This video (HT metafilter) shows cats being dropped in low-gravity. BONUS: “Does a Cat Always Land on Its Feet?” published in the Annals of Improbable Research, vol. 4, no. 4.
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Dog & cat flea-jump tribute video
Someone made a tribute video, inspired by the 2008 Ig Nobel physics prize winners. Marie-Christine Cadiergues, Christel Joubert, and Michel Franc of Ecole Nationale Veterinaire de Toulouse, France were honored for discovering that the fleas that live on a dog can jump higher than the fleas that live on a cat.
The Curious Case of the Boyfriend and the Replacement Cat
“A Zoocentric Capgras Syndrome” [article in German], U. Ehrt, Psychiatrische Praxis, vol. 26, no. 1, January 1999, pp. 43–4. The authors, who are at Klinik und Poliklinik fur Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Halle/Saale, Germany, report that: “We present a case of a 23-year-old women who had the delusional belief that her cat had been replaced by […]
Legal poser: feline intent
The prosecution and defense wrangled repeatedly about whether witnesses could accurately assess the cat’s state of mind. So says a November 13, 2007 New York Times report about the trial of “bird-watching enthusiast” James M. Stevenson in Galveston, Texas. NOTE: the Times reported further details on December 2 of that same year. (Thanks to investigator […]