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341 points lnyan | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 11:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.308s | 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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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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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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1. hnbad ◴[18 Oct 24 09:39 UTC] No.41877737[source]▶
No, it's not just down to stretching although I remember being told that as a kid when asking about "snake ladies" in circuses. Yes, the stretching and training is necessary but all the stretching and training in the world won't help you bend like this. Some people simply have hypermobilities (often from connective tissue disorders) and these can allow them to bend themselves into a pretzel. The stretching and training is as much for learning how to take it to such extremes as it is for learning how to do it (relatively) safely. Of course these conditions can still often lead to complications and often have other negative impacts like chronic pain, frequent bruising, slower healing and a tendency to dislocate various joints.