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[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Quick reminder: you SPCA will tell you that a cat living 100% indoors will ensure Kitty and the surrounding bird population are happier for many years longer.

"He rarely goes out" is the worst setting.

Your car isn't somehow special either.

It used to be double. DOUBLE! now it's even worse.

[–] jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are no birds on mars

[–] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Damn cats got em all

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fuck birds. They should have gone extinct 65 million years ago with the rest of the dinosaurs. This is the age of mammals. They had almost 200 million years (plus 65 million freeloading after their time was up), that should be way more than enough. Let the cats have their fun.

[–] CryptidBestiary@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just in case people do take this seriously, birds are important. If you want to take your cats out, supervise them or put them on a leash. The environment and your cats ARE better off not mangling with each other.

[–] Sorgan71@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

I hope my cat kills birds. I hate birds

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

On Mars you wouldn't be able to have cabinets tall enough so that your cat can't jump on them

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The cabinet could be 20 feet tall and they'd still figure out how to get up there.

My parents have 4 cats and these ones are a lot different than all of the other cats we've had over the decades. My parents have a wall mounted cabinet where the bottom portion is about 5 feet off the ground and the top of it is about 8 feet off the ground. There's about 6-9" between the top and the ceiling, and various decorations up there.. The kitchen table is about a foot in front of it, at normal height, about 3-4 feet from the ground.

One day I noticed one of the cats was on top of the cabinet! That's a good 6 foot jump at a steep angle (100°, 110°? I suck at Trig) and she didn't move a single decoration!

[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder what the maximum size is of a celestial body which a cat could jump with escape velocity

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I got bored and was curious myself.

Assuming a cat can jump just over 2m (record is around 7' apparently) then you have a launch velocity of around 6.5m/s. Plugging this in as an escape velocity works out to around a 1-2km diameter asteroid. Not huge, but not bad for a small animal.

My error bars are quite large, so it's only an order of magnitude calculation.

[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah thats not bad, assuming the asteroid is a perfect sphere, that comes out to a surface area of 12km^2^ for an interstellar cat colony that can move into orbit at will.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is why my cat lives safely indoors.

[–] paholg@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because you're on Mars? Exciting! How is it?

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Honestly like a 4/10. Would be better without the Martians and mutants running amok.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

If you moved to Mars and are upset because of the Martians there, then you're the problem.