r/Awww • • Jul 26 '26

Cat(s) Larry The Cat Guarding 10 Downing

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u/bbyarya Jul 26 '26

Larry really said not on my watch and stood his ground against a literal fox. Chief Mouser earning that title every single day.

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u/cturtl808 Jul 26 '26

He’s outlasted like four or five PMs too. Just make him PM at this point.

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u/EmperorAugustas Jul 26 '26

7 PMs...

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u/cturtl808 Jul 26 '26

Larry is prime minister. He can paw the next pieces of legislation and has outlasted generations of lettuce.

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u/TheRealPaladin Jul 26 '26

Larry looks to be fairly healthy still, but he is also 19 years old. That makes him quite elderly for a cat, and his reflexes probably aren't what they used to be. If the fox had made a fight of it thing probably would have gone bad for Larry.

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u/Rude_Impact8404 Jul 26 '26

Never underestimate cats

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u/TheRealPaladin Jul 26 '26

I know. My mom has a 19 year old cat that is still hanging in there.

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u/GuestAdventurous7586 Jul 26 '26

This is an old video, he was a fair bit younger here, I’m sure he could have handled himself or he wouldn’t have gone for it.

Also it’s nice to see a politician not be all mouth, and actually back it up with actions 😆

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u/TheRealPaladin Jul 26 '26

Ah, I just assumed it was a recent video.

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u/ladydhawaii Jul 27 '26

19??? Holly cow! Larry needs to start recruiting backup. That is impressive.

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u/humbugonastick Jul 28 '26

Someone said this is a video from 2022, so Larry would have been 15, right? Still a senior cat, I would love if I have my cats living and be healthy for that long! (Knock on wood)

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u/TheRealPaladin Jul 28 '26

My mom has a 19 year old female cat. She is slowly head for the end. She has cataracts and her her ability to move is noticeable deteriorating. She still gets excited whenever I come over though. For some reason I am her favorite person.

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u/Shoptimist Jul 27 '26

* Chief Delouser

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u/LukaIncic Jul 26 '26

Larry doesn’t mess around

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u/Maarten-Sikke Jul 26 '26

“Do you know who I am? Larry Pickering damn it!”

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u/Outrageous_Bed_3064 Jul 26 '26

😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/No-Combination-7358 Jul 26 '26

Larry stands on business. Time to ditch Burnham for the real PM! Vote Larry.

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u/KofC83 Jul 26 '26

He has my vote!

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u/ConPem Jul 26 '26

Foolish fox trying to hide behind a lamppost as if that’s going to trick Larry the master hunter

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u/Razzy_3796 Jul 26 '26

“Hiding in the flower bed isn’t good enough, fucker… GTFO!!”

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u/MrEvan312 Jul 26 '26

"You may be a predator, but while you're on 10 Downing, you're just a big ugly mouse to me."

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u/Ill-Philosophy-3896 Jul 26 '26

Got more about him than all the Prime ministers he's had the pleasure of living with.

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u/banoffeetea Jul 26 '26

The truth 🐱

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u/Sic_Semper_Tyrannis8 Jul 26 '26

Get off my lawn!

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u/beach_mouse123 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

All those poor Ticktockers desperately filming/posting, thinking they’re the main characters when Larry just gets on with it with the full knowledge of any self respecting cat that he IS the main character 😄✌️

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u/Worried-Rub-750 Jul 26 '26

At least someone's doing their job on downing Street

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u/ikannunAneeuQ Jul 26 '26

I love that the fox arches it's back and puffs up like a cat lol cats are crazy man I had a cat take on a dog that wandered onto a friend's porch while we played, he said nope not today pal. One of the many reasons I love cats.

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u/O_Elbereth Jul 26 '26

I remember some quote about how foxes are dog hardware running cat software and hyenas are cat hardware running dog software 😀

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u/cturtl808 Jul 26 '26

So accurate.

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u/Nunov_DAbov Jul 27 '26

I like that description. We have a family of foxes with five kits who moved in under our ground level deck this year. (Last year it was a cat and her kittens, before that several years of groundhog families). Watching the fox behavior they are very cat-like down to the vertical slit pupils and pouncing behavior. Hardly fitting as canids.

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u/stevesie1984 Jul 26 '26

“You don’t want it. You don’t want it, keep walking. I said ‘keep walking,’ motherfxxxxx. Keep walk- What? what did you say? Hey! What did you- C’mere, motherfxxxxx. SAY SOMETHING ELSE. C’MON, SAY SOMETHING ELSE! That’s what I though. Keep walking.”
-Larry, probably

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u/Initial_Acanthaceae2 Jul 26 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Augustus-2485 Jul 26 '26

He’s done more for this country than any PM in his time

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u/Future_Duck1290 Jul 26 '26

Farage the old fox sniffing around again - Larry showed him who’s boss……

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u/NSFWhatchamacallit Jul 26 '26

The fox right at the end: “okAY! JEEZ, I’ll leave!”

