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Cat's surviving high falls happens often enough that there is a name
for it: "high-rise syndrome" (see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-rise_syndrome">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-rise_syndrome</a>).<br>
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There was a study done in New York that found that cat's that fell a
few stories had less survivability as the height increased until
they reached something like 6 or 7 stories. Higher than that and
they had a better chance of survival then they did at six or seven
stories. Something about the flying squirrel shape and the fact
that they hit terminal velocity at about that height. In a way,
once they hit terminal velocity it wouldn't matter how far they
fell.<br>
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Interesting stuff.<br>
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Paul<br>
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On 03/24/2012 06:59 AM, Donovan Arnold wrote:
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style="right: auto;">"A veterinarian says acting like a
flying squirrel may have saved a cat from serious injury
in a 19-story plunge from a Boston high rise."</span></span></div>
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style="right: auto;">I'll have to remember that next time
I am falling from the 19th floor of a building, just act
like a flying squirrel. If only the Wright Brothers had th<var
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Tom
Hansen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><thansen@moscow.com></a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
Moscow Vision 2020 <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com"><Vision2020@moscow.com></a> <br>
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Saturday, March 24, 2012 6:49 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
[Vision2020] <span id="misspell-1" class="mark">Caturday</span>
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<div>"You fall nineteen stories, what do you get</div>
<div>Another life gone and a trip to the vet</div>
<div>Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't
go</div>
<div>I'll owe my soul to a screened window."</div>
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<div><span>Courtesy of Animal Rescue League of
Boston at:</span><br>
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<div><span>BOSTON -- A veterinarian says acting
like a flying squirrel may have saved a cat
from serious injury in a 19-story plunge from
a Boston high rise.</span><br>
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<span>Sugar the cat had no broken bones or cuts,
just some bruising on her lungs after the fall
from a window owner Brittany Kirk had opened
to enjoy the recent unseasonably warm weather.</span><br>
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<span>The Animal Rescue League estimates Sugar
fell between 150 and 200 feet.</span><br>
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<span>Kirk tells <span id="misspell-2"
class="mark">WBZ</span>-TV she thinks Sugar
used up "one or two or maybe eight" of her
nine lives.</span><br>
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<span>Veterinarian Hugh Davis says in falls from
high places, cats splay their legs in a
"flying squirrel position" which slows their
descent.</span><br>
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<span>Kirk calls Sugar's survival a "miracle"
and says building management has since
installed a screen in her window.</span></div>
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Many thanks to Rescue Services and Boston
Veterinary Care’s Dr. Hugh Davis for their great
work yesterday. Thankfully, ”Sugar” is okay after
her ordeal.
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<span><span id="misspell-4" class="mark">Seeya</span>
Sunday, Moscow.</span><br>
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<span>Tom Hansen</span><br>
<span>Wallace, Idaho</span><br>
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<span>"If not us, who?</span><br>
<span>If not now, when?"</span><br>
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<span>- Unknown</span><br>
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