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On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 07:13:00 -0800, Dan M wrote:

Isn't it amazing how much noise those velvet-soft paws can make?
Cats are quiet animals.

One of the other things that fascinates me about cats is the way
they can alter their mass so dramatically. Most of the time when
Samuel jumps up on the bed he lands with the impact of a large
feather. Other times he lands like a bowling ball.

Oh, I know that sensation quite well. When I was a teenager, we had
a young cat who, upon being let into the house in the morning, would
come dashing up the stairs to my bedroom and wake me up, knowing that
he would get a few minutes of petting. He developed the habit of
leaping into the air and landing on the bed with all four legs stiff,
so that he would get a "trampoline bounce".

One morning, I happened to be sleeping near that edge of the bed,
lying on my back, so I was awakened by having the cat land on my
stomach, knocking all of the wind out of me.

Cinders, my current cat, sometimes sleeps on top of me. One night I
had to make her move because she started kneading my left kidney.
The process no doubt was very soothing to her, but it wasn't very
pleasant to me.

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