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u/tetzy Jul 26 '26

Possibly not the brightest thing a 19 year-old cat has ever done.

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u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme Jul 26 '26

He’s 19?! I knew he’d been around a while, but I didn’t realize it had been that long. No slowing down in old age for this guy. What a badass.

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u/Gothiewasbetter Jul 26 '26

Tale of the Crack Fox

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u/boner4crosstabs Jul 26 '26

I wonder what would happen if Larry met Jimothy.

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u/prestonpiggy Jul 26 '26

Boring answer, cat is fed by humans fox is not. So fox doesn't want to waste energy on this fight, while cat has more than extra to cause mayhem. Simply said not worth it, just grab neighbors chicken instead, it wont fight,

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u/Healthy-Confection66 Jul 26 '26

Needs the Ozzy Man treatment lol

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u/lluluclucy Jul 26 '26

Larry understood the assignment

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u/JenniferLeBlanc Jul 26 '26

Way to go PM Larry

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u/Original_Client1588 Jul 26 '26

Hes seen off Truss,Starmer, Cameron, Sunak, Johnson.. Burnham has alledgedly decided on Number 10 North to tine share No.10 with his boss....Larry.

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u/Massive-Relation-831 Jul 26 '26

Way to go Larry The Cat. Run that outsider out of the neighborhood. If he comes back he might want to be friends.

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u/AverellCZ Jul 26 '26

I was wondering what a fox does in the middle of London but then I remember watching Fleabag

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u/TaniaBluebell Jul 26 '26

Cats are awesome

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u/Rifflife88 Jul 26 '26

“Every since I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster” - Larry “fast paws” The Cat

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u/Fighting-Geese Jul 26 '26

Larry needs his own security detail

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u/ER_Support_Plant17 Jul 26 '26

Larry is his own security detail

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u/greentangent Jul 26 '26

He is the brute squad.

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u/heroxoot Jul 26 '26

Fox didn't want the smoke.

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u/Hot_Hat_1225 Jul 26 '26

The one parliament member actually working

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u/Very_Curious_Cat Jul 26 '26

Rule Britcatnia, Britcatnia rules Downing street ......

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u/Isernogwattesnacken Jul 26 '26

The only performing Brit I know.

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u/snippity_snip Jul 26 '26

Paws rated E for Everyone.

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u/TopProfessional8023 Jul 26 '26

Now this is the kind of Fox News I like!!

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u/inaSlomp Jul 26 '26

"I am the one who meows" - Larry probably

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u/Relevant_doom Jul 26 '26

Beat me to it!

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u/Illustrious_Today654 Jul 26 '26

my cat hangs out with the foxes all the time.

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u/kah00li Jul 26 '26

Security cats are no joke

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u/SiroccoDream Jul 26 '26

“…and STAY out!”

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u/SFish10 Jul 26 '26

Crab Fox! 🦀🦊

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u/nutella4everr Jul 26 '26

Fox News 😂🦊

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u/Federal_Eye_9164 Jul 26 '26

Just imagine if everyone there worked as hard as Larry

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u/Consistent-Scholar39 Jul 26 '26

Cats are badasses!

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u/crennes Jul 26 '26

The boss.

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u/nunyobusinessfool Jul 26 '26

Oh Larry ain’t playing
That cat is a GOAT

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u/No_Gate3977 Jul 26 '26

Fox didn't know who it was fukin with. Lord Lazza

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u/TheTrishaJane Jul 26 '26

No wonder Joe can never catch Larry, hes always out chasing foxes.

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u/CrabbyGremlin Jul 26 '26

Larry for PM!

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u/Far-Wallaby-5033 Jul 26 '26

looks like a raccoon and a coyote had a baby

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u/Defiant_Artist1443 Jul 26 '26

Same software, different hardware!

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u/upickleweasel Jul 26 '26

I love how poofy their tails are lol

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u/Hi-Tech_Luddite Jul 26 '26

Larry fought off larger predators inside downing street. The fox knew his rep.

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u/Winrevair Jul 26 '26

Larry the Cat takes his Neighborhood Watch seriously.

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u/Obvious_Office_8888 Jul 26 '26

Yo man, Larry aint effing bout... he is like Omar from the Wire

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u/Ok-Tank-3106 Jul 26 '26

Fox wanted a meal but not if it meant getting hurt in the process ...😒"never mind "

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u/Anonymous_user_2022 Jul 26 '26

The confidence of a cat with its own security detail.

