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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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    ML
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That looks like mission impossible

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    Sethurama Iyer
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    5 years ago Created 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.”

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    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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    Tovah Roche
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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    Sethurama Iyer
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "spider-cat, spider-cat, friendly neighborhood spider-cat"

    J Sizz
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "can he spin from a web? course he can't cuz he's a cat, look out here comes the spider-cat!"

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    Raine Soo
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No big deal - just hanging about.

    BusLady
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing to see here. Just a cat that thinks it's a bat.

    Kitsune Fox Girl
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    spider cat, spider cat. Well he does- he does... that?

    Wendy Solo
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awww that looks like my cat "Milo" when he was a baby. Same attitude with curtains too. LOL!

    Pavlina G
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing to see here, move along

    glowworm2
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always found this one to be cute!

    Ellis Pascual
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This kitty dreamt to be a ballerina some day. Today, she has attained her dream!!!

    Sharon Hyatt
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How on earth did she do that ? ? ?

    Karin
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a cat being a brat. I recognize the "Don't tell me to not play with the new curtains" Look.They are gonna be shredded now!

    SuziH
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don'cha love it when the cat ruins the new curtains? But it's so darn cute!

    ArhomR
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And now for the dismount.

    O Jackson
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hello my friend....😶

    CharliAnn Olney
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    World looks better this way!

    Maggie Mae
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From a Standing Position I have Seen a House Cat Clear Twelve Feet!! They are just as Awesome as their Flexible Wild Cousins!!

    Maggie Mae
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm just Holding the Curtain Down for You Mom!!

    Donald Holder
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So much for mom's nice linen drapes.

    Jane W.
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A new perspective, perhaps.

    Teresa Spanics
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that is why the curtains are in such a mess 😒

    Vicki Perizzolo
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    doesn't peekaboo do this a lot? lol!

    Charles Brentner
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just waiting round for the street car. lol

    June Galloway
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    puts a smile on your face, I love cats. hard to be in a bad mood when you have a cat.

    thee1nonlykRiS
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg! My cat use 2 climb the curtains when he wanted attention. I tried everything to stop him from shredding my blinds as a kitten but he was ruthless!

    Toea Muresan Iulia
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is so stupid I cannot stop laughing

    tinker bell
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎶 spider cat spider cat climbing on paws and hands🎶

    Shelbie Ernst
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hello. nothing to see here. just hanging upside down from the curtains. move along

    Minty-Chan
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spider cat, spider cat, friendly adorable spider cat LOOK OUT!!! HERE COMES THE SPIDERCAT!!

    Minty-Chan
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude!!! How u do this!

    silver leopard
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀

    Dorothy Cloud
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think those curtains are going to last very much longer..

    Ami Temi
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm screaming internally: it's so cute! Now how could anyone be mad seeing that look?

    Marea Lewis
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Na-na na-na na-na na-na, BAAATCAAAT! BATCAT!

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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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    Raine Soo
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cats can stick to things like velcro.

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    Raine Soo
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    5 years ago (edited) Created 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.”

    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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    Mark
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it half perched on a door handle?

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    Olivier Caissy
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “What do you want? I’m busy here!”

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    Olivier Caissy
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “All right, who turned off gravity again?”

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    Night Owl
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was a model for Salvador Dali's work

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    #16

    This Picture Of My Kitten In His Cat Tree Always Makes Me Laugh

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    ML
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    By the look on the cat's face, immediate regret!

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    Raine Soo
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    5 years ago Created 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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    Raine Soo
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    5 years ago (edited) Created 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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    Cat
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I'm this close to losing my s**t... Don't tempt me..."

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    My Cat Having A Blast On His Favorite Chair

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    Olivier Caissy
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Why are you walking on the wall dear food provider?”

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    Raine Soo
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did I get into this predicament...again?

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    ImaDerp
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How does that big chonk ballance on that?

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    Raine Soo
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This lockdown is driving me up the wall!

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    ♡PoisonousLotus!♡
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    5 years ago Created 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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    PandaJon
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    May be time for that diet after all...

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    Colin Allcars
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He’s reminding us who’s boss around here.

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    Erdot
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That spot on the cat's back kinda looks like Italy.

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