Crowd saves falling cat at Hard Rock Stadium

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How Far Can Cats Fall?

How far can cats fall? The short answer: it depends. Read on to learn why cats like climbing up high and what researchers found when experimenting.

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It'd probably be fine, but that same source shares this:
However, a similar and more recent study in 2003 had different results. A study published in The Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery found that cases of highrise syndrome (the term used for injuries when falling in cats) sharply rose after the seventh story and that injury was less related to height and more to do with the landing surface and individual dexterity.

It's hard to tell exactly how far it was, but I'd guess 80-120 feet (so 8-12 stories). The landing would have been onto concrete, however, which is worse than landing on grass.

 

[StarStorm]

That cat would have been fine landing, but how did it end up hanging like that?

 

[Ra]

Cat: "Fall? Didn't you see me at 20 seconds into the video motioning for you to clear my landing zone?"

 

[Soapbox Killer]

Crowd was into it too. The gasp and yells, whole stadium was rooting for the little pus.

 

[TheGummyBear]

Someone already posted a link, but on a personal anecdote I had a cat jump from a 3rd story porch to a paved yard and he was perfectly fine after. Riskiest thing for that cat would maybe be the chairs and not landing on a flat surface.

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There was a story earlier in the year about a cat escaping a building fire in Chicago by leaping from the fifth story.

They can jump from pretty large heights and remain relatively unscathed.

 

[entrydenied]

I hate to be the party pooper, but the cat would have been ok without the people, right?

It didn't look like that high for a cat.

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Really depends. 10 years ago one of my cats went out for a walk and died after falling 4 storeys. She was a semi outdoor cat (despite our efforts to keep her in) and has fallen a few times before while she was out ( I saw once while trying to get her home). Was never injured from any previous shenanigans either.

The people in the video who saved her could have done worse damage. They should have let the cat just run away.

 

[TripleBee]

Cat would be have probably be fine if it landed on a flat surface. The seating & concrete stadium stairs etc... Probably wouldn't have been great to land on.

No way of knowing, but I think in this situation catching the cat was probably the safest.

 

[David Incorporated Esq.]

There was a story earlier in the year about a cat escaping a building fire in Chicago by leaping from the fifth story.

They can jump from pretty large heights and remain relatively unscathed.

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Not my cat. He is a blubbery twenty pounds. He falls and lands like a water balloon.

 

[scitek]

Was it actually okay? It could have a broken leg or something and those idiots just made it worse by picking it up.

 

[TheGummyBear]

Not my cat. He is a blubbery twenty pounds. He falls and lands like a water balloon.

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Bet he is still a fast chonker when he wants to be though.

 

[TAJ]

If the cat was falling onto the ground from a really tall tree or something, yeah it'd probably be okay. But no way is it walking away just fine from a fall that far that's just concrete.

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Flat concrete would be fine. A rail or a seat back, not so much.

 

[Tankard]

They sure like football

 

[mreddie]

After the man saved the cat

 

[Burly]

They sure like football

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They like other sports too

 

[Night]

Jesus - some of you. The cat falling onto hard concrete/a seat/a fan from a danging position is not a better alternative than people coming together to help it.

 

[Kinthey]

Cat made it pretty dramatic with that one handed grip

How Far Can Cats Fall?

How far can cats fall? The short answer: it depends. Read on to learn why cats like climbing up high and what researchers found when experimenting.

wagwalking.com

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This bit seems important

Strangely, there's evidence to suggest a higher incidence rate of serious injury and death in cats falling from a shorter height. A 1982 study published in the Journal Of The American Veterinary Medical Association studied 132 cats who had fallen from a height of around 5 stories. The study found around a third of these cats would've died without emergency treatment. The study suggests that the incidence rate is higher in falls less than 7 stories because a cat reaches terminal velocity after 7 stories, meaning they have time to relax and spread out, creating more drag.

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So basically if it isn't high enough it becomes more dangerous again

 

[turtle553]

Speaking of cats in stadiums, heres a black cat showing up on the field on Halloween week lol

Cat on the Field Scores 50-Yd TD Run! 🐾

A fluffy feline makes its way onto the field and somehow gets to the end zone for a touchdown! The Dallas Cowboys take on the New York Giants during Week 9 o...

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That cat jinxed the Giants. They choked right after.

 

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[BrucCLea13k87]

I mean, yeah the cat might've survived the fall on its own...but I regain a bit of humanity when I see people panic and use whatever they can to save it. I especially love when everyone erupts in triumph when it's ok. I don't want to live in a world where people turn a blind eye to an animal's trauma.

