Stolen, in it’s entirety, from Neatorama.

By Miss Cellania on Oct 19, 2010 at 5:06 am

(Image credit: Flickr user Mini Mookiy. This is not “Esther”)

by Fiorella Gambale, Ph.D.
Institute for Feline Research
Milano, Italy

Cats have excellent balance, and are remarkably acrobatic. When turned upside down and dropped from a height, a cat generally has the ability to land on its feet. Until now, no one has systematically investigated the limits of this phenomenon. In this study, I dropped a cat upside down from various heights, and observed whether the cat landed on its feet.

Dropping a Cat Upside Down from a Height of 6 Feet

I dropped the cat from a height of six feet. I did this one hundred times. The cat always landed on its feet.

Dropping a Cat Upside Down from a Height of 5 Feet

I dropped the cat from a height of five feet. I did this one hundred times. The cat always landed on its feet.

Dropping a Cat Upside Down from a Height of 4 Feet

I dropped the cat from a height of four feet. I did this one hundred times. The cat always landed on its feet.

Dropping a Cat Upside Down from a Height of 3 Feet

I dropped the cat from a height of three feet. I did this one hundred times. The cat always landed on its feet.

Dropping a Cat Upside Down from a Height of 2 Feet

I dropped the cat from a height of two feet. I did this one hundred times. The cat always landed on its feet.

Dropping a Cat Upside Down from a Height of 1 Foot

I dropped the cat from a height of one foot. I did this one hundred times. The cat never landed on its feet.

Discussion

Popular belief is that “a cat will always land on its feet.” My experiments show this to be true for drop heights ranging from six feet down to two feet. It is not true at a drop height of one foot.Does a cat land on its feet when dropped from a height of less than one foot? This preliminary study indicates that the answer may be no. However, further experiments, preferably with the same cat, are needed to settle the question.

Acknowledgments

I want to thank the cat, “Esther,” for her initial cooperation in this experiment. Thank you, also, to Esther’s owner, M.R. Young. And special thanks to the organization PFTAR (People For the Tarring-and-Feathering of Animal Researchers), whose indiscriminate yacketing inspired this project.

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It’s Monday, I had weird dreams last night. I dreamed a busload if people and I went to this house way out in the desert to take a test for something. We were allowed to take a break before we took the test. I walked out behind the house, everything was all dusty and it looked like nobody had been there for a long time. I found an old golf club. I looked at my watch and it was 4 o’clock. There wasn’t enough time left to take the test.
Then I woke up.
This tells me that I need to get my courses done. God gave me this time between jobs to do these courses and I’m not moving fast enough.
I am entering a tough part of the course, I have to memorize initials, Which I think is mindless stupidity.

While a donut isn’t the healthiest morning breakfast, sometimes it’s what your brain actually needs. If you’re having trouble concentrating or remembering things in the morning, it’s often because your brain is missing the sugar (generally in the form of glucose) it needs to function normally. The sugar is used as an energy source for the brain so it can do all the things it needs to do. One of those things is producing an important neurotransmitter chemical called acetylcholine, which is important to a good memory, your ability to pay attention, and your mood. Dr. Gary L. Wenk explains:

While a daily donut may not be your healthiest option, you may want to consider a little bit of baked goods with some sugar each morning.

From HERE.

So far, to this minute, as far as I can tell 9 miners are up. Here is the link I am using