• Question: Why do cats always land on their feet?

    Asked by wheaterspecs to Fiona, Joanna, Michelle, William on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: William Davies

      William Davies answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      their backbones are incredibly flexible, so they can twist their bodies into position as they’re falling through the air so that their feet are facing downwards

    • Photo: Fiona Randall

      Fiona Randall answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Something to do with their flexibilty and balance. They can sort themselves out as they fly through the air 🙂

    • Photo: Michelle Murphy

      Michelle Murphy answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      cats do not have a collar bone and their spine is quite bendy and this allows them to turn easily. However they do usually land on their feet not always..

    • Photo: Joanna Brooks

      Joanna Brooks answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Hello again! Cats always land on their feet because they have a special reflex that puts the cat in the right position – this develops very early on about 3 weeks after birth. I must say though that I have seen my cat fall on it’s back once – it fell off a table!

      BTW did you do the quiz to find out what sex your brain is?
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sex/add_user.shtml

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