An exceptionally flexible region of the spine enables falling cats to twist the front and back halves of their body sequentially to ensure a safe landingWhen falling cats turn themselves the right way up before they hit the ground, they have a secret trick: a region of their spine that is exceptional at twisting.“We compared the flexibility of the thoracic spine and lumbar spine in cats, and we found that the thoracic spine is very flexible,” says Yasuo Higurashi at Yamaguchi University in Japan.Science and facts💡
An exceptionally flexible region of the spine enables falling cats to twist the front and back halves of their body sequentially to ensure a safe landingWhen falling cats turn themselves the right way up before they hit the ground, they have a secret trick: a region of their spine that is exceptional at twisting.“We compared the flexibility of the thoracic spine and lumbar spine in cats, and we found that the thoracic spine is very flexible,” says Yasuo Higurashi at Yamaguchi University in Japan.Science and facts💡
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