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Slow Motion Flipping Cat Physics | Smarter Every Day 58

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What it is

Destin of Smarter Every Day films a cat falling in high-speed slow motion to show how cats right themselves in midair, and introduces the physics behind it.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a good visual explanation of how cats land on their feet.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “awesome video”

    Slow motion footage of cats righting themselves

    otneusnocuh, 2012-08 · Recommendation · in “A Physics Lesson: Why Cats Land on Their Feet”

  2. “On YouTube, there is a community of people doing silly things with high speed cameras that makes for stimulating watching”

    High speed footage of a cat righting itself in midair

    MiguelHudnandez, 2013-07 · Recommendation · in “Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch”

  3. “This video has a good explanation of the process”

    Explains how cats rotate upright using head and tail

    ryankrage77, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “Cat jumps from fifth floor of burning building, bounces and strolls away”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: high speed video, cats, physics, angular momentum, slow motion

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