A Cat’s Spine

Quirky Folk

follow this blog

8 followers

251 daily readers

rank of 105

E-mail Subscription

Receive an e-mail notification of new posts on this site:

A Cat’s Spine

February 14th 2008 21:00

Photo by Klarissae. Used in accordance with the terms of Wikimedia Commons’ GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.

A cat’s agility never ceases to amaze me. Just think about it. Unlike humans, they can curl themselves up into a tight ball. If they fall they, their righting reflex kicks in straight away, ensuring they land on their feet. Imagine how much strain a cat’s spine would take so they can do this. Butterscotch, my friend’s Tonkinese cat, literally flies through the air so he can land on the highest object in the room to perch on. It is marvellous to watch him in action. As to how my neighbour’s heavy – but not overweight - Bombay cats, Higgins and Miggins, manage to leap onto her 6 foot high cupboard remains a mystery. I’ve never seen them in the act; I presume they climb up onto the adjacent lounge or table and, using their hind legs, propel themselves upwards.

According to Diane Morgan, author of Good Catkeeping, cats can flex their spine 180 degrees sideways and arch their backs to the point where their hind and front paws match. That's some amazing agility.

Vote

subscribe to this blog

follow this blog on Orble

start your own blog

[ Link ]

Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category

Related Posts:

Relate This Post

[ Previous - The First Time I saw a Rottweiler ]

[ Next - Butterscotch and Gingersnap Snuggle up ]

Add A Comment

To create a fully formatted comment please click here.

CLICK HERE TO LOGIN | CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Name or Orble Tag

Home Page (optional)

Comments

Notify me of replies

Notify extra people about this comment

Is this a private comment?

List the Email Addresses or Orble Tags of the people you would like to be notified about this comment

One per line max of 30

List the Email Addresses or Orble Tags of the people you would like to be notified about this private comment thread. Only the people in this list will be able to see or reply to your comment.

One per line max of 30

Your Name
(for the email going out to the above list, it can be different to your Orble Tag)

Your Email Address

(optional)

(required for reply notification)

Submit

July 2010

20 Posts

June 2010

22 Posts

May 2010

22 Posts