Looks like it ' s from the Podesta collection . <| sep |> a human can reach a maximum speed of 200 kmh falling , a cat only like 80 kmh because of the air drag after like 810 seconds of free fall . That also means the cat is much slower after 12 seconds like seen in the gif . Also cats are better designed for jumping and therefor landing . They land on 4 feet not 2 , their legs are having 3 parts rather than the 2 we humans have . Thier spine is much more flexable , thier feet can extend further and compress much more . A cat starts landing with her feet stretched as far as they can reach , the whole back is curved but at the end whole body is nearly flat on the ground . The most an untrained human does is to bend his knees sometimes . The cat can simply absorb a much higher shock if it hits the ground right . Imagine you could land doing a perfect russian squat in milliseconds and you only carry the weight up to your waist