Fact or Fiction - aberdeen-music

10-01-2005, 07:49

Putting duck tape on a cats side or back will make it walk really oddly?

(No tests please)

MarkJDelaney · 10-01-2005, 09:03

I take it you saw a video clip of this happening online or on TV? I'm not sure if it is true... I wouldn't think so. Although it makes you wonder if you can train a cat to walk like that on command if it isn't...

10-01-2005, 09:13

wtf, mate?

10-01-2005, 10:01

what kind of a sick bastard what put duck tape on a cat?!!?

imagine how much it would hurt pulling the tape off....all that hair stuck on it..eeek..ouch. bad.

MarkJDelaney · 10-01-2005, 10:40

Not that it makes much of a difference... but I don't think it was actually duct tape. Some sort of other tape

qzdiablo · 10-01-2005, 14:41

if you tape the cat's legs to its side or back then yes, it will walk in a different manner

Hardcore Mel · 10-01-2005, 14:45

you know if you drop a cat from higher than 7 stories or lower than 5 storeys it's likely to survive. at 7 storeys it reaches terminal velocity and when it does that it can puff itself out like a squirrel does and parachute down. just never drop it from 6 storeys because won't give it enough time to hit terminal velocity but it's too far down for it to just land.

Rachie · 10-01-2005, 15:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hardcore Mel

at 7 storeys it reaches terminal velocity and when it does that it can puff itself out like a squirrel does and parachute down.

I <3 Mel.

That made me laugh.

10-01-2005, 15:09

qzdiablo · 10-01-2005, 16:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hardcore Mel

you know if you drop a cat from higher than 7 stories or lower than 5 storeys it's likely to survive. at 7 storeys it reaches terminal velocity and when it does that it can puff itself out like a squirrel does and parachute down. just never drop it from 6 storeys because won't give it enough time to hit terminal velocity but it's too far down for it to just land.

but surely, if it's a really fat, heavy cat it'll fall faster than your average cat

same as how if it's a light, skinny cat (or kitten), it'll fall slower

edit: actually, probably not, i'm not too clued up on the physics of lobbing cats out of windows