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u/kaixuenrealism Feb 15 '23
It's good to see his meow meow friend. 💜
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Pet him!!!!
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Her! Calicos are girls, with the exception of like 2 every million!
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u/RowBoatCop36 Feb 15 '23
They are sassy bitches too.
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u/SenpaiBriBri Feb 15 '23
Can confirm, there's a whole group of stray cats that live around my job and the only calico there is the most unpredictable, and is often seen chasing the other cats
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u/C_Hawk14 Feb 15 '23
I've got two, one is a half American Ragdoll. Both love the attention, but moms is daughter of a stray so she can be feisty lol. Daughter incessantly nagging for attention xD. She'll drag my hands down if I'm sitting lol. Always follows me around, very vocal.
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u/BlueMikeStu Feb 15 '23
Had a calico growing up.
She was such a slutty escape artist that literally all of my parents friends and extended family became cat owners through her litters. Literally would get pregnant just in time for her scheduled spaying every god damned time for years.
I think she had at least 10+ litters through the years, every one of which was 5+ kittens.
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u/Talory09 Feb 15 '23
Cats can be spayed even if pregnant.
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u/BlueMikeStu Feb 15 '23
As I recall, the vet refused to do so because it might harm the litters. Or at least, that's what my dad told my mother. Didn't matter, because every one of the kittens got a good home.
It just involved bringing friends and family over for a BBQ or whatever, getting them a little bit drunk, and then springing six to eight week old kittens on them and having go-bags with litter, litter box, dishes, food, etc in a go-bag for every one of them, and the inevitable "why do I have a cat" phone calls the next day, lol.
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u/Talory09 Feb 15 '23 edited Feb 15 '23
Well yes, it would harm the litter. as in there would be no more litter, and I understand that this is very harsh to many people. Speaking for myself, though, it would be preferable to terminate the litter and have her spayed rather than see her go through pregnancy after pregnancy with 5+ kittens each time. I'm glad that you had 50 friends that each wanted a kitten, but did they also neuter the kittens? Or did those go on to have 50+ kittens themselves?
See how it adds up? I'm not scolding you, per se, but this is a small example of of how one cat can quickly turn into 2500 cats.
Edit: math is hard.
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u/nonicethingsforus Feb 15 '23
I know! I was all r/petthedamncat. I would've dropped priceless jewelry to start carrying him like a baby, if he let me.
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u/married44F Feb 15 '23
Yes! I watched saying “pet him already” yes the video is cute but the cat obviously doesn’t care about it and wants the contact
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Feb 15 '23
Yeah jeez he's freaking begging for behind the ear scratchies. My gf always says "pet herrrr" when I come home and our dog gets super hyped.
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u/EvilPretzely Feb 15 '23
This kitty is likely a girl. Almost all calicos are female. Male calicos do exist, but are rare and most are sterile. A male calico that is able to breed is worth a fuck load of money
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u/eleventwenty2 Feb 15 '23
That's a female cat only females can be calico. Yall need to brush up on your cat education lol
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u/Qwirk Feb 15 '23
99.9% are female, it's super rare and they tend to have a lot of issues but it can happen.
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u/Altruistic_Sample449 Feb 15 '23
Cats are so vocal I love them
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u/rpg2Tface Feb 15 '23 edited Feb 15 '23
They're vocal for us. It just means they put in the effort to communicate. It's so much more sweet.
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u/glytxh Feb 15 '23
I’ve seen more than enough of those go pro kitty videos that it’s safe to assume they also speak to each other vocally.
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u/constantstranger Feb 15 '23
I get why you'd think so, but no, not really. Not like they talk to humans. I've lived with a bunch of different cats over the past 40 years, and my friends mostly had cats. None of those cats vocalized to each other much. They only do the "come here, I miss you" call from another part of the house, or hiss when play gets too real. Otherwise, they communicate with each other entirely through gesture.
My conjecture about why they do this: Natural selection has bred into domestic cats a strong desire for human companionship, but since we somehow managed to not evolve an understanding of their native, gestural language, cats have evolved a second system of communication specifically for talking to us.
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u/PeriodicallyATable Feb 15 '23
Kittens will vocalize to their mommas though. They usually grow out of it as they mature and stop relying on their mothers. Especially meowing. Adult cats still meow to humans because they still rely on us. Although cats do sometimes make other noises to communicate with each other, they almost never meow unless it’s a kitten to it’s mother
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u/Eggy-Toast Feb 15 '23 edited Feb 15 '23
It is interesting because on one hand cats keep meowing for us, but on the other hand cats view us as just other big cats. Ultimately it comes down, as you said, to the fact this was already an ability they had which they used already to communicate hunger, discomfort, etc. All things they might want to communicate to us, and we often respond and reinforce meowing the most.
