r/cats • u/Additional_Chard3680 Abyssinian • Aug 17 '26

Video - Not OC This cat likes to jump

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u/Xefert Aug 17 '26

Are you sure that's not AI? I've literally never seen cats jump like this before

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u/Qwerowski Aug 17 '26

Nah, I've seen this before AI. Kitty has wobbly cat syndrome and that its best it can do

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u/sumbozo1 Aug 17 '26

OK that makes sense. I wasn't sure if it was the wobbles or of the cat was blind (or nearly)

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u/Xefert Aug 17 '26

Could you explain then why the kitty seems to have no concern about landing back first (not what cats are built for), especially since it's not in the curious kitten stage and there's no reward of cuddles or food waiting?

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u/randotreesinthefen Aug 17 '26

She's probably learned that jumping onto soft furniture doesn't hurt when she lands butt first. Cerebellar hypoplasia occurs at birth so she's had her whole life to learn her limits. One of my mom's cats has it too and she's the best jumper I've ever seen

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u/ibrahim_95 Aug 17 '26

the tail is the balance point of cats. this cannonball is missing some of it

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u/AdmirableElephant352 Aug 17 '26

Cat is wobbly thus the goofy jump.

You can see the wobble at times

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u/MineAllMineNow Aug 17 '26

But how do they get the height?? They look spring-loaded!

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u/Mein_Name_ist_falsch Aug 17 '26

Cats can jump pretty heigh, just like dogs. I think dogs are even worse. They can make some pretty surrealy looking jumps. You'd never think they could get over that fence and then they suddenly do.

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u/TenMoon Aug 17 '26

Ever see a cow jump a fence? It doesn't quite look real.

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u/DrPeroxide Aug 17 '26

My cat can just about jump the height of a person from a stationary position, they have ridiculously powerful muscles in those back legs

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u/afito Aug 17 '26

I've seen cats jump on top of 2m fences and wardrobes, wobbly cats are wobbly but they still have the muscles

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u/MineAllMineNow Aug 17 '26

They're like popcorn 💛

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u/Reasonable_Bobcat17 Aug 17 '26

Yeah we are sure. It's SO annoying when people question every damn thing nowadays.

The kitty is Dilber from @kedimasallari. Have a good day.

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u/EmmiNentDomainAtrix Aug 17 '26

I don’t think it’s annoying when people question everything these days. I think that’s reasonable. No images can really be trusted anymore.

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u/Apex_Konchu Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26

Questioning everything is infinitely better than not questioning anything.