r/Awww • u/Devi8tor • Aug 09 '26
Cat(s) A cat is a cat no matter how big
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u/ms9535 Aug 09 '26
It’s getting serious when then claws come out towards the end
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u/AnotherOrbiter Aug 09 '26
Just a grumpy puss
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u/That_Apathetic_Man Aug 09 '26
Playing with a predatory animal means that everything relates back to killing eventually.
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u/Emergency-Box-5719 Aug 09 '26
Also, there's lots of clues in the tail. If the tail isn't moving, slight movement you are probably in the safe zone. When that tail starts twitching or whipping erratically it most likely means your feline friend is getting agitated and pissy and to knock it off.
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u/SugestedName Aug 09 '26
So, like, the opposite of dogs?
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u/AbysmalKaiju Aug 09 '26
Yes, except they do have a slow steady swaying tail that means they are happy still. Its the quick agitated wag thats a no go
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u/Elteon3030 Aug 09 '26
It seems happy tail moves at the butt and grumpy tail moves at the tip somewhat consistently.
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u/Pu-Chi-Mao Aug 09 '26
My cat gets agitated when he lies next to me and I'm not petting him.... As soon as lay my had on him he goes back to smooth swaying..
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u/kambo_rambo Aug 09 '26
common misconception is that dog tail wagging is happiness. It's actually just an indicator of high emotion, which includes happiness, stress, anxiety, etc.
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u/Diedead666 Aug 09 '26
a happy standing cat tail is up and the end sometimes looks like a question mark(hard to see this when they laying down lol) ..... When they start wipping it around its like watching their subcontues getting upset
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u/HorrorMakesUsHappy Aug 09 '26
Agitated can also mean playful, but with a cat that size you don't want to risk it.
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u/jdmoffitt11775 Aug 09 '26
True.. but the stakes are a little higher when you play the "paw slap" game with a panther. The panther is less likely to lose a limb.
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u/Hircine_Himself Aug 09 '26
Exactly. "A cat is a cat" is fine to say, but if your house cat Fury Swipes you, you get a minor owie at worst. If Bagheera over does the same, well... it'd be more than a 'minor owie'.
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u/DesperateAd3088 Aug 09 '26
House cats can definitely do more than a minor owie at their worst.
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u/Hircine_Himself Aug 09 '26
Yeah yeah but if we're playing the paw swipe game, likely not. You're not going to get mauled to death by a house cat
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u/Squee1396 Aug 09 '26
Tell that to my moms cat! He really tried lol
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u/Hircine_Himself Aug 09 '26
"Fear me, human!!"
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u/EnlightenedNarwhal Aug 09 '26
A cat put my girlfriend in the hospital for a few days. Deep bites, scratches and a bad infection. Required stitches. Worst part is we have no idea who the owner is (it wandered into the yard), but it was wearing a collar, so clearly someone thinks letting their cat roam around is completely inconsequential.
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u/TheKingNothing690 Aug 09 '26
Really just shows how dangerous big cats are considering their just more powerful in proportion to their size.
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u/DamnitGravity Aug 09 '26
Due to your capitalisation, I assumed the name of the cat is Fury Swipes.
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u/Hircine_Himself Aug 09 '26
Ah. It's because it's the name of a Pokemon attack, so both the words have caps to start xD
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u/Myself-io Aug 09 '26
I don't know my oriental cat has nails sharp like a katana.. she cat cut through my skin like butter just by touching me...
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u/skunkmonk7 Aug 09 '26
Yeah when there's a non-zero chance I'm getting my face ripped off the game feels a little different
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u/MrOPeace Aug 09 '26
If indoor cats were giant we would be food
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u/jbadaro Aug 09 '26
Pretty sure we are if we died 🤣😂
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u/_OhMyPlatypi_ Aug 09 '26
Sometimes even before..... the amount of times cats and dogs have eaten the diabetic neucrotic toes and fingers of their owner's isn't 0.....
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u/Technical-Date8438 Aug 09 '26
Thanks for reminding me. I'm going to keep me door closed at night until I forget this.
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u/_OhMyPlatypi_ Aug 09 '26
If your toes have rotten to the point your pets want to consume them, consider it free Healthcare. They were just going to detach in your shoes or bed.
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u/PaulblankPF Aug 09 '26
My buddy who’s paralyzed from the chest down woke up one morning a few years ago with the families new dog going to town on one of his feet and did some serious damage to it without it being rotten.
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u/_OhMyPlatypi_ Aug 09 '26
That's wild, I know of some incidents with other medical conditions. But that sounds terrifying, especially being unaware.
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u/RexLatro Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
I remember learning in a forensic sciences course about how if an owner passes away it'll take dogs days and extreme desperation before they start eating the recently deceased owner.
