• Question: Why do cats always land on their feet?

    Asked by scientistj11 to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 14 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Laura Waters

      Laura Waters answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      They don’t! It depends what height they fall from. Please don’t try and prove it with a real cat!

    • Photo: Sean Murphy

      Sean Murphy answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      The cat righting reflex is a cat’s innate ability to orient itself as it falls in order to land on its feet. As Laura said, this only works at short distances!

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