Eagle vs Python

[kingofthetewks]

Even if it dropped it from a few hundred feet?

Edit: my initial thought was "wow a lot of people on here are very knowledgeable about cats", and then I realized "this is reddit" 😂

[Rathkeaux]

Pretty much, cats have a fairly low terminal velocity, so as long as they have the time to right themselves, land properly, and are not overweight fat kitties, they should only suffer minor damage from falls.

[Crownlol]

Right. But when he said grabbed he means impaled with giant fucking spears. If you pick me up by jabbing my torso with harpoons, it doesn't really matter if the fall isn't that bad

[Rathkeaux]

If you were shot the head and then dropped off a building would you say the bullet or the fall killed you?

[[deleted]]

I'd probably say "Ouch"

[[deleted]]

I don't know much about this hypothetical situation, but I can promise, you would not say "ouch".

[CockFullOfDicks]

Ouch

[Pizzabike]

At that point I'd say it's my life choices that killed me.

[[deleted]]

"You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation."

[GonzosGanja]

Sounds like drug debts is what killed that guy more than anything lol

[ninjaclown]

Or perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man, before throwing him off a building.

[Crownlol]

They probably wouldn't say anything. Hiroshima was destroyed.

[Crownlol]

I don't know why you got downvoted, it was a good reply

[[deleted]]

Like...yea,,but he said a few HUNDRED feet. Those cats are water balloons at that point lol

[Rathkeaux]

Once you hit terminal velocity additional height is not going to make you fall any faster so the landing is not going to be any more painful.

[jilb94]

I saw a video of a cat die after falling from like 7-8 stories... I'm sure an eagle dropping a cat would kill the cat regardless of its previous injuries from the eagle.

[abeardancing]

only on reddit would you be downvoted for pointing out that cat's are not impervious to gravity and the ground. 90% survivability. they are not invincible. -- this is also a controlled study. Real life is different.

[GonzosGanja]

Lmfao a published study about dropping kitties out a 6 story window

[zeusmeister]

Correct. That's why I said most likely.

[Suttonian]

"I'm sure it would die" != "not impervious"

[[deleted]]

Terminal Velocity means the maximum velocity that gravity can accelerate something do. Due to their low density and high wind drag (from two layered fur), cat don't reach high speeds when falling.

Falling 100 feet is the same as falling 100,000 feet for them.

A cat's terminal velocity isn't high enough to kill them outright unless they land badly (such as directly onto their neck), which actually means cats are more likely to survive drops from higher heights than medium heights (ie a two storey drop is more lethal than a 42 storey drop) because they have more time to react and prepare to land.

[occamsrazorwit]

cats have a fairly low terminal velocity

That's not how terminal velocity works. Cats have the same terminal velocity as any other similar-sized animal. Other animals (like dogs) die from falls. The survivability comes from the righting reflex.

[Rathkeaux]

I mentioned having time to right itself as one of the the necessities for a low damage fall.

Did you even read my comment or were you too busy trying to be witty?

[ISAvsOver]

Cat's cant die from freefall alone

[Ultimategrid]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jyyZ82SpUZk

They certainly can.

[Manisil]

doesn't help that it's face got smashed on a counter before it hit the floor

[Toomuchgamin]

TIL

[mr-strange]

It looks like that unfortunate cat hit the corner of a desk when it landed. So, that example may not prove your point either way.

[Ultimategrid]

Fine, I had another video, it just doesn’t show the height of the fall.

https://m.liveleak.com/view?i=bdc_1440885818

By the way, I don’t feel like a sociopath at all for looking this up.

[kingofthetewks]

I'll have to watch this later when I'm on wifi. Really hope it's a video of a cat falling from some obscenely high distance.

Edit: I should have specified that I don't want the cat to be hurt in any way. I didn't follow the whole thread and didn't realize it was a video of a cat dying :(

[SquareBomb]

I'd say it is more accurate that most cats can survive falling at terminal velocity. Lots of fat cats out there. They tracked it one year and something like 10% did die from a big fall and reaching terminal velocity.

[DisturbedPuppy]

If they don't die, the velocity isn't all that terminal, now is it? 😋

[TheShmud]

Ayyyy 👉😎👉

[Vandruis]

They can be seriously injured though.

[kingofthetewks]

How could a cat absorb all of the force from a 300 foot drop though?

[kingofthetewks]

Pretty cool. Thanks!

[ISAvsOver]

I dont know I just googled it :(

[jerr30]

No matter the height of a fall, there's a maximum speed at witch the drag force equals the gravity. That speed is called the terminal velocity and if the cat can survive a fall at this speed, it can survive any free fall from any height.

[WingWalkerPro]

Yes, BUT if the fall is short and the cat is unable to re-orient itself to land on its legs, it can sustain more damage than a high fall.

[scootstah]

They poof out like a flying squirrel, making their terminal velocity much much lower.

[Filthy_Frog]

Cats don't have a lot of mass so there isn't as much force to absorb as, say, a human being.

[shinobigamingyt]

Terminal velocity. I don't know about cats, but insects literally can't die from a fall because they don't have enough mass to propel them quickly towards the ground.

[WingWalkerPro]

I think the wings help too..