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Cats are (almost) liquid

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341 points lnyan | 4 comments | 17 Oct 24 11:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.639s | 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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1. alamortsubite ◴[17 Oct 24 21:21 UTC] No.41873932[source]▶
When I pick up my cat and he's relaxed, it feels like I'm picking up a tube sock full of pudding.
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2. hnbad ◴[18 Oct 24 09:42 UTC] No.41877758[source]▶
We joke that our small cat (she's old but small framed and lightweight) can put her entire body weight into every individual paw at the same time when she wants. You can pick her up and she'll weigh next to nothing and she can run over you like a feather but she can also simultaneously have four lead columns for legs if she wants to. I'm convinced cats are four dimensional or something.
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3. mesaverde ◴[18 Oct 24 12:15 UTC] No.41878672[source]▶
My 3 cats are all completely different in this regard.

Cat 1: Fairly timid, very cautious cat, is remarkably light-footed. If she jumps on my bed and starts wandering along my back while I'm trying to sleep you barely notice she's there... that is until she has started hitting me in the face with her paw.

Cat 2: Smaller more hardy cat is a bit more heavy footed, slightly less cautious, but she seems to make some attempt to be light footed.

Cat 3: By far our biggest cat - and also the offspring of Cat #2. Does not try to be light footed at all. He just stomps around. If he climbs on to me, will put all his weight on his front 2 paws, and causes immense discomfort, as he stands there figuring out what he wants to do.

I love them all the same

4. habinero ◴[18 Oct 24 18:52 UTC] No.41882346[source]▶
I'm convinced cats violate energy conservation, because they can shed an infinite amount of fur.