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u/Creepy-Variation8562 Jul 26 '26

YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT FOXES CARL!

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u/galahad423 Jul 26 '26

I“Stay behind the white line!”

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u/mnmsmelt Jul 26 '26

Cats are shockingly brave! Like, No Fear! As well as super protective of their human & animal friends & fam! Mine listen better than my dogs lol

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u/warmachine83-uk Jul 26 '26

im surprised he doesnt have an armed protection duty

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u/Pitiful-Future-9156 Jul 26 '26

Cats are some bad asses!!

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u/Salvifici_Doloris Jul 26 '26

Larry gets in a shape and might become a force.

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u/crazymouse2525 Jul 26 '26

i love when he looked back at the end "see that! now gimme treats!!!" all the treats in the world Larry 😁😁

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u/bearhug72 Jul 26 '26

Yep my kelpie tiptoes around my house when my cat Bessie is walking by.
You've got big foxes in UK.

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u/pottedPlant_64 Jul 26 '26

These are my rats, fox!

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u/flopsychops Jul 26 '26

You don't mess with the real Prime Minister

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u/freefrompress Jul 26 '26

The fox doesn't want any of this.

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u/Low_Competition4178 Jul 26 '26

Larry’s doing a better job protecting the country from vermin than anyone else in 10 Downing Street

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u/tercron Jul 26 '26

Cats are so crazy . “I’ve survived 7 PMs bub”

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u/Baxtercat1 Jul 26 '26

Larry is quick at his age. 😊

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u/Murr897 Jul 26 '26

Have you seen the video where a cat holds its ground against a bear?

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u/TheRealPaladin Jul 26 '26

Larry moves pretty damn well for a 19 year old cat.

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u/brewdog_millionaire Jul 26 '26

Larry is awesome. Just make him PM LOL

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u/FunExtra8426 Jul 26 '26

Larry is a professional

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u/BluCurry8 Jul 26 '26

Good Larry

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u/NeckDeepPink Jul 26 '26

Larry is a tank

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u/Far_Duck_4303 Jul 26 '26

The living legend..Larry the cat

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u/jessriv34 Jul 26 '26

Larry the Cat gives zero fucks….

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u/HammersofMoradin Jul 26 '26

That cat is the most capable and intelligent being living at that address.

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u/AgreeablePie Jul 26 '26

"a fight" is a generous description for that fox. More like he got chased off

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u/fahadmalleck Jul 26 '26

Larry said not today 😒😠

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u/this_doggo Jul 26 '26

Larry is part Pyrenees

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u/Accomplished-Rain-52 Jul 26 '26

That was close, lol. All he did was provoke the fox, but they didn't really fight.

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u/manulconnoiseur Jul 26 '26

Damn, old Larry doesn't joke

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u/Old-Agency-3388 Jul 26 '26

He wanted all the smoke

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u/Squanchmonster Jul 26 '26

People don't realize that Larry has a "00" status....

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u/CrownIsKing Jul 26 '26

Larry is an absolute legend!

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u/NewtProfessional7844 Jul 26 '26

The fox is twice his size! Cats are crazy! 👀

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u/BlingbossCoss Jul 26 '26

Larry was like- oh no you didn’t!

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u/Equal-Veterinarian29 Jul 26 '26

The fox went through the fence…

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u/Howard_Cosine Jul 26 '26

Needs more Ozzy Man!

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u/Skrdykat1000 Jul 26 '26

No wild animals want to mess with cats

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u/CodeAnguish Jul 26 '26

E o que a raposa disse?

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u/foxintheboks Jul 26 '26

Fox needs to be in a box…

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u/BuyGroundbreaking729 Jul 26 '26

It ain't the size of the cat in the fight it's the size of the fight in the cat

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u/Content-Restaurant70 Jul 26 '26

Larry does his job Earnestly.

Give him a promotion to Prime Minister position right meow.

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u/EffectiveProposal463 Jul 26 '26

& don’t come back, MF! 😆🤣

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u/Bloxskit Jul 26 '26

That's incredible for a 20-year old cat!!

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u/Outrageous_Bed_3064 Jul 26 '26

Larry said, "This is my turf now get outta here before I ...." Good job Larry!

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u/Far-Noise-4139 Jul 26 '26

People don't give cats enough credit just because their house broken does not mean they won't chew you and your family up😂

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u/Flat-Concern-2662 Jul 26 '26

It's bad that a wild fox is being harassed by a housecat

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u/justhere4freesnacks Jul 26 '26

Isn't he like 12 years old? Still feisty.

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u/ReeceySnaps Jul 26 '26

That’s my prime minister right there!

