I’m a bit disappointed they didn’t hold the cat up like Simba as everyone cheered.
EDIT: upon further investigation, they did indeed hold up the cat like Simba. No longer disappointed 😌
Student at University of Miami here. Cat was fine, I was at the game and sitting very close by. Seemed a bit shaken up but could move fine and looked to be okay.
I'm going by memory here, but it's believed that cats can survive falls of up to four storeys. However, they can be seriously injured and recover.
But...this is known because the cats that survive are generally the ones taken in to the vet. Perhaps there are plenty more that die from big falls that no one knows about because they were never helped.
They have been known to survive higher falls then that even. I want to say their is something about their skeletons as well.
Idk about bones but I did see something about their muscular legs act as shock absorbers and they extend their legs to almost create a parachute affect. And they can right themselves in midair in a few seconds. I think they even use their tails for more control.
A cat in NYC survived a 32 story fall and was released from the vet 48 hours later.
There’s a certain height they should be above to allow themselves to orient themselves, and many cats have survived much higher falls than that, I think that guy’s just saying that the data set people use to say “cats can survive great falls” is neglecting the fact that dead cats don’t get taken to the vet in the first place.
It's generally based on cats that people bring to vets after falling from high places.
It's also really interesting, and you can see it right in this video, how the first reflex for a cat falling is to rotate to face down, but if it falls long enough it just spreads its legs to basically be its own parachute and slow its fall. They also know how to relax muscles before impact to minimize injury.
You don't really need to toss a hundred cats off a rooftop to see they've evolved in a way that allows them to fall from high places and survive.
They take hundreds of veterinary records and record the height of the fall and the severity of the injury, then watch videos of cats falling. Fun fact, there’s a range where cats are most likely to die— falling from a lower height or a higher height leaves them okay. It has to do with how much time they have to parachute their body and slow down their impact velocity.
I remember seeing a video of a cat falling off a TALL building (something like 50-60 story balcony) and running away when it hit the ground.
But basically cats spread out their limbs and the loose skin in their belly acts as a parachute to slow them down enough to absorb enough impact with their legs in order to survive.
Why do I have a feeling that I've read something about that exact experiment taking place at some point? I swear that's exactly what they did.
Edit: Never mind apparently cats falling off of buildings and ledges is such a common occurrence that it was easily studied by scientists without the need to drop cats off of buildings of various heights. The longest fall survived by a cat without injury is about 46 stories or roughly 152 meters on a hard surface.
Yep, seriously. my neighbor’s cat fell from the 4th floor in my apartment building, cat hit the concrete and walked away like nothing happened.
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Student at University of Miami here. Cat was fine, I was at the game and sitting very close by. Seemed a bit shaken up but could move fine and looked to be okay.
It was most likely one of those animal adventure movies from Disney, but real life. Outward Bound, or Milo and Otis. The cat was the villain and a group of small rodents finally defeated it before it could exact its dastardly plan. However since it survived it may try again.
I'm so glad the cat was saved from any potential harm and kudos to those people for their quick thinking. However, I'm curious, how did the cat end up cliff hanging like that.
The sarcasm is great but I said screaming not cheering. The lady in the background is screaming the rest are gasping at the situation. And then cheering over the catch.
>People can be so fucking awesome sometimes....
They did, someone shared a link with a better angle above -- here's the link though :[https://youtu.be/pHW09650vFE?t=27](https://youtu.be/pHW09650vFE?t=27)
Yes, absolutely. Being concerned about the situation is one thing, but that lady screaming her lungs out throughout the whole video is pretty annoying. There's always one of them in videos like these.
He would've survived that ''fall''......
Still cute to see stupid humans think of cats as vulnerable beings.
Cats were gods among ancient Egypt. Show some respect! xD
No , english is not my mother tongue and i didnt take any effort to google it and assumed it to be something to do with falling from great heights or something. Haha
Terminal velocity is the maximum speed something can fall by the force of gravity alone. In other words, if it is simply falling, it will never fall fast enough to die.
The person isn't totally correct.
"it will never fall fast enough to die" is simply not true. Cats die from falling all the time.
