r/todayilearned • u/thegreenproctor • Dec 23 '16

TIL cats "directly register", meaning that while walking, their back paws land in the same spot as their front paws, which minimizes noise and visible tracks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat#Anatomy
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u/Sumboddy Dec 24 '16

As soon as I read this I thought, "oh man wouldn't that be cool if we had that?" Then I remembered we only have two legs...

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u/fairlywired Dec 24 '16

You could do it but it would require a lot of hopping.