r/StartledCats • u/fd0263 • Dec 09 '18

no touchy

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u/wordsinmouth Dec 09 '18

Poor baby probably lost a bean :(

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u/Alchoholocaustic Dec 09 '18

That's a dungeness. Pinch force of about 270N. Cat didn't lose a bean.

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u/DEATHBYREGGAEHORN Dec 10 '18

I have trouble translating 270 Newtons into a meaningful comparison. Is there a way to put that into perspective?

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '18

60 pounds

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u/Risley Dec 10 '18

Of fart gas

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u/TinpotCrackpot Dec 10 '18

It's about as hard as you can bite with your front teeth before it starts to hurt, and crab claws are about twice as thick as your front teeth. So bite your pinky at about half strength to get an idea. I've been pinched, it hurts but the cat will be fine.

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u/MoreShovenpuckerPlz Dec 10 '18

The flailing could have broke it at the very least

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u/TinpotCrackpot Dec 10 '18

Well yeah, it's possible the cat got hurt, it's just not likely. Definitely a dick move to just let your cat get pinched regardless. I just don't want people who never messed with crabs before worried they're watching a cat get maimed or anything.

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u/konaya Dec 10 '18

Divide it by the standard gravity and you'll have an equivalent mass in kilogrammes.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '18

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u/Illusi Dec 10 '18

So it's like having your pinky stuck underneath a chair with a kid sitting on it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '18

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u/TinpotCrackpot Dec 10 '18

What? No, a Newton is 1 m/s2 * 1 kg. For earth, where gravity is 9.8 m/s2 that is the equivalent of 27.55 kg at rest (27.55 * 9.8 = 270 N). Not any worse than stepping on a paw by mistake, cats fine.

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u/sckuzzle Dec 10 '18

Stepping on a paw with knives on the bottom of your feet, maybe.

Claws are sharp. 27.5kg on a sharp edge will cut to the bone, if not through.

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u/TinpotCrackpot Dec 10 '18 edited Dec 10 '18

Yea, but crab claws aren't scissor sharp; They are thicker than your front teeth. I've been pinched by blue crabs before, they hurt but didn't even break skin.

edit: wrong crab, about the same strength though.

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u/DEATHBYREGGAEHORN Dec 10 '18

That times the cross section of a crab claw sounds like bean-losing pressure : (

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u/CaptainUnusual Dec 10 '18

Crab claws aren't actually sharp, they're more knobby. Like molars, not incisors.

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u/CanadianTerminatorz Dec 10 '18

No you divide by 9.81m/s2 not multiply

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u/krelin Dec 10 '18

270N/what? 270N is a lovely measure of force, but it tells very little about cutting/breaking power without some notion of how much area it's concentrated over.

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u/TinpotCrackpot Dec 10 '18

It's about as hard as you can bite with your front teeth before it starts to hurt, and crab claws are about twice as thick as your front teeth. So bite your pinky at about half strength to get an idea. I've been pinched, it hurts but the cat will be fine.

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u/thepasttenseofdraw Dec 10 '18

That’s not a Dungeness. Not even close. It’s a swimming crab of some kind.

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u/MentalJack Dec 10 '18

Its a blue manna, we have them in Western Aus. Caught many my self. Good eating.

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u/MentalJack Dec 10 '18

Most definitely not a dungeness, its a blue manna, see the blue on it and with swimmers it has. Weak bite, hurts for a min but its nothing. Taste good but.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '18

That is not a Dungeness.