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minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoCats 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.
minus-squareDasFaultier@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoResearch 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
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoThis isn’t even a joke… One of my favorite Wikipedia articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_righting_reflex
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.
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
This isn’t even a joke…
One of my favorite Wikipedia articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_righting_reflex