Articles for tag: Cat Behavior, Cat Physics, Cat Science, Feline Balance, Righting Reflex

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The Physics Behind Cats Always Landing Safely

Suhail Ahmed

There’s a reason videos of midair-flipping cats stop us in our tracks: the stakes look high, the odds look terrible, and yet the landing is often shockingly smooth. For more than a century, scientists have chased the mystery of how a creature can twist in free fall without an external push and still meet the ...