rather than clinging to it

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is nobody talking about the cat's expression? (S)he looks like they've seen some things...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like things have gone sideways. ( Ok. I'll leave now.)

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My cat actually does this all the time, though she can't maintain that hold for long doesn't stop her from doing it.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah we know the couch was put up on it's side so you could take a picture of your cat seemingly sitting on the couch sideways. Nice one but I ain't that daft. lol

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G Oezoe
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are you telling me... This isn't the way gravity goes?

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Kimberley McMillan
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

more like the armchair is on its side and the cat is just sitting on it with the photo turned.

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Gale Vester
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is leather furniture that the cat’s caretaker (cuz cats *don’t* have owners, only staff) regrets having now. I know a few things about this, cuz I’m a cat caretaker, too.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“The majestic antigravity cat very rarely seen will only live in a house that has a green couch”

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think someone’s having a great sense of humor and turned this pic on the side. Never the less, funny.

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Benjamin Chen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If u turn ur phone a quarter turn, the cat looks like it is sitting on top of a chair on its side.

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Liz Sahlin
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

🤔 that looks like a slightly manipulated pic to me... On the other hand the pose might just hang on the tail alone... those sticks are powerful..

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Ellis Pascual
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This kitty's position is against gravity. But she looks like she's sitting on the horizon comfortably

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Dawn K
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who are you trying to fool? This chair is overturned on its side.

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Maggie Mae
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They can Easily Hold their Weight with their Claws in Furniture or Trees or in Your Clothing!!

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Berlinda Dunbar-Nye
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cash is 13. We used to call him "Big Kitty" when he decided he wanted to live here. He weighs about 25 lbs. He is a most awesome guy........can literally stand next to the garage door and jump through the one little tiny glassless pane (one got broken out years ago) It's over five feet high. And he doesn't break a sweat.......meanders around the patio at his leisure.

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Elak Swindell
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Though funny, it's clearly a chair turned vertical and the image was rotated.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sylvester had become the Master of the Horizontal Levitation.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That cat has seen some stuff no cat should ever see

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it just me, or is that smile on the cat's face somewhat unnerving?

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If you’re still not convinced that felines have special superpowers, wait till you hear how flexible they are.

Celia explained that: “They have free-floating tiny collar bones, or clavicles, which are not fixed to any of the other bones in their skeleton. (Humans' longer collar bones are attached to and brace together the breastbone and the shoulder blade.)”

Plus, “They have 30 vertebrae, the bones that make up the spine, with a further 18-23 vertebrae in the tails. It is their specially cushioned disks between their vertebrae that allow their spine to be so flexible.”

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As a result of this incredible anatomy, cats can, in fact, rotate their bodies 180 degrees to the left or right. So, no, you were not hallucinating, nor was it a glitch in the matrix.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm just sitting on top of the world. Or in this case, on top of the glass roof of a car.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This cat has an amazing sense of balance, even whilst asleep! I would have fallen between the crack ages ago.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'Yo kid! Yeah u! Get your head over here I need a prop!*to catch this bird!*'

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