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Before I had cats, I used to think of them in terms of other animals. What I mean is that a dog or a horse is very defined by its skeletal structure. They are l
by wormlord 2y ago
Before I had cats, I used to think of them in terms of other animals. What I mean is that a dog or a horse is very defined by its skeletal structure. They are like popsicle stick armatures with some flesh thrown on.
Now I think of cats more like amorphous blobs with some hard bits stuck on. I think anyone who owns a cat will know what I mean by this.
- bl4ckneon 2y agoMy cat often lays down twisted 180 degrees or more. Just doing whatever they want, defying laws of nature.
- 9dev 2y agoWell, dogs also do this—I present to you my majestically twisted creature: https://imgur.com/a/5WcYzSw https://imgur.com/a/5WcYzSw I have no clue how that is even possible.
- bayindirh 2y agoI almost sprayed all my tea to my monitor and keyboard. Wish both of you a happy and derpy life together.
- debo_ 2y agoYour dog is the inverse of the Firefox.
- lisper 2y agoClearly your dog has been possessed by a demon.
- squarefoot 2y agoBrought memories of one of my cats (now silent meow) who also added the Italian equivalent of a middle finger. https://imgur.com/a/GFukfFP https://imgur.com/a/GFukfFP
- hugocast 2y agoDog Yoga
- austinjp 2y agoDoga.
- voidmain0001 2y agoI'm also stupefied by a human doing it. https://imgur.com/a/W7bcLZo https://imgur.com/a/W7bcLZo Taken from: https://www.gq.com/story/aleksei-goloborodko-real-life-diet https://www.gq.com/story/aleksei-goloborodko-real-life-diet
- johnnyanmac 2y agoYeah, nope. If I get like that, I'm never coming back. Probably have to bury me in that pose. Is this really just a matter of stretching? I read the article and he sums it down to he needs to stretch every day (he said himself thst his diet doesn't matter too much) He was also in the circus since 4, but this doesn't seems like something I could do in a lifetime of practice.
- Volundr 2y agoYou probably couldn't. There are lots of forms of hyper mobility, and extreme versions come with health risks. With practice and training you can probably do a lot more than you imagine, but for most of us the whole "fold yourself in half backwards" thing is beyond the limits of our spine, and it's for the best.
- hnbad 2y agoNo, it's not just down to stretching although I remember being told that as a kid when asking about "snake ladies" in circuses. Yes, the stretching and training is necessary but all the stretching and training in the world won't help you bend like this. Some people simply have hypermobilities (often from connective tissue disorders) and these can allow them to bend themselves into a pretzel. The stretching and training is as much for learning how to take it to such extremes as it is for learning how to do it (relatively) safely. Of course these conditions can still often lead to complications and often have other negative impacts like chronic pain, frequent bruising, slower healing and a tendency to dislocate various joints.
- kylecazar 2y agomajestic indeed!
- spike021 2y agoMy Shiba Inu does all kinds of similar things. He also doesn't hesitate at all when trying narrow spaces. He only hesitates once he's all the way in and realize he can't go any further nor turn around so he has to back up completely back out.
- quanthdhdh 2y ago$ meme init meme template initiated
- fullstop 2y agoMine managed to fit into this tiny basket, all by himself: https://i.imgur.com/htIw6ZV.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/htIw6ZV.jpeg
- bayindirh 2y agoI, for one, know, understand and welcome our almost liquid feline overlords.
- wiredfool 2y agoPurring bags of mostly water.
- nonameiguess 2y agoFor what it's worth, their hips and shoulders are actually limited in range of motion compared to humans, due to the very high muscle attachment points that are also what make them so amazingly strong and explosive for their small size. But an extremely flexible spine combined with the ability to dislocate key joints means they can still fit into very small, narrow spaces, presumably an adaptation allowing them to hunt small rodents that burrow and hide out in underground dens. Which I assume is why they have the instinct to immediately jump into and check out any box or cabinet or other enclosed space you open. You never know if there might be some voles in there.
- psunavy03 2y agoThey actually prefer to jump in a box because to them, it's a safe space to hide and watch. Cats look for spaces like that because their wild ancestors (and feral cats now) are small enough that they are both predators and prey.
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- fluoridation 2y agoYup. Same reason why they like to climb to high places. They can feel safe and survey the surroundings. Additionally, cats will hide in confined spaces when ill or in pain; a sudden desire to hide for prolonged periods is a sign that it needs to see a vet.
- jeffbee 2y agoHorse is practically all air. That's their secret. They are blimps with legs.
- js8 2y agoAre you sure you're not talking about birds?
- hackeraccount 2y agoI only went ridding a couple of times when I was a kind but the thing I remember is you'd start off on a ride ... then stop, tighten the saddle, start again and continue on the ride. Though I think maybe we'd do that twice. The other thing I remember is that brushing down horses was kind of fun - though I'll be honest at the end of the day I never really trusted those animals; they were just too damn big for my tastes.
- alamortsubite 2y agoWhen I pick up my cat and he's relaxed, it feels like I'm picking up a tube sock full of pudding.
- hnbad 2y agoWe joke that our small cat (she's old but small framed and lightweight) can put her entire body weight into every individual paw at the same time when she wants. You can pick her up and she'll weigh next to nothing and she can run over you like a feather but she can also simultaneously have four lead columns for legs if she wants to. I'm convinced cats are four dimensional or something.
- mesaverde 2y agoMy 3 cats are all completely different in this regard. Cat 1: Fairly timid, very cautious cat, is remarkably light-footed. If she jumps on my bed and starts wandering along my back while I'm trying to sleep you barely notice she's there... that is until she has started hitting me in the face with her paw. Cat 2: Smaller more hardy cat is a bit more heavy footed, slightly less cautious, but she seems to make some attempt to be light footed. Cat 3: By far our biggest cat - and also the offspring of Cat #2. Does not try to be light footed at all. He just stomps around. If he climbs on to me, will put all his weight on his front 2 paws, and causes immense discomfort, as he stands there figuring out what he wants to do. I love them all the same
- habinero 2y agoI'm convinced cats violate energy conservation, because they can shed an infinite amount of fur.
- toss1 2y agoA stray cat I adopted as we could not find his owner was named "Beanbag" (transitioning to "Mr Bean", no reference to the comedian)for exactly this quality. After a few days of recovery and starting to get comfortable, he started to snooze and literally poured off the couch, like a bag of beans... and he loved to stretch in my lap while I coded, putting up with all the typing & mousing... Truly liquid, indeed! Wonderful little guy, I still miss him.
- dominicrose 2y agoMy cat can sleep with its head upside-down event if there's no apparent reason for it to do that. I have another cat tough, which is tough, heavy but small, and resisting any external force, also keeping his claws open.
- keeganpoppen 2y agoyes i think this model of cats is exactly right. kind of like how our fingertips would just be lumpy sacs without fingernails, cats seem to have structure and flexibility in the way that like a tent does.