40 Cats Who Decided That Disobeying Their Owners Is Not Enough So They Defied The Laws Of Physics As Well
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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Here, you will find the majestic cat tree. It appears as if there's a bountiful harvest this year
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.
It walks down stairs, it climbs over chairs, it makes a slinkety sound...
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How does this work I think it might be a tough and the cat is in ball at the top?
You have encountered the rare and fluffy snat. It is very very dangerous and probably is plotting ways to kill you but you're fine I think
😂 YES! I have now finally a real picture to show my non-cat friends what I try to tell them!!! This i a cat in a nut shell! When they are inside they want to go out and when they have gotten out they wants to go in, but preferably both at the same time!!!
The backbone of this kitty all of a sudden stretched longer than expected. Now she is looking like another specie we're not familiar with.
That is just how I feel, in the morning, trying to get out of bed. Noooooo! I don't want to get up!
It looks like someone put it on the old English rack and stretched it as long as he could without totally breaking his back. Poor kitty.
This one is a Ragdoll cat! I have one, though mine is only 6 months old, so he hasn’t yet reached this length.
That cat so long if it drinks milk it will be spoiled before it gets to her belly
I think he's just got his summer haircut, which exaggerates his long-and-skinny look.
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Never a dull moment with cats
Or apparently with SylviaGood...
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I mean it's a known fact that cats are liquid
Cats are weird ... and fun (but mostly weird)
And sometimes derpy
and always cute. ♥ this is the code we live by
and always CATastrophic
It's not that cats defy physics, it's just, ever since Schrodinger, cats operate on a quantum level. I mean, I'm sure you've seen two cats that are entangled, right? entangled_...a58c22.jpg
Cats are awesome... I love my felines' shenanigans.
Cats - we can have them in our lives and do our best to enjoy them but never will we be able to truly understand them. They are a force of nature and they just let us live in their world.
I COULDNT HELP BUT UPVOTE EVERY. SINGLE. FREAKIN. PHOTO!!!!!!!!!
how could you not!
Cats are sorcerers. Or, if you prefer sci-fi, living glitches in the matrix.
hahaha too funny
Cats are simply legendary. I think we'll never make sense of the loveable sods.
If you made a spider cat joke, raise your hand.
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goofy, hilarious, and some act like my cat
Those were so enjoyable!
Love cats and their antics... why was it shortened...the more we see the happier we are.
Thank you. No wonder they were worshipped and are still adored.
Morgan Morgan Good response!
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If anyone ever wondered why cat owners have to replace the screens all the time, now you know.
Amazing photographers to just be there at the right moment to catch these cats some mid-flight !!
Thank you to the ones who share and brighten our days!
Bored Panda can u plz stop posting a bunch of things with cats? I mean every once in a while is fine but can u post some interesting stuff like- thrift store finds- weirdest things found in food-weirdest things found in stores-and things people never expected?
acrocatics anyone?
Cats Rule!
Cats are brilliant. Superior roommates, too ... I always loved them, still do. Nothing on earth can be answered with anything better than "meow"!