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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Cats already like heat, but on entering the atmosphere they convert to their liquid form and their heat capacity increases greatly! Since they're now liquid the impact doesn't affect them as much either! Cats really are amazing.

[–] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago

Research suggests that cats are already liquid at room temperature, earning the researcher a well deserved Ig Nobel prize.

https://improbable.com/ig/winners/?amp=1#ig2017

https://www.drgoulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Rheology-of-cats.pdf

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This isn't even a joke...

One of my favorite Wikipedia articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_righting_reflex