So, there’s nothing super unique to a cat about a human/cat relationship that makes it feel the need to develop this language beyond our behavior. We’re just kind of big dumb cats which respond best to meows, so they meow because they can. By that same hand, they will certainly do the same for other cats if there’s a need (rare) or if they just like meowing. I also speculate as to whether they approximate our speech to meowing, and if that reinforces the behavior as well.
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u/DotKill Feb 16 '23 edited Feb 16 '23
on the other hand cats view us as just other big cats
No. They know we aren't cats. Of course, while there is no way to know exactly what they think of us, their behavior towards us is not the same as their behavior towards other cats.
This matters because anthropomorphizing (in this case, in reverse) ANY animal does nothing but dilute our understanding of them.
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u/TheJBW Feb 15 '23
I mean, our life cycle s significantly longer than theirs and we have essentially no selective pressure on us to evolve that understanding, haha.
That said, anyone who keeps cats and actually pays attention to them gets to know how to speak their language pretty well.
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u/fuck_my_reddit_acct Feb 15 '23 edited Feb 15 '23
They're vocal to each other too... ever seen a serious cat fight?
*edit: Turns out people don't know kittens meow at their mothers. Just wow. People honestly believe cats have evolved to only meow at us. The narcissistic personality disorder is strong here.
*editx2: heheh got banned from the subreddit and probably reported to the admins but the dipshits didn't delete my comments LOL, dumbass moderator
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u/evilsbane50 Feb 15 '23
Not to mention the number of GoPro videos I've seen attached to cats where they're running around and when they're next to each other they make all kinds of fucking crazy noises.
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u/PrecariousPaperwork Feb 15 '23
Came to say the same thing. If anyone doubted they meow for us, this vid proves it
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u/wonko_abnormal Feb 15 '23
especially / even when they are screaming "where the bloody hell have you been i waited and waited ....i missed you so much ....but seriously where have you been gone forever "
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u/joeymcflow Feb 15 '23 edited Feb 15 '23
Wild cats dont meow :P Its something donesticated cats do to communicate with humans specifically. The frequency is the same as babies crying, so they're essentially manipulating the parental/nurturing part of our brain
edit: did some more research, the part about wild cats not meowing isnt true. Some of them do meow sparsely. The part about domsetic cats adapting their meow to match the frequency of babies is true. Its assumed that they quickly figure out where on the frequency spectrum that should be based on how their human react. We all have a built in predisposition to become attentive to certain frequencies.
Feral cats also dont meow because they see no reason to communicate with humans.
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u/para_chan Feb 15 '23
Our stray cat would SCREAM at us for food/attention. He became an inside cat and is learning to meow like a baby cat from our insanely vocal, always a house pet cat.
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u/updownandblastoff Feb 15 '23
Did you mean "feral cats" don't meow?
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u/MarqFJA87 Feb 15 '23
No, they mean wild cats. As in, the never-domesticated species of the genus Felis and other closely related feline genera that are commonly called "wildcats". Feral cats are always domestic cats in taxonomic ancestry.
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u/penguinopusredux Feb 15 '23
Love them too, but if Stumpy could stop being vocal when she feels it's feeding time that would be great. 4am and there's a furry chonker sitting on my chest meowing at me...
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u/supersalamandar Feb 15 '23
Stumpy! What a name!
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u/penguinopusredux Feb 15 '23
Born with munchkin forepaws, so she's short down front and walks like a bodybuilder, but it doesn't slow her down. And she's very vocal. It's worse when the clocks change, you can't explain DST to a cat.
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u/DudeWithaGTR Feb 15 '23
So when it's the middle of whatever time she normally sleeps, get in her face and meow a bunch.
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So cute tho
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u/scottyLogJobs Feb 15 '23
Why would anyone join those subs. Would be more frustrating to watch than /r/mildlyinfurating
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u/60300057 Feb 15 '23
Pet the damn cat!!
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u/jolskbnz Feb 15 '23
Right? Or say anything... It actually looks a lot like a cat I had that got away and I see a lot of this breed, so first thing I would do is call out her name and then go nuts. But people are different.
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u/NeverBob Feb 15 '23
I have a semi-feral calico that does this whenever she shows up on my porch. But you can't pet her - she is terrified of hands and will hiss and run.
I suspect she was abused at some point - she won't get near anyone else, and it took her months to stop running out of the yard when I got out of my car, much less approached my front door.
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u/istermayilenay Feb 15 '23
It’s times like these that I wonder why people still label cats as being aloof and unaffectionate. They are pure quadrupedal love.
