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[-] odium@programming.dev 33 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Really disrespecting dogs by calling foxes cats

[-] zaphod@feddit.de 38 points 7 months ago

Cat software on dog hardware.

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 15 points 7 months ago

Foxes don't share all that many behaviours with cats though, they share more with dogs, so I don't know why people always say this.

[-] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 months ago

They fill a similar niche in the food chain as most cats (smaller, non-apex solitary predator).

For the opposite, see hyenas - pack animals that fill a role similar to coyotes but are more closely related to cats than dogs. Dog software running on cat hardware. The same could probably be said of lions, as apex pack hunters like wolves.

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.ca -3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

By that logic any smaller predator that feeds on small animals is a "cat" and any large predator that feeds on larger animals and/or hunts in packs is a "dog" which is... Not at all how nature works. Foxes are canines that exhibit a lot of classic canine behaviour and very little cat behaviour in top of many behaviours unique to foxes, domestic cats are not actually solitary creatures just solitary hunters hence why they develop colonies, some wolf species are solitary hunters such as the maned wolf, birds of prey also fill the same ecological niche as cats, as do weasels, chimpanzees are also apex pack hunting mammals too but no one would ever say they're running "dog software", heck humans are the ultimate Apex pack hunting predator, does that mean wolves are just running "human software"? Lions and hyenas exhibit completely different behaviours and social structures from both domestic dogs and cats as well as each other, lions also aren't the only large cats that hunt in groups, cheetahs can as well when they form a coalition. It just seems like a dumb way to classify animals as if dogs and cats aren't extremely diverse and complex animals in their own right and instead every member has to be forced into these awkward and inaccurate "hardware vs software" stereotypes.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Ferrets are rats running meth software.

[-] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago

Probably the pouncing hunting strategy

[-] Korne127@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Not really… at least fox behaviour is pretty different to typical cat behaviour

[-] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Hate this statement with a passion. Sounds cool, but is complete nonsense. And nobody who's ever upvoted or agreed with it has been around both a fox and a cat.

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Literally none of these are cats. Here you have:

  • a fart squirrel
  • a trash panda
  • a teeny tapir
  • a doggo lite
  • and a tasmanian angel
[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 19 points 7 months ago

You don't have to be so pedantic, not all of us are taxidermists or whatever man.

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago
[-] variants@possumpat.io 5 points 7 months ago

!possums@possumpat.io

[-] Sailing7@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

Thx! Subbed to all of 'em!

[-] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

Skunks actually make decent pets!

[-] maniclucky@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

And have personalities similar to cats I've been told. No idea if that's true, but I chose to believe it.

[-] Doxatek@mander.xyz 8 points 7 months ago

Weirdly enough I've had two in my life and one currently. It's definitely hard to approximate how their personality is as dog or cat. Cat is most similar of the two but really they're a unique really weird thing lol. Mostly like a weird funny ferret haha

[-] LyD@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

How did you end up with pet skunks?

[-] Doxatek@mander.xyz 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

My mother bought them and gifted them to me, they came from a skunk breeder. She can't understand that gifting someone an animal is not something anyone should ever do as it's such a big commitment. Of course I love the skunk and she's super sweet but still haha.

In my experience they've been pretty easy pets though. One wouldn't think of them being better than a cat but my cats cause me much more stress than she does.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I assume they're de-stinkified, how do they smell?

[-] Doxatek@mander.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

You're correct. Other than that they don't really smell.

[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago

Foxes can be domesticated and thereby become unforbidden

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

I can smell this image from here.

[-] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Smells like when I’m laying on my back and sneeze straight upward.

[-] Tebbie@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

These are all pretty chill animals. Red panda and skunk can be a bit stinky though

[-] root_beer@midwest.social 7 points 7 months ago

Foxes too, they’re as acrid as skunks are. Lovely creatures, but let’s appreciate them from afar.

[-] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago
[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago
[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago

wow i can't believe you figured that out, that's impressive

[-] BuryMyHorse@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

All in common: Don't touch my garbage!

[-] MyNamesNotRobert@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

My cats are friends with the opossums and skunks. Fuck the coons though they're jackasses.

[-] Gakomi@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Pretty sure none of those are from the Felidae family!

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

It’s not meant to be scientifically accurate. It’s a meme.

[-] Gakomi@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago

I know but I also saw how dumb people can be and due to that I want to point it out as it might enlighten some people

[-] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Are you sure they arent felidaes?

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Hell ones a marsupial, which is its own fucken thing.

[-] deania@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I petted an opossum once, it was playing dead therefore safe to touch.

[-] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 2 points 7 months ago

Foxes are closer to dogs and domesticated foxes exists.

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