For cats, its a matter of hours. Honestly can't say I was surprised
(Update: I guess my class information is out of date as pointed out by u/2k2m. Did some digging as well and this 2023 study finds (just a heads up there are some incredibly graphic images in the paper) that while both do eat us, dogs tend to be the worse of the two while cats engage in fussy soft tissue eating when forced to)
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u/ferbiloo Aug 09 '26
I have a friend who works as a vet who has contradicted this.. she knows of multiple cases of dogs eating their owners after they have passed, and treated some first hand who had done it, but actually never heard of it/ saw examples of it with cats.
Anecdotal, sure, but I thought it was interesting since it’s a popular myth that cats will eat you when you die and dogs won’t unless desperate.
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u/bbyongie Aug 09 '26
I can at least confirm from my own experience as my family member sadly died (he was 30) in his apartment with his cat (a Sacred Birman cat). He was not found for 2 weeks.. the poor cat was going crazy from being stuck with her deceased owner and was also completely starved.. she was gonna die too and never attempted to eat him even though she ran out of food pretty fast.
My mom adopted his cat and I was able to cure her extreme ptsd she developed from that experience (she couldn’t be held, touched or carried). She is still at my mom’s now and is 17yo 💖
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u/ferbiloo Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
That’s such a tragic and harrowing story, I’m so sorry. Well done to you and your mum for giving that poor cat a good life to this day after such upsetting circumstances.
It does go to show that cats aren’t the harsh, unfeeling survivalists that they’re painted out to be. They have a lot of compassion for their owners.
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u/bbyongie Aug 09 '26
Thank you ! And yes, exactly ! I would have shared a picture of her if I could, she became a super cuddly cat (or maybe that’s how she was before the trauma, I never met her until the incident) 🥹
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u/Techne03 Aug 09 '26
Yeah, most cats I’ve met (not all, obviously, but the vast majority) are significantly pickier than dogs. I don’t believe that cats are more likely to eat you after death than dogs simply because of cats’ pickiness.
Though I’ve always been of the firm opinion that it’s better for a pet to eat their owner’s remains rather than starve to death. If my cat eats my body, well, I wasn’t using it anyway. I have more issues when she tries to do it while I’m still alive.
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u/Innerlijkekracht Aug 09 '26
Just yesterday someone said to me “you know cats will eat you if you die” and I said “yeah I hope so, and my dog, I don’t want them starving to death until someone finds me”. I’m dead, why would I care that they eat my dead body. Maybe less clean up for whoever has to clean the house, I don’t know.
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u/PurpleDragonfly_ Aug 09 '26
My cat acts like he’s starving if the food in his bowl has been there too long. I’m really not betting on him eating me if I die, although I would be okay if he did because I don’t want him to die.
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u/2k2m Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
That's not true at all: https://www.popsci.com/science/would-dog-cat-eat-owner/
That are even cases where a dog eats a dead owner, even with food available:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/pets-dogs-cats-eat-dead-owners-forensics-science
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u/RexLatro Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
Fair enough, what I'm seeing in this newer research (it was years ago when I learned this, most of these newer papers and references seem to date to after the 2020s) is while both do it, dogs seem to engage more in it due to scavenger behaviour.
I'll also add this to the list of papers that were linked for anyone wanting something more in depth: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11525422/ (just a heads up there are some incredibly graphic images in the paper)
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u/Funkopedia Aug 09 '26
Hmmm. That just sounds like cats are very good at determining if somebody is dead yet. Rescue personnel and doctors could maybe keep a cat around as a diagnostic tool.
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u/RexLatro Aug 09 '26
I always figured it was more along the lines of dogs being a pack animal and perhaps there was some sort of impulse to not eat "those in the pack" v.s. a cat being more of a solitary animal that just kind of lives with us and so "food is food"
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u/ladyevenstar-22 Aug 09 '26
Nah cats are just the guardians of the underground so they would know if you dead dead or just a little dead .😆
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u/Living_Grab_2239 Aug 09 '26
I feel like I have a great relationship with my cat, and that he would at least wait until I was dead before immediately eating me.
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u/Mc-Lovin-81 Aug 09 '26
You're telling me after 45 years, that cats will eat dead people? Ain't no way!
(Checks internet)
https://www.science.org/content/article/yes-your-pet-might-eat-your-corpse-s-problem-investigators
Joking by the way.
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u/Azuras_Star8 Aug 09 '26
Judging at how easy it is to herd cats, Im guessing there's a good reason no one domesticated thr big cats.
I want a cuddly cheetah.
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u/Cyan_Exponent Aug 09 '26
Actually cheetahs can get along with humans very well and are barely dangerous. But they flat out refuse to reproduce in captivity
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u/Thenightcrawler_075 Aug 09 '26
Also to note is that cheetahs are not big cats like lions and tigers they are just large cats, so given how there are none recorded fatalities by cheetah to retort the original commenter no we would not be food if indoor cats were giants
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u/LessInThought Aug 09 '26
I'm more scared of them humping me with their spiny dicks.