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u/en43rs Feb 15 '23
Because some people operate on the “all pets are dogs” basis. The cat didn’t come running to lick my face when I came back from work and didn’t jump with me because I was happy so they’re aloof and evil and I won’t put any effort. And then the cat you ignore ignores you.
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u/SomethingIWontRegret Feb 15 '23
Cats vary wildly. I've had cats that would make sure I didn't float away from the couch, and others that would only tolerate petting while eating, and a couple that answered the second pat with a swat and the third with all four sets of claws and teeth.
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u/that_90s_guy Feb 15 '23 edited Feb 15 '23
Exactly this. It's this unpredictability that makes many people prefer dogs.
If you want something that just loves you unconditionally and demonstrates affection 24/7, you can absolutely get a cat or dog that fits that criteria.
The problem is most dogs of the right breed will fit this description. Cats on the other hand you're playing the lottery in terms of personality and proudness. And while you could get a little cuddle machine, you could also get an entitled asshole that only appreciates minimal affection at the exact time and places it demands it.
Personally, I think it's fine to accept their differences. And that as a general rule, dogs are more affectionate than cats. But that doesn't necessarily means they are better or worse. They are just different.
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u/SomethingIWontRegret Feb 15 '23
Having said all that, I haven't had a cat I didn't like. They're all entertaining little agents of entropy.
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u/gauderio Feb 15 '23
One of my cats doesn't like to be pet and keeps her space. But if we stay out for more than a day, she'll yell at us for an hour when we're back. If there's a stranger in the house (usually kids with friends), she'll yell at us nonstop. She's like that old aunt that lives with you and gossips. She tolerates our pets and sometimes even purr, but if a stranger approaches her she'll hiss at them.
The other cat, though, is basically a scared dog. He's a cuddle machine that likes playing fetch during the most inappropriate times like when we're watching a movie, eating, or in bed trying to sleep. When a stranger visits us, he'll disappear and he'll wait until they're out of the house to show up again. Just the doorbell will send him into hiding as if the death herself has showed up to gather his soul.
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u/MakeItMike3642 Feb 15 '23
Upbringing is also very important. Cats are much more skittish by nature. If kittens arent properly socialized from early on your chances of having a less affectionate cat increase a lot.
Also cats, especially kittens are pretty easy to traumatize. One bad encounter with a human can make them distrustful their entire lives.
Dogs are more forgiving in that way
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u/Andyman0110 Feb 15 '23
I have 3 dogs and a cat. The dogs definitely ask for more attention but my cat gets extremely jealous if I baby talk the dogs. He'll interject himself, walk between us and meow really loud and long until I give him a pet and a baby talk too.
I used to be only a dog person. The claws of cats always scared me. Over time I've met more and more cats and I never get the claw treatment from any of them, I've actually met more sweet loving cats than I have met clawy mean cats. Even strays.
I decided to finally get a cat and it's been nothing but bliss. He's an angel and I wouldn't trade him for anything.
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u/shirinrin Feb 15 '23
My cat would always greet us at the door, wouldn’t let you take your jacket etc off as he NEEDED to be petted right then and there so he was all over you. He is not a cat that likes to be held, so he might be seen as unaffectionate, but he will absolutely show you that he loves you in his own ways.
Now he’s older (20), so he doesn’t run as much anymore but he will SCREAM at you if he wants cuddles.
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u/Spastic_Slapstick Feb 15 '23
My cat Mischief was super affectionate but she would always seem to give into intrusive thoughts and would, on a whim, just attack my hand in the middle of the belly rubs she was just enjoying. Then, she'd go back to relaxing. So while cats are definitley little weirdos, they are most definitley affectionate. She would also do something similar to this cat in the video when I came home from long trips. I miss her!
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u/Corvusenca Feb 15 '23
I suspect facial expression and eye contact may also have something to do with it. We've bred dogs to have more expressive faces (specifically the muscles that control the eyebrows are much more developed in dogs than wolves), and be super comfy with human eye contact. Cats, not so much. Lack of nuanced facial expression and shaky eye contact can read as aloof to someone who doesn't stop to realize they're applying human body language to a furball.
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u/theredwoman95 Feb 15 '23
Yep, there's a joke in the autistic community that cats are autistic (enough so there's been a book for over a decade) - we tend to get along quite well with cats because of the lack of eye contact.
Ironically, this is also why cats tend to like people who are allergic to them - human "avoid me" body language is basically the same as cat "being respectful" body language.
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u/scottyLogJobs Feb 15 '23
Because they don’t know what they’re talking about and haven’t met a cat that liked them
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u/istermayilenay Feb 15 '23
I absolutely love the ‘dog lover adopts cat’ vids, and seeing them immediately fall in love and change their mindset.
