Helen states: If you have ever seen a slow motion version of a cat falling from an upside down position, it takes a few feet for it to roll over in mid-air to land feet first. Well, as an experiment, I just dropped one of my cats back-first onto the bed from about six inches above the surface and he still managed to land feet-first. However, I tried it with a second cat and she fell flat on her back. So, feline agility is not an absolute any more than human agility is. It varies from cat to cat.