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Cats are (almost) liquid

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253 points lnyan | 3 comments | 17 Oct 24 11:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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wormlord ◴[17 Oct 24 14:48 UTC] No.41870187[source]▶
Before I had cats, I used to think of them in terms of other animals. What I mean is that a dog or a horse is very defined by its skeletal structure. They are like popsicle stick armatures with some flesh thrown on.

Now I think of cats more like amorphous blobs with some hard bits stuck on. I think anyone who owns a cat will know what I mean by this.

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bl4ckneon ◴[17 Oct 24 14:52 UTC] No.41870228[source]▶
My cat often lays down twisted 180 degrees or more. Just doing whatever they want, defying laws of nature.
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9dev ◴[17 Oct 24 15:01 UTC] No.41870326[source]▶
Well, dogs also do this—I present to you my majestically twisted creature: https://imgur.com/a/5WcYzSw

I have no clue how that is even possible.

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1. voidmain0001 ◴[17 Oct 24 16:32 UTC] No.41871176[source]▶
I'm also stupefied by a human doing it. https://imgur.com/a/W7bcLZo

Taken from: https://www.gq.com/story/aleksei-goloborodko-real-life-diet

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2. johnnyanmac ◴[17 Oct 24 19:38 UTC] No.41873023[source]▶
Yeah, nope. If I get like that, I'm never coming back. Probably have to bury me in that pose.

Is this really just a matter of stretching? I read the article and he sums it down to he needs to stretch every day (he said himself thst his diet doesn't matter too much) He was also in the circus since 4, but this doesn't seems like something I could do in a lifetime of practice.

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3. Volundr ◴[17 Oct 24 19:54 UTC] No.41873146[source]▶
You probably couldn't. There are lots of forms of hyper mobility, and extreme versions come with health risks. With practice and training you can probably do a lot more than you imagine, but for most of us the whole "fold yourself in half backwards" thing is beyond the limits of our spine, and it's for the best.