Cat Blog 43-No Sit Bones Here

My human servers are always sitting on their sit bones. Humans sit on their ischial tuberosity (or sit bones). When sitting, their weight is distributed along the gluteus maximus in the upright posture.

Cats are predators. We can right themselves in midair and land on own our feet, and make sudden changes in direction while pursuing and capturing prey. Cats can rotate their spines more than many other animal and can twist their bodies to a much greater extent. We do not have sit bones. I occasionally try to mimic this uncomfortable distribution of weight. The evidence is below.

My tail is always in the way.