 

[Diarrhea Day-Lewis]

Can't cats survive like 20-30 feet drops? Those people are just swinging it around after they catch it wtf. They're could've hurt it then

 

[smurfx]

Can't cats survive like 20-30 feet drops? Those people are just swinging it around after they catch it wtf. They're could've hurt it then

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i'm surprised the cat didn't immediately start clawing anybody touching it. looks like it finally did after being held up like a trophy for a while. wonder what happened with it afterwards.

 

[BringBackSonics]

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that's awesome!

 

[thepenguin55]

Cat would be have probably be fine if it landed on a flat surface. The seating & concrete stadium stairs etc... Probably wouldn't have been great to land on.

No way of knowing, but I think in this situation catching the cat was probably the safest.

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It was 100% safest. I don't care how high cats can fall from or how likely they are to land on their feet. If it fell with no one around and didn't land on its feet (which does in fact happen from time to time) it would definitely be dead. These people eliminated that possibility. People are weird in that we can't just celebrate a cool thing happening but instead we need to hyper analyze it and pick it apart.

 

[BLEEN]

They got fucking scratched to bits lmao

Cats do not fucking care.

 

[Kendrid]

All i can think about is how many people are going to wake up in a few days with difficulty breathing.

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They are vaccinated.

 

[Zok310]

Right after being saved the cat was like "eff y'all!"

 

[platypotamus]

After I watched it I kept thinking about what if no one had seen it and it just suddenly fell and landed on a fan how much of a WTF moment that would be for the fan (assuming they were okay after)

 

[Fleck0]

Mark Rober's squirrel video had a good explanation on how animals like cats and squirrels are able to fall from really high up and not get hurt, as well as manuever themselves in the air while falling to not hit dangerous obscacles on the ground (at about 11:30). Team the cat would have been fine and the dude giving it whiplash looked more dangerous. I have no problem with them trying to help catch it but that guy holding it like he's fucking Rafiki sucks

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[Ocean Bones]

Watching that dude get the shit scratched out of him for his effort was the most cat thing ever.

 

[Vilam]

So what happened to the cat after?

 

[lvl 99 Pixel]

Watching that dude get the shit scratched out of him for his effort was the most cat thing ever.

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It is a panicked animal fearing for its survival in a massive crowd of people, yes.

 

[Sheepinator]

They say here the cat is fine, though some people were sprayed by it.

Eight lives left: Falling cat saved at Miami game

A cat was saved after falling from the upper deck of Hard Rock Stadium by fans using a flag as a makeshift net during Saturday's Miami vs. Appalachian State game.

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[Cort]

A cat falling onto an american flag with drunk fans everywhere at a college football game on 9/11 is the most american thing ever

 

[whiteninja]

Those people fighting over the cat..

 

[Grug]

Cat dishonoured the flag by spraying on it.

Will be dragged on Fox News for the next week.

Candace Owens's cat will come out and slam the cat for letting other cats down.

Alex Jones will call it a false flag psyop to distract from Big Purina trying to turn our dogs gay.

Ben Shapiro will refuse to debate the cat out of fear of being easily defeated.

 

[CanUKlehead]

I see so it's the part of Florida that isnt insane?

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Well, listening to the Le Batard Show, I've learned that Miami-Dade county is insane for many other reasons.

 

[Infinity Times Two]

The most common cat question: "How the fuck did it get up there!?"

So what happened to the cat after?

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I got carried out by the most scratched security personnel in history.

 

[Vex]

The cat instantly starts scratching and hurting the people holding it up. At no point does it register to the cat that the humans holding it are not trying to harm it. It just does whatever the fuck it wants. No other animal would've done the same. Not instantly like that. And even if they did, they'd chill after awhile. Ive seen owls and fucking hawks act tame after humans hold them for a bit. We're talking about talons that can easily leave very realistic tattoos on you in seconds with a bonus of shredded flesh.

Like, sometimes I just don't understand how cats can be so dumb and obnoxious. You cant take being held for a few seconds after nearly becoming concrete paste? The hell is wrong with it?

Fucking hell, I hate cats.

Edit: woke up to 13 extremely angry replies...... About a silly cat post. Sometimes I wonder about ERA.

Yall niggas get your coffee or some shit lmao.

 

[Nappuccino]

The cat instantly starts scratching and hurting the people holding it up. At no point does it register to the cat that the humans holding it are not trying to harm it. It just does whatever the fuck it wants. No other animal would've done the same. Not instantly like that. And even if they did, they'd chill after awhile. Ive seen owls and fucking hawks act tame after humans hold them for a bit. We're talking about talons that can easily leave very realistic tattoos on you in seconds with a bonus of shredded flesh.

