Timeline for Can cats survive a fall from any height?
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| Jun 17, 2017 at 13:36 | comment | added | Cees Timmerman | No; outer space lacks the air they need to survive. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 14:05 | comment | added | John | @ChrisDennett, no it would suffocate first, a fall from that distance would take more than 5 minutes, most of which would be in atmosphere to thin for the cat to breath. | |
| Jan 14, 2015 at 16:43 | answer | added | whuber | timeline score: 13 | |
| Oct 4, 2014 at 18:34 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | I'm aware of a kitten that limped a bit after going skydiving from the 27th floor--obviously enough to reach terminal velocity. It comes down to what the cat lands on. | |
| Dec 7, 2012 at 18:25 | comment | added | NullUserException ఠ_ఠ | i.imgur.com/LsqVr.gif | |
| Jul 30, 2012 at 9:48 | comment | added | RomanSt | @ChrisDennett Doesn't sound like a good experiment to me, since the cat could suffocate or freeze to death. Just establish the terminal velocity and don't go any higher than you need to reach it. | |
| May 25, 2011 at 22:46 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| May 24, 2011 at 7:13 | history | edited | Kit Sunde | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 21, 2011 at 8:52 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
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| May 21, 2011 at 1:24 | comment | added | Chris Dennett | A good experiment would be dropping a cat from a balloon at the edge of the atmosphere :) Would it survive? | |
| May 20, 2011 at 19:08 | comment | added | psusi | It depends on whether you mean is it possible, or can you expect a given cat to survive a fall. All I know is that my ex had a cat fall from the window of her high rise apartment and it splattered on the sidewalk. | |
| May 20, 2011 at 16:00 | answer | added | Golden Cuy | timeline score: 6 | |
| May 20, 2011 at 9:28 | answer | added | Kit Sunde | timeline score: 48 | |
| May 20, 2011 at 9:12 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSkeptic/status/71503543458201601 | ||
| May 20, 2011 at 9:06 | history | asked | user2869 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