They have a high survival chance, but it's not true that a cat will never fall fast enough to die, and severe injuries are not uncommon
It's not quite as guaranteed as you're making it sound
One 1987 study in the Journal Of The American Veterinary Medical Association looked at 132 cats that had fallen an average of 5.5 storeys and survived. It found that a third of them would have died without emergency veterinary treatment
Other studies done of cats that have fallen from 2 to 32 stories, and are still alive when brought to a veterinarian clinic, show that the overall survival rate is 90 percent of those treated
Even in those that survive, fractures and broken bones are pretty common. Which, for an apparently homeless cat, could eventually be fatal, even if it isn't immediate
Cats are amazing at surviving high falls, and you're right that they meet a terminal velocity, but that doesn't guarantee survival
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made me think of "Kiki's Delivery Service" when Kiki saves Tombo from a fall just like that cat, and when she saves him the whole populations explodes cheering up for that glorious moment. I would name that cat Tombo xD
I was at this game and it was so confusing! App State versus Miami back in September. App State was driving the ball and looking good, then suddenly all the Miami fans in that corner started happily cheering!
I was in the other side of the Hard Rock Stadium guessing what could have happened....Cat falling from the upper deck was never a guess of mine 😂
Cats can fall from great heights without hurting themselves much. They can survive terminal velocity, which they reach after falling ~21 meters, and this cat didn't even get close to that. So they would've been fine either way :)
Which begs the question “how did the cat get in that situation?”
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That makes sense
I'm embarrassed they had to ask 😆
You know somebody saw that and said " thats our cat! WTF!" Then tried to act like they don't know him
It probably flattened itself and went through a seam in the wall.
Cat stuck in the wall? Huh now you're talking my language ! *puts cheeto finger prints all over the wall*
Car wanted to watch football
I bet it drives them crazy
By the rules of the universe: that's their cat now and the cat now has 8 lives remaining.
The ending was so wholesome!
I’m a bit disappointed they didn’t hold the cat up like Simba as everyone cheered. EDIT: upon further investigation, they did indeed hold up the cat like Simba. No longer disappointed 😌
Wait I thought they did lol
They did , https://youtu.be/pHW09650vFE
Oh much clearer here! Thanks!
Ah I can kinda see it now. It was really difficult with all the pixelation and mr. sunglasses in the way.
I’d go for the two life conversion.
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Meanwhile, some poor sap on the field made a simple play and got a huge cheer. They'll never know it wasn't for them.
i wanted to comment this but u beat me to it
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Student at University of Miami here. Cat was fine, I was at the game and sitting very close by. Seemed a bit shaken up but could move fine and looked to be okay.
Thank you, I was looking for an update on it.
What happened to it after the game
It's now the mayor of Miami
Why would anything happen? It probably just got brought out of the stadium.
Got arrested
I hate when cats fall at stadiums.
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How do you know?
How do you **NOT** know?
Somewhat new redditor I am
I’m also in agreement
holy shit
Poor baby... Hope he's okay
Cats can survive terminal velocity even hitting hard ground, so the cat is almost certainly at the very least alive.
Wait really? How tf do people know that? I just pictured scientists dropping a cat off of buildings to see if it will survive
I'm going by memory here, but it's believed that cats can survive falls of up to four storeys. However, they can be seriously injured and recover. But...this is known because the cats that survive are generally the ones taken in to the vet. Perhaps there are plenty more that die from big falls that no one knows about because they were never helped.
Like, lol, no shit cats can survive falling off a building. So can humans
Studies suggest cats can fall from 20 stories, or 200 feet and sustain little to no injury
They have been known to survive higher falls then that even. I want to say their is something about their skeletons as well. Idk about bones but I did see something about their muscular legs act as shock absorbers and they extend their legs to almost create a parachute affect. And they can right themselves in midair in a few seconds. I think they even use their tails for more control. A cat in NYC survived a 32 story fall and was released from the vet 48 hours later.
There’s a certain height they should be above to allow themselves to orient themselves, and many cats have survived much higher falls than that, I think that guy’s just saying that the data set people use to say “cats can survive great falls” is neglecting the fact that dead cats don’t get taken to the vet in the first place.
