WHY DOES A CAT ALWAYS FALL ON ITS FEET?

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2366, 5 December 1908, Page 10 (Supplement)

WHY DOES A CAT ALWAYS FALL ON ITS FEET?

Of course', one answer "to this question is that its feet are the best part of it to fall on, but the real puzzle for us is how does the cat manage to get its feet lowermost- even though ft- bo Jet fall when it is hold by its foot. It lias been argued that a cat manages to turn itself by the use of its tail. If that be so, of course, Manx cats, which have no tails, ought not to be able to fall on their feet, but they are able. So that explanation will not do.

All we can say is that somehow, by moving one part of its body or another, the cat controls its -fall in order to fall most safely. It is so clever of the cat that wo are not yet clever enough to find out how it does it. But we know that there is no need to call in the as an explanation, foil men who jump from great heights or dive from great heights into water have a good deal of power in controlling tlieir bodies as they fall, though every now and again they make a mistake, and one of them is killed. Wo should not like to sec such feats. And a ho, I hope that you will not. after reading this answer, make experiments on your pussy.