A friend of mine told me that it depends on how high they are thrown or
dropped.
On Fri, 21 May 1999, Kyle Cleveland wrote:
> I had a near death experience once when my Dad caught me throwing cats
> out the hay loft to see if they really land on all fours. I didn't see
> any light, but boy howdy, I sure saw stars!
>
> (BTW - they land on all fours because they use their tails to "rotor"
> themselves into an upright position. This was discovered after taping
> an old tom's tail to his leg and giving him the old heave-ho into the
> straw below. Even disabled kids can be cruel--I still feel horrible
> about that thirty years later.)
>
> -Kyle
>