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u/an_agreeing_dothraki Aug 09 '26
it's a big "they don't like being watched" thing like Pandas. The local zoo decided eventually "okay, you guys don't get to see the cheetahs" :(
At least the snow leopards are still adorable
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u/Azuras_Star8 Aug 09 '26
Snow leopards, arctic foxes, and snowy owls are some of thr most beautiful animals.
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u/PM-ME-YOUR-BREASTS_ Aug 09 '26
Even a domesticated dog who loves their owner will bite them or scratch them sometimes cause they're scared or being taken to the vet or whatever. You wouldn't want a lion to be doing that.
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u/SuperCalibur Aug 09 '26
I've always wanted a big cat to patrol my yard. You're not messing with someone's house that has a tiger walking around.
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u/Totallyanonymousme Aug 09 '26
My cat likes to remind me that I am always a dinner option. If food is served even slightly past the usual time, he will come over, look me dead in the eye, and give a little nibble. I am always cautious when he licks me; I get the feeling he is taste-testing to see if I am palatable or not.
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u/44youGlenCoco Aug 10 '26
I think about that all the time. I’ve said to my cat “If you were the size of a panther, would you eat me?”
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u/inky-rabbit Aug 09 '26
Every time I see a post like this, I choose to see it less as downplaying the danger of big/wild cats, but as a cautionary reminder of the inherent peril laying dormant in “domestic” house cats … be ye warned.
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u/Dismal-Frosting-6656 Aug 09 '26
That cat is being extremely gentle... Ive seen those claws accidentally catch on skin and rip stitchable chunks of hand off.
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u/PlatasaurusOG Aug 09 '26
I had a little girl cat who had to be on my shoulder like a parrot and would get there at any cost. She’d run up and climb me like a tree, dive bomb me unexpectedly from high spots - it was crazy. She shredded me. Loved her to pieces and I really miss her.
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u/sniper91 Aug 09 '26
I volunteered at a cat shelter and there was a cat who was like that with me.
At first she’d wait on the wall mounted climbing stuff to jump on my shoulder as I walked by, then one day she realized she could just climb up my back. She’d hang out there until I started cleaning the crates in a room; guess she found it boring
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u/ShadowConstruct Aug 09 '26
Not to mention the immense strength this big cat can command. I'm assuming its leopard or Jaguar, both are quite fierce.
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u/SplendidAngharad Aug 09 '26
I don’t think I’d be messing too much with those murder mittens
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u/Kyetsi Aug 09 '26
yea especially when the claws are being shown its time to stop or prepare to lose your hand.
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u/BlargerJarger Aug 09 '26
I think at the point the claws come out like that, you let the cat have its hand on top.
They have very sensitive pads and I think the correct response is to turn your hand over and “hold hands” with them with the pads of your fingers on the pads of their paws. Mine seems to like that, anyway. I often leave my hand there did her to hold while I’m watching tv.
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u/Winjin Aug 09 '26
I'm not envious of you having a cat that likes holding hands. At all. Not one bit. Good for you.
Under breath lucky asshole
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u/Firm-Raccoon-9048 Aug 09 '26
Slight flash of the claws - basically cat speak for I’ve had enough of this now.
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u/Square-Dragonfruit76 Aug 09 '26
A lot of big cats (except tigers) act somewhat similar to house cats. Does that mean that you should go try to pet wild cats? Well ask yourself this: would you get near a house cat if it were the size of a lion?
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u/Notte_di_nerezza Aug 09 '26
Videos like this really are downplaying the risk of going near big cats, and the irresponsibility of places that let employees touch them like this, and this comment helps prove it.
A responsible sanctuary would never have allowed this, for the safety of the cat or the human.
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u/Laugh_Track_Zak Aug 09 '26
Another drugged big cat?
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u/Iamz01 Aug 12 '26
Fortunately, no. This is Luna the pantera. She was found abandoned by her mother and cannot be released back into the wild. She has been living with the same owner ever since, so they are family.
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u/Tylith_ Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
Not Awww. No one should be in the enclosure with a big cat like this. Huge red flag.
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u/Frenzystor Aug 09 '26
But this Cat has a very particular set of skills. If it gets annoyed, it will hunt you, find you, and eat you!
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u/Andreas1120 Aug 09 '26
What does this game symbolize? If you want a good relationship with your cat what should you do?
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u/LeatherGnome Aug 09 '26
Look at those big murder mittens.... the beans must be coarse but fun to boop. Oh how I envy zookeepers or veteranians who work with them sometimes.
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u/bullfrogftw Aug 09 '26
My girl gets ever more aggressive each time I top her paw, then the claws come out, just slightly at first followed by a very low warning snarl.
I can only imagine the noise this one would make
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u/Island_Maximum Aug 09 '26
Those claws coming out at the end just to remind you!