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Cat walks away from a 19-story fall

This kitty, named Sugar, fell 19 floors out of a high-rise window in Boston and landed on her feet with only minor injuries – a scratch and bruised lungs. From Time:


The height of Sugar’s dive might have worked in her favor. According to a 1987 study on the so-called High-Rise Syndrome, published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, cats who fell from higher floors fared much better because they can spread themselves out like a parachute and slow the impact.

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