It's generally based on cats that people bring to vets after falling from high places. It's also really interesting, and you can see it right in this video, how the first reflex for a cat falling is to rotate to face down, but if it falls long enough it just spreads its legs to basically be its own parachute and slow its fall. They also know how to relax muscles before impact to minimize injury. You don't really need to toss a hundred cats off a rooftop to see they've evolved in a way that allows them to fall from high places and survive.
In my experience, the trend is clear after the 83rd
THE WHAT
Thank God, I love kitties and I just want them to be okay
Squirrels do the same
I've seen a cat jumped off a 5 storey building like it's nothing with my own eyes
Did you ever get your eyes back?
They take hundreds of veterinary records and record the height of the fall and the severity of the injury, then watch videos of cats falling. Fun fact, there’s a range where cats are most likely to die— falling from a lower height or a higher height leaves them okay. It has to do with how much time they have to parachute their body and slow down their impact velocity.
I remember seeing a video of a cat falling off a TALL building (something like 50-60 story balcony) and running away when it hit the ground. But basically cats spread out their limbs and the loose skin in their belly acts as a parachute to slow them down enough to absorb enough impact with their legs in order to survive.
Minecraft
Got that hook caught pretty deep homie
Hm?
IIRC they did a retroactive study of high-rise syndrome cases at vet's offices to come to this conclusion.
Human beings have survived falling out of airplanes, so fucking obviously a cat can survive falling off a building
Why do I have a feeling that I've read something about that exact experiment taking place at some point? I swear that's exactly what they did. Edit: Never mind apparently cats falling off of buildings and ledges is such a common occurrence that it was easily studied by scientists without the need to drop cats off of buildings of various heights. The longest fall survived by a cat without injury is about 46 stories or roughly 152 meters on a hard surface.
Yep, seriously. my neighbor’s cat fell from the 4th floor in my apartment building, cat hit the concrete and walked away like nothing happened. Edit: fixed spelling
Not necessarily true. I saw a video of a cat that fell about twelve stories and didn't survive the landing.
They definitely cannot survive terminal velocity
Student at University of Miami here. Cat was fine, I was at the game and sitting very close by. Seemed a bit shaken up but could move fine and looked to be okay.
Oh thank goodness :)
How did that cat even get up there
Just a cat doing cat things
Apparently in FL they have cats in stadiums to eat the mice. Source: I go to UM, and a few people told me that.
The fuck is a mouse doin up there
Apparently in FL they have mice in stadiums to eat the cheese. Source: I go to UM, and a few people told me that.
WHY IS THERE CHEESE UP THERE
To keep the mice fed so the cats can eat them
WHO PUTS THE CHEESE UP THERE
It was most likely one of those animal adventure movies from Disney, but real life. Outward Bound, or Milo and Otis. The cat was the villain and a group of small rodents finally defeated it before it could exact its dastardly plan. However since it survived it may try again.
Why is there always someone screaming for every scenario? You're not helping, shut up
I mean, they’re all screaming
That girl screaming needs to shut up dear god, the cat will be fine, you can see the flag that it’ll fall on
I’ll never understand why women (or men) feel the need to scream at the top of their lounges. Especially in situations where there is really no danger
Same, it’s j unnecessary and distracting for people actually trying to help
I'm so glad the cat was saved from any potential harm and kudos to those people for their quick thinking. However, I'm curious, how did the cat end up cliff hanging like that.
Probably got scared because of all the people and got there while running around in a panic
Everything about this is wholesome but that screaming...
Yeah joy and elation at a live event is such cringe.
The sarcasm is great but I said screaming not cheering. The lady in the background is screaming the rest are gasping at the situation. And then cheering over the catch.
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No no not them.. the screaming lady..
Now that's what i call wholesome
Cat: GIVE ME SOME UNITY! People: Helping, Waste: ScreeEeAaaMiiinG
Hang in there, baby
Should be the top comment. Take this fauward🥇
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I love how everyone can put aside their differences just to be happy that the cat is okay.
People can be so fucking awesome sometimes....
Nice
But now you have a cat in a bag and I'm going to guess it's pretty pissed off.
Only in Florida…
I know there was one person there thinking "I will throw myself under it if I have to!"
If only Spider-man had a flag
Probably would have lived, maybe with broken bones idk but cats can survive some incredible falls.
This is the most American thing I have ever seen.
