Hum 6,933 Posted December 8, 2010 TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) - If a cat has nine lives, we're not sure how many one local feline has left. "Kim" the cat took a gigantic leap off a power pole near Ft. Lowell and Roger Monday, suddenly ending a rescue attempt. We're told the cat spent more than two days on stuck on top of the pole. A crew with Tucson Electric Power was in a lift basket approaching Kim when the cat started shying away. Then, without warning, she dove more than a dozen feet to the ground and scampered off. KOLD News 13 Photojournalist Andrew Brown caught it all on camera. Kim's owners caught up with her soon after. She appeared to be all right, although a vet is checking her out. :cat: source & awesome video better video Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detection 2,256 Posted December 8, 2010 Didn't you know, gravity does not affect cats? lol Definitely lost at least 6 of its lives there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon- 492 Posted December 8, 2010 Cats bodies are designed to do this, their ears act as a gyroscope and their backs bend like shock absorbers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hum 6,933 Posted December 8, 2010 Amazing how cats can oft times make humans look foolish. :yes: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nagisan 248 Posted December 8, 2010 Cats bodies are designed to do this, their ears act as a gyroscope and their backs bend like shock absorbers I wouldn't say designed to do this, more or less built to handle something like this. My cat fell off the top banister from the second floor to the first floor (at least a 12-15 foot fall) when I lived in Georgia, he was a bit shaken up and he actually chipped one of his teeth (which means he hit his mouth on the floor), but other then that he was perfectly okay, no broken bones or anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yusuf M. 1,362 Posted December 8, 2010 Fortunately, cats have a unique skeletal structure that allows for greater shock absorption. Unlike humans, a cat doesn't have a true collarbone (clavicle). In fact, it isn't even connected to its forelimbs or upper-body. In humans, the collarbone serves as support for the shoulder blade (scapula) and chest bone (sternum). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pupik 452 Posted December 8, 2010 Where's the flying part? And I'll just leave this here: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+BeLGaRaTh 43 Posted December 8, 2010 Where's the flying part? And I'll just leave this here: That is awesome, far better than a mangy cat ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nagisan 248 Posted December 8, 2010 That is awesome, far better than a mangy cat ... For dogs to be awesome, they need to be trained, cats are simply awesome out of the box. :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Mirumir 5,636 Posted December 8, 2010 My grandma's cat jumped off the balcony on the fifth floor a few times...(I think she wanted to catch the birds. :laugh: ) Then she walked upstairs as if nothing had happened :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Growled 3,880 Posted December 8, 2010 That cat must be part ninja. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ji@nBing 53 Posted December 9, 2010 That cat must be part ninja. All cats are part ninja. That's part of what makes them so awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CentralDogma 145 Posted December 9, 2010 How did the cat get up there? I mean, cat's have sharp claws, but to be able to get all the way to the top of that pole... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ji@nBing 53 Posted December 9, 2010 How did the cat get up there? I mean, cat's have sharp claws, but to be able to get all the way to the top of that pole... Cats are very good climbers. My cat gets on my roof. No idea how, but sometimes when I come home, he's just sitting up there :p. Again, cats are ninjas ;). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nagisan 248 Posted December 9, 2010 Cats are very good climbers. My cat gets on my roof. No idea how, but sometimes when I come home, he's just sitting up there :p. Again, cats are ninjas ;). My cat did that once when I lived in Texas, and he didn't even have front claws.......no clue how the hell he did it but he didn't seem to want to risk jumping down, I had to go up and get him down... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kriz 186 Posted December 9, 2010 Didn't you know, gravity does not affect cats? lol Its not that it doesnt affect cats, its that cats refuse to believe :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeChipshop 3,458 Posted December 9, 2010 This video is years old! Still awesome though. Edit: My mistake this is new. Seems cats have a habit of doing this :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Knife Party 629 Posted December 9, 2010 All cats are part ninja. That's part of what makes them so awesome. so true, i like to think as cats as being ninja zen masters, balancing the art of being a ninja and professional laziness All cats are part ninja. That's part of what makes them so awesome. so true, i like to think as cats as being ninja zen masters, balancing the art of being a ninja and professional laziness so true, i like to think as cats as being ninja zen masters, balancing the art of being a ninja and professional laziness Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teebor 182 Posted December 9, 2010 For dogs to be awesome, they need to be trained, cats are simply awesome out of the box. :p Dogs can be trained . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A1Capone 0 Posted December 9, 2010 5 years ago, my 7 months old cat, jump off my balcony and only suffered a broken front leg, and the jaw was off, I don't know how to say it in English, you know, when you get a bone off its socket? anyway, after $1200 on the Vet, and 4 days of hospitalization, my cat still running behind flies and bees! :blush: Did I mention I lived in the 12 floor on my building? :laugh: :shifty: :whistle: I'm gonna see If I can find a picture of her with the pink cast! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nagisan 248 Posted December 9, 2010 Dogs need to be trained . Fixed, which can be a positive and a negative, I would rather have a pet I can get and sort of leave on it's own without having to train it or anything rather than get one that needs to be potty trained at a minimum. 5 years ago, my 7 months old cat, jump off my balcony and only suffered a broken front leg, and the jaw was off, I don't know how to say it in English, you know, when you get a bone off its socket? anyway, after $1200 on the Vet, and 4 days of hospitalization, my cat still running behind flies and bees! :blush: Did I mention I lived in the 12 floor on my building? :laugh: :shifty: :whistle: I'm gonna see If I can find a picture of her with the pink cast! Dislocated? As for cats and casts, they are so hilarious with casts, it's like they can't feel the ground so they have difficulty walking......imagine if they wore shoes like humans do. :p Casts on pets are so cruel yet so hilarious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A1Capone 0 Posted December 9, 2010 ^^ Yeah, thanks!! that's the word I was looking for... :whistle: yeah, she was cute on the cast. Also, because of the pain she was goin' through, she was medicated with morphine, and she was walking like a chameleon, 2 steps forward, and 1 back,...LOL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites