Do cats really have nine lives? Cats have been known to fall from amazing heights (for example, the 32nd floor of a building) and have then, incredibly, been able to skulk away with a broken tooth and a few other minor injuries to purr his story and lick a few wounds.
With people, it is completely different. The injuries are severe. We can break our skull or back and may bleed internally.
Humans can rarely survive a fall of more than a few stories.
Cats have the unique ability to survive colossal falls that would kill another animal or person, so it might seem as if a cat is coming back to life after a deadly incident.
Seeing this occur again and again might lead one to conclude that cats really do have multiple lives.
However, in reality, cats only have one life. The reason why they may seem to have nine lives is because cats are remarkably good fallers.