This is called direct registering and it is super cool to watch in slow motion!
I had no idea what I just watched, so here’s why this is cool:
Cats are capable of walking very precisely because, like all felines, they directly register; that is, they place each hind paw (almost) directly in the print of the corresponding fore paw, minimizing noise and visible tracks. This also provides sure footing for their hind paws when they navigate rough terrain.
their front paws have whisker like hairs on them, a little bit behind the pad, so they have greater sensory input on their front paws and so can ensure a sure footing once, putting their hind paws on directly the same spot means that, for the same processing power and focus, they can ensure sure footing on all four paws with only two sets of foot whiskers.
[video id: a short-haired white cat walks in slow motion along the crest of a sand dune, placing her hind paws directly into the indents left by her front paws of the same side so she leaves only a single set of tracks. She then turns to walk down the side of the dune, slipping a bit in the loose sand and beginning to run, but still maintaining her direct registering. end id]
(i’d add something about the colors we’ve been suggested when we were making plans for our new kitchen and bathroom, but… too long. too tired. htg soon.)
I have complained about this for years but particularly when I had to replace my car. I want a green or purple car so much, but it was hard to even find my non-navy blue one!
Also buying clothes in winter. Beige, grey, the most neutral dusty rose imaginable…
I have been ruled as not disabled which feels like I’m being gas lit by the federal government. so now I’m going to have to go through like four different appeals processes and I feel just Expired
Last night I was in all this pain and was upset that I was walking like fucking Quasimodo, but like at no point was this process transparent about what I was supposed to do and when and how I was supposed to do it. The stuff that they indicated was like the most important for me to do was Nothing.
Nobody ever at any point showed up to see like a real evaluation of how I’m doing on a daily basis or anything. I thought there would be some kind of look into actual mobility and they would put me through some like mini obstacle course or something I don’t know
A friend wants to come to my house tomorrow and I cannot stress enough how much it is not prepared for other humans to visit, nor do I think I am physically able to make it not that way in time available
I am struggling to bother with getting out of bed lately.
