"You are a cat, you are supposed to be one of the elite dexterity/stealth builds" I think to myself as I watch my cat jump for a table, land on a piece of paper not well secured, and immediately fall back to the floor with a sound like a bag of hammers being dropped on concrete.
My orange cat used to roll over in his lounging cushion, lose track of where the edge was, and fall to the floor. Then stand up just in time for the cushion to land on his head.
One of my two clicks on floors because he's polydactyl and the thumb claws are always out, and I accidentally startled him on the kitchen tile one day and it was pure Looney Tunes 'scrabble scrabble scrabble whoooosh'
Known as thunderpaws in this house, signifying some sort of shenanigans. The dog is almost fully deaf & mostly blind and can still sense when thunderpaws starts, taking a safe position beside me. You never know which direction those paws will turn.
dad: morning, ziva!
biggles: +head shoots up+
dad: you ready for treaties?
biggles: +launches off bed and hurtles down steps: badump badump ba dump ba dump+ myaaaaaaahhhhh
The cat's instinctive landing movements are shock absorbers, which is not necessary and would only slow her down running as the overall effect is to extend the moment of impact
How do such little creatures walk so loudly? Mine can sneak up on me when they want to, but one of them likes to pretend he's a herd of elephants running down the stairs in the middle of the night.
My late tortie was 7 pounds of thunder paws. The other cat was 17 lbs and absolutely silent on his paws, but Nina was a herd of stampeding horses every time.
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What is the match to the dish ran away with the spoon?
This is where the crepuscular nature of cats especially gets us - we are often lying in bed when this happens, with particular vulnerability.
from downstairs:
dad: morning, ziva!
biggles: +head shoots up+
dad: you ready for treaties?
biggles: +launches off bed and hurtles down steps: badump badump ba dump ba dump+ myaaaaaaahhhhh