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1. They've researched how cats pull this off.

Wed Aug 17, 2022, 02:09 PM

Aug 2022

They spread out like a flying squirrel and slow their speed. They have to be at least three stories up to pull that off though. So as odd as it sounds they are more likely to survive a 15 story fall than a two story fall.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-can-a-cat-survive-a-high-rise-fall-physics/

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Alexandria, Virginia, cat survives fifteen-story fall. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 OP

They've researched how cats pull this off. Phoenix61 Aug 2022 #1