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[-] BillyClark@piefed.social 26 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure she's going to have that ego, regardless because she's a cat.

[-] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 weeks ago

Her ancestors brought down bigger and she knows it.

[-] BillyClark@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

I have heard that feral house cats will occasionally hunt and kill prey that is much larger than themselves. IIRC, I think they were giving deer as an example. At least it was an animal similar in size to a smaller deer.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

I saw a barn kitten try to take down a cow, it was hilarious!

He was sitting in a barn window, looking down at this cow beneath him, switching his tail, and I was like "Oh, no..."

Suddenly this little black and white kitten LEAPS down on the back of the cow, digging in with claws on all 4 paws, and going to town trying to bite as hard as he could!

ROWR-ROWR-ROWR-ROWR! ROWR!

The cow did not notice.

[-] Bazell@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 weeks ago

It was a soul of tiger in a body of a kitten.

A carnivore sees an herbivore, makes the logical conclusion, and enthusiastically implements a plan.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

I want to not believe you, but my cat has tried to take me down (we wrassle)

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I had a cat who would hide under the dining room table, wait for someone to walk by, then dart out and try to hamstring them... so... yeah... Bite size apex predators!

[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

You fancy yourself a wrassler, huh?

I bet you couldn't even wrassle a whole cow

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

I have 11 cats. Plus three more in my custody. If they worked together they could take down a cow. This is important because cows outnumber people on my block.

But I also want more cat friendly cat food because I too understand what cats want in cat food. I made this 10 years ago:

[-] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 7 points 2 weeks ago

Vole, rabbit, and shrew for my outdoor babies.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Vole, mole, mouse, cotton rat are the favorites here.

I did find a rabbit skeleton underneath my house. Is the only rabbit I've ever seen of my property. But I don't know if it was there before we moved in or not. And I don't know how my cats would have gotten underneath the house to put it there. So I can't confirm that as a confirmed kill.

[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

My brother in Christ, 11 cats is far too much of the right amount of cats to have.

[-] zip@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

You may want to look up Mouser brand cat food. If I remember correctly, it was created by someone who had the same thoughts. I don't know how healthy it is or anything, but I think it's a neat idea...even though I feel bad for the poor little critters put into it.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago

Cats stereotypically love tuna.

No cat in the history of cats has ever swam out to sea and caught their own tuna. No member of family felidae, extant or extinct, has ever achieved that.

[-] lath@piefed.social 0 points 2 weeks ago

Outer sea yes, on shores, debatable. Some felines are known to go for a dip now and again. Are tuna known for coming close to land?

[-] dewritoninja@pawb.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Have you seen how big is a tuna? I think. A tuna has a better chan6ge of eating a cat if it gets too close

[-] night_petal@piefed.social 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Tuna are deep sea creatures. There is, however, a good chance that at one point many washed ashore dead, allowing the cats to develop a taste for them.

[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Did you mean "open ocean creatures"? While tuna can dive 500-1000 meters, and while technically "deep sea" refers to >200 meters, I generally consider "deep sea creatures" to be those that live primarily/exclusively in environments with no light and high pressure, like on the sea floor (~3500m) or in trenches (down to ~11,000m).

But I could be wrong! Maybe a marine biologist or oceanographer can clarify? (Lemmy needs a Unidan, minus the ego and voting fraud.)

Either way, zero overlap with any feline habitats.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Who got that T-Rex in gravy

we humans eat dinosaurs regularly. it's like the most common meat we eat,

like we eat Dino babies for breakfast

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

It probably doesn't even taste like beef. Try it yourself.

[-] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

At no point could Jessie realistically take down a cow.

[-] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

My cat can have a hamburger sometimes, as a treat

[-] Arcanoloth@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've always enjoyed the thought of a couple cats cooperating to take on a cow lke the raptors in jurassic park, only much closer to the actual size of raptors =^_^=

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

I just help cats whenever

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh! I want to make a thing for my mama

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cooky fake brooches , like,wtf

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"You brought that dog, man?!"

" Yeah I...was afraid he'd kill my parents' cows..."

[-] wolfrasin@lemmy.today 0 points 2 weeks ago

To my knowledge, cats do best with bird & rodent meats. They don't need to be eating anything with hoves or fins... Though they will probably disagree about the fishies

[-] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I had a cat when I was a kid that would pretty regularly snatch a fish out of the creek behind our house, and she definitely seemed to enjoy the fish. But also squirrels, rabbits, birds, lizards… :(

That was a long time ago. I know now that cats really shouldn’t be let outside because of the (obvious) havoc they wreak on wildlife

[-] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 weeks ago

Wholly who is Sylvia

[-] mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 weeks ago

Also not vegan

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