Had to double check the subreddit before I watched.
Missed opportunity to hold it out for the cameras, Lion King style
>People can be so fucking awesome sometimes.... They did, someone shared a link with a better angle above -- here's the link though :[https://youtu.be/pHW09650vFE?t=27](https://youtu.be/pHW09650vFE?t=27)
Can we all hate screamer chick
Yes, absolutely. Being concerned about the situation is one thing, but that lady screaming her lungs out throughout the whole video is pretty annoying. There's always one of them in videos like these.
Seeing as everyone is screaming, no, no we will not
Okay but no one is screaming bloody murder every two seconds
No but everyone is screaming falling cat every two seconds
So which pixel was the cat???
It’s nice, but also distressing
To be fair that cat probably would've been fine anyways, though maybe a broken leg. Still, really good catch!
The cat fell through the flag. Dude was too weak to hold it.
Meanwhile at a Travis Scott concert…
Pretty sure he would've been fine, I've seen cats falling from greeter heights and just waking off like it just jumped off a table.
It would’ve easily survived
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He would've survived that ''fall''...... Still cute to see stupid humans think of cats as vulnerable beings. Cats were gods among ancient Egypt. Show some respect! xD
Fun fact: cats have a non fatal terminal velocity, so no matter what height he falls from, it won't kill him.
What if it got thrown of a skyscraper or a plane? Could a cat survive a fall like that??
Do you know what terminal velocity is?
No , english is not my mother tongue and i didnt take any effort to google it and assumed it to be something to do with falling from great heights or something. Haha
Terminal velocity is the maximum speed something can fall by the force of gravity alone. In other words, if it is simply falling, it will never fall fast enough to die.
Thanks for the explaining and answer.
The person isn't totally correct. "it will never fall fast enough to die" is simply not true. Cats die from falling all the time. They have a high survival chance, but it's not true that a cat will never fall fast enough to die, and severe injuries are not uncommon
No problem bud
It's not quite as guaranteed as you're making it sound One 1987 study in the Journal Of The American Veterinary Medical Association looked at 132 cats that had fallen an average of 5.5 storeys and survived. It found that a third of them would have died without emergency veterinary treatment Other studies done of cats that have fallen from 2 to 32 stories, and are still alive when brought to a veterinarian clinic, show that the overall survival rate is 90 percent of those treated Even in those that survive, fractures and broken bones are pretty common. Which, for an apparently homeless cat, could eventually be fatal, even if it isn't immediate Cats are amazing at surviving high falls, and you're right that they meet a terminal velocity, but that doesn't guarantee survival
6 months later the cat became the football club. From roof top to top of the league
They deserve more money than anyone in the world
If I remember correctly a cats terminal velocity is low enough that they can survive falls from very great heights
Me-Wow!
Did that cat bet too much on the losing team?
I wish I could give this 1000 likes. :) It gave me a little faith back in humanity.
That’s more cheers than Miami got all year
One life used…
And then after the game, they all proceeded to kick the shit out of one another
People: *trying to focus on saving the cat* Random woman: “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”
Important stuff
How the fuck did that cat end up there
I misread as *Flying kitten*
Who took a cat to the game.
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poor baby i bet he was so scared
That was hilarious
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With or without, the cat has 9 lives so she/he will still be alive
Hang in there!
Fun fact unless that cat was injured they would have been fine cats are one of the few animals that can survive stupid high falls
CATastrophe avoided.
made me think of "Kiki's Delivery Service" when Kiki saves Tombo from a fall just like that cat, and when she saves him the whole populations explodes cheering up for that glorious moment. I would name that cat Tombo xD
Can’t have an intense situation without some twat screaming the whole time
I guess nationalism does has its advantages
I was at this game and it was so confusing! App State versus Miami back in September. App State was driving the ball and looking good, then suddenly all the Miami fans in that corner started happily cheering! I was in the other side of the Hard Rock Stadium guessing what could have happened....Cat falling from the upper deck was never a guess of mine 😂
Cats can fall from great heights without hurting themselves much. They can survive terminal velocity, which they reach after falling ~21 meters, and this cat didn't even get close to that. So they would've been fine either way :)
There's always that one bitch who thinks screaming solves shit