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packman

(16,296 posts) Fri Nov 22, 2019, 11:52 AM Nov 2019

Once again proving cats have no bones in their bodies

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Once again proving cats have no bones in their bodies (Original Post) packman Nov 2019 OP

Those are pretty weird looking. 😳 LakeArenal Nov 2019 #1

Basic cat physics: Cats can change their state of matter. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #2

Cats are a liquid. nt tblue37 Nov 2019 #3

I Swear RobinA Nov 2019 #7

If they can get their heads through a space they can fit their bodies through it The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #8

That last pic of the cat in the cup is freaking scary. I bet s/he's interesting to live with. nt in2herbs Nov 2019 #4

His eyes look human lunatica Nov 2019 #5

Great pics. Liquid cats. Fla Dem Nov 2019 #6

There is a Nobel* Prize winning study on that subject NotASurfer Nov 2019 #9

LakeArenal

(28,806 posts)

1. Those are pretty weird looking. 😳

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Fri Nov 22, 2019, 11:54 AM

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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,610 posts)

2. Basic cat physics: Cats can change their state of matter.

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Fri Nov 22, 2019, 11:55 AM

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In these photos the cats are liquid, assuming the shape of their containers.

tblue37

(65,227 posts)

3. Cats are a liquid. nt

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Fri Nov 22, 2019, 12:05 PM

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RobinA

(9,886 posts)

7. I Swear

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 12:13 AM

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I saw my cat turn herself into liquid and pour herself through a baby gate. Never even paused. That was before I knew about the floating clavicle. There was no way she should have fit through that gate.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,610 posts)

8. If they can get their heads through a space they can fit their bodies through it

Reply to RobinA (Reply #7)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 12:39 AM

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unless they are too porky.

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in2herbs

(2,944 posts)

4. That last pic of the cat in the cup is freaking scary. I bet s/he's interesting to live with. nt

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Fri Nov 22, 2019, 01:41 PM

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lunatica

(53,410 posts)

5. His eyes look human

Reply to in2herbs (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 22, 2019, 03:33 PM

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Fla Dem

(23,591 posts)

6. Great pics. Liquid cats.

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Fri Nov 22, 2019, 04:20 PM

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NotASurfer

(2,147 posts)

9. There is a Nobel* Prize winning study on that subject

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 04:38 PM

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/answering-the-question-that-won-me-the-ig-nobel-prize-are-cats-liquid

A liquid is traditionally defined as a material that adapts its shape to fit a container. Yet under certain conditions, cats seem to fit this definition.

This somewhat paradoxical observation emerged on the web a few years ago and joined the long list of internet memes involving our feline friends. When I first saw this question it made me laugh, and then think. I decided to reformulate it to illustrate some problems at the heart of rheology, the study of the deformations and flows of matter. My study on the rheology of cats won the 2017 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics.

*Ig Nobel Prize

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