Cat countertop deterrent and the Falling Cat Problem - GIFs and video
Keeping a cat off a countertop with motion-activated air spray. I've found a similar strategy works fine for getting a dog out of my face, even my own dog - just gently blow once toward their face.
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Somehow this is related to the cats vs. cucumbers/bananas videos. 2:35 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSuJm5gXmQQ
It's not really appropriate to delight in videos of pets injuring themselves. Some may remember the legendary 2009 episode in which the internet vigilante group Anonymous tracked down fourteen-year-old cat abuser Kenny Glenn after he posted videos of himself torturing Dusty the Cat.
However, in this case, the truth is that there's a weird phenomenon (or maybe not a phenomenon, just perfectly normal physics) involving cats' ability to fall long distances without injury. In fact, looking at the data we have, I believe their risk of injury is reduced once they hit terminal velocity. Look what happens when this little guy drops down nine stories -- see him flare out towards the bottom? And then he doesn't exactly limp away after he lands.
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I admit I don't fully understand it. And when we don't understand something, there can be only one explanation:
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Either that, or something called Cat righting reflex. The physics problem behind it is called the Falling cat problem.
https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...at_problem.gif
Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...725#post128929
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...607#post136332