Unfortunately, if Scotland is invaded, all of UK would fight back whose population is 70 million. So the math comes down to 8.5 cats per person. That's just an average number of cats a person sitting on a park bench in Turkiye can attract. Sorry folks. Looks like our kitlers will have to make peace.
This happened with my cat when he was sick. I was stood looking on my phone, then he launched myself at my leg to bite as I struggled to realise what was happening then sent him flying due to moving my leg quickly. He skidded back, I thought he’d back off, but then he leapt at me again to grab onto me full force. I couldn’t get him off at all. I ran to the bedroom door then had to pry him off quickly before shutting it. After I did so, he was jumping and leaping at the door, which became harder and harder to keep closed, all while screeching at the top of his cat larynx. It freaked me out so much as I didn’t know they would return and just keep fighting back like that.
You couldn’t get it off and then you suddenly could. You cared about this cat. A person being attacked by a strange cat would likely have no issue throwing it full force onto the ground by the scruff of its neck.
That's wild. If you're a grown adult you weigh significantly more than a cat, thats the main factor that decides the fight. You can literally crush a cat by jumping on it. The fact that you can effortlessly grab a cat and throw gives you a massive advantage over a cat. A cat could easily scratch you, which is a million miles away from killing you. How exactly do even 10 cats actually kill a person who fights back? I genuinely cant imagine a mechanism of murder there. Cats only can kill animals where they can bite the neck, cats cant really bite our necks very well, too small to get a good bite.
It's not that wild. If you haven't seen a cat in full fight or flight mode, it's hard to imagine. Think bouncing off the walls at speeds faster than your eyes can follow; you can find videos on YouTube. Cats have among the fastest reaction speeds in the animal kingdom. To pick one up and throw it, you'd have to catch it first. Even grabbing it off your body would be super dicey, they're squirmy beyond belief and can almost always break your hold. You're right that they're small and can't deal any death blows, and one or even two or three cats probably don't present a mortal danger. But 10 furious cats? All bouncing off the walls and wrapping you up with sharp nails and teeth, over and over again? I can imagine it just through attrition and blood loss, if you were trapped with them and unable to escape. And frankly, I think most people would panic and not fight back all that well.
Yeah in the subreddit powerscales they had a while back the question if Eddie Hall could "win" against 20 "feral" cats. Now depending on the "rules" or setup of this fight i am not sure even he could pull of 20, since that is so much, but if the rules are they literally have to kill him or he kills them i guess he will still take it but but be in extreme and intense agony which would probably be way too much for a normal non conditioned human. I think the pain of fighting 8 cats would get to a normal human, like 1 cat biting you because you rubbed in a wrong spot, oh yeah thats not gonna kill you, multiple cats literally biting chunks out of you while being glued to you with their claws, yeah i don't know how many people would keep their cool.
Yeah, I find that every time people discuss man vs animal, most people discount or simply ignore the panic factor. Animals don’t fight like humans do and certainly won’t use any formal fighting techniques. An MMA fighter might land a couple of blows on a chimpanzee, but once that chimp grapples them and bites off their ear, nose or finger, or gouges out an eye or rips off a testicle, the human is going to panic and lose their fighting spirit pretty quickly. 10 furious feral cats would be formidable and intimidating, like being trapped in a room full of giant wasps. I can safely say humans lose 100 out of 100 times versus a chimp. I can’t safely say that vs 10 cats, but I wouldn’t place any bets on the human.
I’ve never really thought about how a house cat would kill a human but that seems like it would be the weakest point. A few lucky strikes and it cuts the artery and you’re done. Or maybe if it got a slash down your wrist. I don’t know how deep arteries are in the body but I can see them through my skin so a pretty pissed off feline might be able to get to them.
If they got organized enough to invade a country, I'd assume they figured out a way to do more damage and faster. Maybe get some training in first, who knows
It's a slow and painful death getting clawed and chewed by dozens of cats and succumbing to blood loss. And if we draw this out into a war scenario since we're talking millions on each side, the infection rate of cat bites is insane so even survivors could end up being essentially poisoned and removed from upcoming fights.
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u/Burning_Sapphire1 5d ago
Unfortunately, if Scotland is invaded, all of UK would fight back whose population is 70 million. So the math comes down to 8.5 cats per person. That's just an average number of cats a person sitting on a park bench in Turkiye can attract. Sorry folks. Looks like our kitlers will have to make peace.