Imagine just casually walking by and one lands on the head. ,,Jesus Christ ! Damn rabies ! Completely out of control'' Poor animal. If it was a doge, there would be little of luck. Few years ago, in my home city, there was a story of teenagers vs teenagers ; one group kicked out another from a party, thus those exiles decided to set doors on fire, what ended up in a full scale fire of the apartment. Drunk teenagers started jumping out from 9'th floor... Everyone survived except for one girl who had no luck and landed in a bad place. Sometimes being drunk has some ,,benefits'' (few seconds before the crash, most likely bodies/muscles were quite relaxed due the alcohol)
On second thought, there might have been some bushes next to the building, that might have softened the impact, tho i am not sure. There were lots of broken bones, but yup, 3 or 4 guys survived.
Just as amazing...as soon as the Cat came out the window... It didn't hesitate. It knew it needed to jump - right then and there. More amazingly, that Cat instinctively knew to spread out its legs like one of those flying squirrels...essentially acting like a parachute. ---------- Well, it all comes down to acrobatics or lack thereof. Cats that fell from two to seven stories up mostly landed feet first. Above that, however, cats used a different technique. Instead of positioning their legs straight down as they fell, they splayed out like a parachuter. And landed belly-first instead. But this method isn't 100% foolproof. Chest trauma, like a collapsed lung, or broken rib is more common with this landing method. But the risk of breaking a leg is much less... https://www.businessinsider.com/how-cat-survived-32-story-fall-2018-10 ----------- wrbtrader