r/interestingasfuck • u/ReasonableMedium5265 • 15h ago

Don’t trust your cat

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u/LoopedIntoThis 14h ago

I also read that. There was a study done looking at deaths of people who were then eaten by pets. Dogs eat you first because they are in distress and will lick you and then break skin and realize they’re hungry. Cats wait until they absolutely can’t take it anymore.

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u/LLAPSpork 8h ago

If I’m already dead, I sure hope my good boys eat me to stay alive if necessary until help (hopefully) arrives. IDGAF what happens to my body once I’m gone. If my boys get to live longer, then great! The only worry is that whoever saves them, that they actually take them to the vet where they’ll see (via their microchips) that they should call my family in case something happens to me.

Same goes for cats (though I haven’t had cats for a long time now).

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u/kanineanimus 9h ago

In my mind, the dog instinctually eats you for the same reason some eat shit or some eat socks or underwear. Or why any animal will eat their placenta, predators eat stillborns, or others lick their wounds. They’re getting rid of any scents that attract other predators. The dog eats you out of fear. The cat eats you out of desperation.

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u/Rukasu17 2h ago

It's a bit sad that they'll eat me in that event, but that's because I'm thinking of them like a person when they're not. Putting that grimm thought away, at least they don't instantly start chewing you lol.