...LOL

Cruelty is a continuum. So is stupidity. People are capable of great cruelty, or the lesser kind - mean, spiteful little things that don't take into acount the comfort of any living being but themselves.

To place an animal in a situation it can't possibly comprehend will certainly cause it unnecessary distress. To do so from a general attitude of "What if we tried this?" is cruel - and stupid.

"Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to." --Mark Twain

"I have to admit the first toss looked a little to hard. But chances are the guy doing it wasn’t all that experienced with zero G either the second one was much softer."

that makes perfect sense. especially since he does do the second toss much more softly. i seriously doubt that this was all a set up to torment the cat. i think one of my dogs would really enjoy it. i would let her give it a try because she loves new adventures. who knows, maybe they thought the cat might enjoy it.

as many others have said - this is not true abuse. look up 'animal abuse' and this will look like a day in the park. fight real fights - there are plenty out there without building one out of a mildly annoyed cat.

As for those of you who claim they will not return to Neatorama after seeing this post-- Neatorama features articles which are hard to look at sometimes, not because it promotes things like cats in zero gravity, but because it is a great site with an eclectic range of really really damn interesting pieces of information. It's not called "daisies, kittens, and smilinglaughter-orama," it's called NEATorama, and it exposes you to neat things you would never normally see.

It's probably good you're leaving if you're not going to understand this website.

What a bunch of sissies. Thank God we've allowed at least enough animal cruelty to get a few medications. Here in the pinnacle of decadence, feline mental health advocates outnumber the humanitarians. Shazaam.

I've seen a lot of angry cats being bathed. Bathing, while ostensibly is done under the auspices of health, is a very stressful activity for a cat. Is it abuse? Is it more abusive than what's happening in this video?

What I don't like is the attitude of the humans in the video. It's difficult to tell but it seems they are having a great time throwing the cat around. I find that disturbing. Though not at the same level, it is the same base emotion of crowds that inexplicably allows them to throw all moral judgment aside and do the awful things that crowds can do. And by viewing, I feel that I am part of that crowd and that is an unsettling feeling.

The context in which this video is viewed is a big deal. Are we watching it to laugh at the cat? Are we watching it to shed some light on human behavior that we're not very proud of? If the former, I am very ashamed.

You people seriously need to untangle your bunched up panties and get over your self righteous selves.

Anyway... I still say poor cat and I think it was a pointless "experiement", but I'm not going to get all up in arms by Neatorama posting it.
This isn't even on the radar compared to the other real cruelties out there.

Some of you people really sicken me that you can think of yourself as a good human being.

But what bugged me was the dude throwing the cat against the wall. That's just peculiar.

This particular cat probably lived out its days long ago and has since passed away.

I meant Zero G

The only person living in "Zero F" is apparently......me.

You think 45 seconds in Zero F is cruel? Try living on the streets of Provo Utah in the winter like my cat did.

My cute little pug dog would have taken a real ticket to space for the day just not to spend it in the trailer she lived in until she was 5 months along with 35-45 other dogs owned by a lady with a hoarding problem.