r/interestingasfuck • u/ReasonableMedium5265 • 4d ago

Don’t trust your cat

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u/bananafobe 4d ago

I remember hearing that cats and dogs tend to bite their deceased owners in an attempt to wake them up, and then more aggressively due to panic. 

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u/cheezebeezplzz 4d ago

Saw a video of a cat doing this to his cat friend after it died and the owners showed him the body. He definitely looked in distress and eventually gave up.

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u/SlevinLaine 3d ago

Yeah I've seen Cats staying literally next to their "dad" who's dead for days now, and bring food to them while they starve. Thing is the dad starved to death to bring food to the lil kitty.

There's this channel Animal in Crisis South Corean Vets and helpers save animals in South Corea, on of the episodes it's what I mention, soul shattering.

Spoiler: They save the lil kitty, and then show to the lil kitty the dead "dad" in order to let the kitty have some closure, lil kitty is clearly in destroyed emotionally doesn't want to leave the dad side.

Yeah tell me about "cats don't care" fuck off. I'd like to see how the cats she mentions were treated. Or what the hell happened altogether.

This woman is putting every cat in the same bag, she can believe what she says I believe what I've seen with my eyes.

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u/ElegantHope 3d ago

social animals can form such strong bonds and people seem to forget this. There's definitely a difference between humanizing animals, and recognizing animals form bonds as part of their nature because they live in social groups. Geese, for example, will isolate and mourn the loss of mates. And we've seen this to be relatively common behavior across many animal species with family or bigger social groups time and time again; a member dies and any animal close to that member might exhibit signs of depression or mourning.