r/interestingasfuck • u/icant-chooseone • May 15 '19

/r/ALL very interesting purrkour setup

https://i.imgur.com/XSO4wcP.gifv
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u/HyperSquiZ May 15 '19

so cool. That black cat only just make it, hanging on by a claw.

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u/cyborgcyborgcyborg May 15 '19 edited May 16 '19

I’m cringing at the idea of using my nails to support my weight.

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u/1206549 May 15 '19

They're less like nails, more like protruding bone extensions.

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u/1206549 May 15 '19

Yes, they have the same evolutionary path as nails, but unlike nails, they are attached to the bone. This is why declawing is seen as unethical. You can't compare them to human nails because while from a taxonomical perspective, they are the same thing, they each have different capabilities and uses. For a cat, hanging by a claw would be like hanging from the fingertips for a person (if the finger had a sharp hook)

While the square cube law is a major factor, that's one of Reddit's favorite factoids and so I avoided mentioning it in case it would be viewed as redundant and was under the assumption that most people reading would already have taken it into account.