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- From: tice@anapest.rtp.dg.com (Anne Tice)
- Subject: Re: Cats that JUMP (was fetch)
- Sender: nadmroot@dg-rtp.dg.com (nadm root login)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.170919.2071@dg-rtp.dg.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 17:09:19 GMT
- Reply-To: tice@rtp.dg.com (Anne L. Tice)
- References: <1992Nov11.214330.1@acad2.alaska.edu> <1du0bvINN4hn@uwm.edu> <10537@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
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- In article <10537@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>, jwilson@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Jeff Wilson) writes:
- ><1du1b0INN2di@FUNCTOR.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU>
- ><1992Nov13.235246.24011@rsg1.er.usgs.gov>
- >
- >In <1992Nov13.235246.24011@rsg1.er.usgs.gov> ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve
- >Snyder) writes:
- >
- >I once saw a cat who, from a sitting position and with a perfectly relaxed
- >expression, jumped on top of a refrigerator from the floor. An almost 6 foot
- >jump, with no pre-jump run. He never did it again that I know of, and I've
- >never seen any other cat come close. Amazing.
- >--
- >jwilson@ncratl.atlantaga.ncr.com (Jeff Wilson)
-
- --
- I had a seal point Siamese, Oliver, who (when he was young) jumped
- frequently from a sitting position at the bottom of an open door
- straight up to the top of the door. There he sat or walked up and down,
- looking down upon the poor, lowly creatures who could only look up
- amazed.
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- Anne L. Tice, Customer Documentation
- Data General Corporation
- Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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