The study from Japan found that a cat's upper back twists freely while the lower back remains stiff, allowing the cat to rotate mid-fall and land on its feet.

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐈🔄 For over a century, the “falling cat problem” had physicists building equations to explain how #cats land on their feet without violating the laws of motion. A new #study out of #Japan took a different approach: looking at the cat’s spine itself. They found that the upper back twists freely while the lower back stays stiff, letting a cat rotate its front half into position and swing the rear into alignment mid-fall. 👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/scientists-finally-figure-out-why-cats-are-so-good-at-landing-on-their-feet/ #physics #biology #anatomy #research #biomechanics #animals #zoology #veterinary #robotics

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐈🔄 For over a century, the “falling cat problem” had physicists building equations to explain how #cats land on their feet without violating the laws of motion. A new #study out of #Japan took a different approach: looking at the cat’s spine itself. They found that the upper back twists freely while the lower back stays stiff, letting a cat rotate its front half into position and swing the rear into alignment mid-fall. 👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/scientists-finally-figure-out-why-cats-are-so-good-at-landing-on-their-feet/ #physics #biology #anatomy #research #biomechanics #animals #zoology #veterinary #robotics