Slow Motion Flipping Cat Physics | Smarter Every Day 58

High Speed video. Cats. Physics. Weightlessness. Of all my videos, if you don't share this one, you probably never will. Please consider sharing by clicking here: http://bit.ly/FLIPPIN_CATS GiGi was not hurt during the making of this video. We took great care to make sure she would be safe. Next I'll explain how the physics involved in flipping cats allow us to operate Space Telescopes (Seriously).
So as simple of a question as this is, it turns out to be a MAJOR POINT OF STUDY in Physics, Robotics, Space Satellite Control, Weapons Development, Biomedical Engineering, etc. It's stumped scientists and engineers since Newton's day. Here's something interesting. The cat isn't twisting his back.. he's actually BENDING it. The next video will go into great detail about what's going on there, and explain how it relates to studying the farthest points in the universe (Seriously... the fact that a cat can do this allows us to study the Universe.. no exaggeration).

The high speed camera used was a Phantom Miro M320S. Rent one yourself by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ON8gMg Tell them GiGi the cat sent you

Artist Info:
Gordon McGladdery wrote & Recorded the song "Long Time, No See"
Download it with vocals here:
http://ashellinthepit.bandcamp.com/tr...

Sarah Xu, a student at the Vancouver Film School made the awesome introduction Drawing. Look at the full non-8-second version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYlW5O...
See her art here: http://captainpillow.blogspot.ca/
The graphs are scientifically accurate!
Coming soon (because you asked): a poster of the flipping cat intro.

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If you don't believe me that this involves some serious math... click here:
http://count.ucsc.edu/~rmont/papers/c...
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Warm Regards,

Destin

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[TheVampyD]

Everytime some one says this is animal abuse i want to fucking show them what Animal abuse really is.

[gugugugu53]

The look on the face of that cat while it was falling... priceless

[ABEER ALI]

يووووووووووووه كيوت ليتها عندي

[babbyboo1313]

OMG GEEK

[hellbringer3001]

So the relevance is a comparison between a 4-5 foot drop into cushioning and a super-human football player punting a cat over a house.

The comparison you made is superfluous, thus irrelevant.

Who's the idiot now?

[hellbringer3001]

Don't the vet's hold cats like that? It prevents the scratching that comes with holding a cat in a weird position it isn't used to. Besides, average house cats are biologically similar to other undomesticated cats that have to go through far worse just to eat and survive. I don't think holding a cat like that would be "cruel," it is why PETA isn't all over this video

[mikeyf103]

Let me flip you tough guy !

[oOSpecialProskillsOo]

this takes cat clips to a new level

[Dean Slootweg]

whats the cat is think wile being held: yay im a bat yay|

what the cat is thinking wile falling dafuQ dafuq daguq dafuq dafuq dafuq

[weibsstuck]

I think this will probably encourage morons to do this to other cats and probably injure them

[BeastOfSoda]

well, i found this amusing, although i probably wouldn't have held my cat by its legs; i would have opted for holding him/her belly up with my hands below the back and neck. good video, though, i'll definitely watch more.