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2004-07-15 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Raj 2004-07-15 2:10:21 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hmmmm, the LD-50 for humans is about 70 feet. In other words, fifty percent of the people who fall or are pushed from 70 feet up will die. This cat's pretty amazing.

BTW, I have five cats. Speaking for them, three of the five say "Yahoo!" and the other two are pussies.

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-07-15 3:07:24 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-07-15 3:07:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 A circus spokesman defended the act, saying Supercat has never missed his mark in about 1,400 performances over three years.

He's only gotta miss once... and then the streak is over. Forever.

Posted by tu3031 2004-07-15 3:27:12 PM|| 2004-07-15 3:27:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 im agree with tu3031. ima thinking cats are not liking to be fling through air.

Posted by muck4doo 2004-07-15 4:07:53 PM|| [http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2004-07-15 4:07:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Cats have lived from 70 floor drops they are hard wired to go into maximum flight resistance.... cats are more likely to be hurt in a low altitude drop before they can assume the proper kitty position. I recall that a properly furry cat, with the proper kitty freefall position has a terminal velocity of only 130-150 mph.... unless they are falling in a vaccuum of course.

Posted by Shipman 2004-07-15 4:37:26 PM|| 2004-07-15 4:37:26 PM|| Front Page Top

"If I were a cat, I donât think I would want to be doing that," said Joseph Pentangelo, an enforcement agent at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

If you were a cat, Joe, I'd call a very large rottweiler.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-07-15 5:30:30 PM|| 2004-07-15 5:30:30 PM|| Front Page Top

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