Like, sometimes I just don't understand how cats can be so dumb and obnoxious. You cant take being held for a few seconds after nearly becoming concrete paste? The hell is wrong with it?

Fucking hell, I hate cats.

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You seem nice

 

[Bilb Ono]

What's with Cats in sports stadiums? In all honesty the cat was probably better off not being saved. Looks like he was manhandled.

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So just to be clear, if you were in that stadium and saw a cat dangling from the rafters you would make absolutely no attempt to catch it? K.

 

[echoshifting]

The cat instantly starts scratching and hurting the people holding it up. At no point does it register to the cat that the humans holding it are not trying to harm it. It just does whatever the fuck it wants. No other animal would've done the same. Not instantly like that. And even if they did, they'd chill after awhile. Ive seen owls and fucking hawks act tame after humans hold them for a bit. We're talking about talons that can easily leave very realistic tattoos on you in seconds with a bonus of shredded flesh.

Like, sometimes I just don't understand how cats can be so dumb and obnoxious. You cant take being held for a few seconds after nearly becoming concrete paste? The hell is wrong with it?

Fucking hell, I hate cats.

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lol

 

[Raysoul]

Props to those people on the stadium. May the Cat gods bless them.

Also, people who complains about people rescuing animals is beyond me. Never change Era.

 

[Kyrios]

That poor cat :(

Also that poor guy's hands and arms....

 

[b3llydrum]

The cat instantly starts scratching and hurting the people holding it up. At no point does it register to the cat that the humans holding it are not trying to harm it. It just does whatever the fuck it wants. No other animal would've done the same. Not instantly like that. And even if they did, they'd chill after awhile. Ive seen owls and fucking hawks act tame after humans hold them for a bit. We're talking about talons that can easily leave very realistic tattoos on you in seconds with a bonus of shredded flesh.

Like, sometimes I just don't understand how cats can be so dumb and obnoxious. You cant take being held for a few seconds after nearly becoming concrete paste? The hell is wrong with it?

Fucking hell, I hate cats.

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What a weird issue to have

 

[blueredandgold]

This is just about the only thread ever around here I feel safe saying I love Garfield and it's really really mean what the internet has done to him.

This could be the ending of a Garfield movie.

Poor little dude did seem to come off the flag into the stands but maybe it was something else that made the thud.

 

[FerrisBueller]

I can't believe the cat didn't immediately high five its rescuers and offer them each a Cuban cigar upon returning to safety, bloody cats!

 

[lvl 99 Pixel]

The cat instantly starts scratching and hurting the people holding it up. At no point does it register to the cat that the humans holding it are not trying to harm it. It just does whatever the fuck it wants. No other animal would've done the same. Not instantly like that. And even if they did, they'd chill after awhile. Ive seen owls and fucking hawks act tame after humans hold them for a bit. We're talking about talons that can easily leave very realistic tattoos on you in seconds with a bonus of shredded flesh.

Like, sometimes I just don't understand how cats can be so dumb and obnoxious. You cant take being held for a few seconds after nearly becoming concrete paste? The hell is wrong with it?

Fucking hell, I hate cats.

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Yea, the animal that just fell 4 stories into hundreds of screaming hairless apes should have totally thanked them.
The fuck is this forum sometimes..... just surreal. Projecting human traits onto animals lmao. It literally pissed itself in fear. Im hoping this was just a sarcastic post, but its honestly near impossible to tell.

 

[Cheesebu]

To the "They saved the cat!" people. Are you joking? Are you on a 2012 SE and can't see what happens? Do you understand what it means when the guy holding the flag ends up with the entire thing resting on one hand with no cat in it?

Like it's nice that these drunk fucking morons cared enough to try, but they did nothing. The cat saved itself because that's what it was built to do. And then the humans stand there fucking fighting over it's body like a trophy.

When they're sober I'm sure these are good people but get fucking real. They did nothing for this animal. Stop patting yourself on the back for being biologically tied to a couple of drunk fucking idiots. Absolutely embarrassing.

 

[Raccoon]

echoing the notion that this was actually not high enough to be a perfectly safe drop and that it was indeed spared some pretty bad injuries

No other animal would've done the same.

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this is a completely absurd claim

 

[Deleted member 12323]

What's with Cats in sports stadiums? In all honesty the cat was probably better off not being saved. Looks like he was manhandled.

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what???????