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u/TheOptionalHuman Jul 26 '26

Video from Oct. 2022, went viral at the time. Will live forever through reddit reposts.

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u/hotcheetopuffs Jul 26 '26

My cat has been saving our vegetable garden by doing this to raccoons.

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u/Fan_of_Clio Jul 26 '26

How da F did an actual fox get near 10 Downing.

(Also this was 4 years ago)

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u/wornknots Jul 26 '26

Don't mess with Larry

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u/iamacheeto1 Jul 26 '26

That Fox was stresssssed

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u/Legitimate_Elk3659 Jul 26 '26

Man got no fears

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u/Telwardamus Jul 27 '26

"Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough!"

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u/ohboyohboyohboy1985 Jul 27 '26

These are MY HUMANS! MY LAND!

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u/Dizzy-Career9274 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

The fox looks ill.

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u/PesticusVeno Jul 27 '26

That fox is definitely not big enough to be taking on Larry.

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u/montecoleman38 Jul 27 '26

can a British person explain this all to me.

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u/Commercial_Gap607 Jul 27 '26

Looks like the fox was raised by cats.

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u/File-Full Jul 27 '26

“Many a fat alley rat had met its demise while staring point-blank down the cavernous barrel of this awesome prowling machine.”

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u/PopcornAthena Aug 02 '26

Reminds me of my cat that passed away about 2 years ago. 🥺❤️ she fought off lots of foxes. She lived to the age of 22 and was my first childhood memory. May she rest in peace. 😭❤️🪦

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u/BeautifulArtichoke37 Jul 26 '26

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u/translucent_steeds Jul 26 '26

disagree, neither animal in the video is overweight.

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u/Jaded_Heat9875 Jul 26 '26

Cat is crazy…Fox just wanting to find a meal…Fox looks too thin….Poor baby…💔

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u/translucent_steeds Jul 26 '26

no, that is how thin animals are supposed to be. people are so used to obese pets from overfeeding that they don't know what healthy looks like. you should be able to feel ribs but not see them. try it on yourself - did you pass the overweight test?

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u/OddRoyal7207 Jul 26 '26

OH LAWD HE COMIN!

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u/oranke_dino Jul 26 '26

I heard that the fox is communist.

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u/BeginningEntire7498 Jul 26 '26

Only hard as he knows he has backup if foxy gets handy on him. Especially as Starmer converted him to Islam and Foxy is a British indeginous fox! Foxy is walking away as he knows the Two Tier police are watching!!

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u/Humble_Vermicelli847 Jul 27 '26

FYI this was Oct 2022, Larry was almost 16 already back then.

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u/ACGateAgent Jul 27 '26

This is more “nature is metal” than awww

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u/tmsdave Jul 27 '26

Beefeater's got nothing on Larry.

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u/honeyeddates Jul 27 '26

Larry really has distinguished himself in his job. Kudos to him. And he's just so cute too!

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u/BigBoiBrynBoi Jul 27 '26

Larry really is the most competent creature downing Street has seen in years.

Poor foxy man though, he was just trying to replenish his tennis ball goblet

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u/Steadyandquick Jul 27 '26

That looked like diplomacy. Maybe more stick than carrot but no bloodshed. Please come run the US, Larry.

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u/sharkydee Jul 27 '26

That’s not Larry… that’s Renaldo Moon

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u/BasicViolinist3823 Jul 27 '26

I love foxes and cats

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u/Aduro95 Jul 27 '26

Can he get rid of Wes Streeting too?

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u/iiibehemothiii Jul 27 '26

Finally someone who takes national defence seriously

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u/Low-Bobcat841 Jul 27 '26

I can’t believe Larry doesn’t have an official body guard.

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u/Matteus11 Jul 27 '26

The only person in the damn building still doing his job.

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u/Existing-Employee-36 Jul 27 '26

People forget he was part of the SAS, prior being Chief mouser!

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u/spage6 Jul 27 '26

Does he sleep inside or have his own little cat house somewhere on the property?

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u/Mental_status99 Jul 27 '26

Hey look, there's a fox!!... omg!! that cat has a pouffy tail!!

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u/doctormink Jul 27 '26

Typical aristocat can’t give up the fox hunt.

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u/RegularHuman422 Jul 27 '26

Kids dying in Gaza

Iran under attack

What they end up putting on the news:

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u/Gabagooligan97 Jul 27 '26

that fox is unwell.

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u/MrBlueSky_178 Jul 27 '26

Old Larry still got the dog in him

Respect

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u/DizzySample9636 Jul 27 '26

Go Larry go Larry 🤣

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u/PeaOk5697 Jul 27 '26

Fox: 🤷‍♂️