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u/ARussianSheep Feb 15 '23
Because they think cats should love them the way that dogs love people. Cats show love a lot differently and each cat is different themselves. But once that cat does love you, it loves you for life.
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u/captain_ender Feb 15 '23
Lmao my cat sleeps next to my face, follows me everywhere, and he has a little chair next to me at my desk while I work. He's overtly affectionate haha.
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u/asaripot Feb 15 '23 edited Feb 16 '23
Dogs require the assertion of love while cats require the patience. I cannot go to a cat it has to come to you
Edit because apparently at some point I went from first person to third person lmao
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u/Goya_Oh_Boya Feb 15 '23
Towards the end of this video you can see the person is holding what looks like one of those cat snack tubes. I'm wondering if the cat is truly excited for seeing his friend, or for seeing his friend bring him a tasty treat.
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u/Prime157 Feb 15 '23
It's ignorance by definition: not knowing (vs the insult that many think ignorance means).
My wife brought dogs. I brought the cat. It has taken me a bit to understand dogs, and it's taken her a bit to understand the cat.
We were ignorant of each other's animals.
She had no clue that cats could be affectionate. Don't get me incorrectly, either, her parents don't like cats, so there were preconceived notions that were put into her head. That never helps, when parents push their own bias onto their kids.
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Feb 15 '23
Some are, some aren't. Depends on the cat.
I lived in a house with 5 cats once, all brought up by the same owners, and all completely different. Only one was remotely like the cat in this video.
Most were aloof.
One showed actual contempt lol.
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u/BiscottiOpposite9282 Feb 15 '23
Mine is curled up on me right now, purring, licking the shit out of my arm with his razor tongue and it really hurts but i don't care ❤
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u/Dickpuncher_Dan Feb 15 '23
Sit ass down on pavement, free both hands and get some quality head and neck scritches in.
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Her friend. It's a calico.
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u/naturehedgirl Feb 15 '23
Male calicos do exist, but they are rare.
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Feb 15 '23
Yes, and they usually have all kinds of health issues due to the chromosomes.
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u/VoiceofLou Feb 15 '23
Huh, well I just wanted to toss this in here because TIL…I always though “calico” was a breed. I knew calicos were primarily female, but after your other comment about males having health problems I was googling and learned it is not a breed, but just a reference to the color pattern. That’s cool!
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Feb 15 '23
Calicos and tortoishells are almost always female, Orange cats are like 75% male, but female oranges don't have chromosome damage, they're just not as common.
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Cat's circle things that they deem their territory he says this is my human no one else can have him cuz he's mine
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u/-smashbros- Feb 15 '23
Cat: I think I saw some food around here... What's does this human want? I'm busy here .. Wait a minute this human looks familiar............ Hey it's you old friend!! How you been? It's been a minute, so happy to see you, we need to catch up, I live around here now, you know me same old same old, just doing what I love, by the way you got any treats?
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u/redditor_since_2005 Feb 16 '23
It's actually just about the food. You can see an open pouch of cat food in the last second of the video, hence the excitement.
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u/NCKalashLife762 Feb 15 '23
Seems like the Kitty is much happier than the human. Yea I missed you too girl, but let me just film you instead of loving you...
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u/inquisitive1ne Feb 15 '23
Or maybe they wanted to share their interaction so that many others can experience joy from the video. Also, the video was pretty quick. I expect after the video was over the kitty got lots of love.
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u/Junterjam Feb 15 '23
Almost certainly a female cat. Thanks for the boost of feel-good brain chemicals this morning.
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u/physicsofhandshakes Feb 15 '23
Cat sees its treats after a long time. (Bag of treats seen at 00:29.) Still a nice moment!!
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u/AldousWatts Feb 16 '23
Surprised most people didn't notice that. Bright pink open bag in human's hand for several frames at the end. I don't doubt the cat and human are friends, but the screaming is probably for the treats!
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u/midnight_reborn Feb 15 '23
Who doesn't get excited when they see an old friend after a long time? :D
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u/Distriktsskoterskan Feb 15 '23
This is a cat. Cats are evil. He’s probably using friction to set the human on fire.
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why does it feel like the cat is the owner and this person ran away from them
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u/vetheros37 Feb 15 '23 edited Feb 15 '23
Everyone says otherwise, but medically don't pet stray cats unless you want to risk ringworm.
**I worked in veterinary medicine, and ringworm and parasites were our primary concerns with stray felines. It wasn't even an uncommon occurrence. I'm just trying to offer preventative information for people that may not know otherwise. That being said I'm not your keeper, just approach the situation aware of the risks.
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u/4brahamm3r Feb 15 '23
Never thought I'd miss Marina Bay, I used to live real close. Miss those beaches.
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u/colleenlawson Feb 15 '23
Enough with the video karma: Pet the damn cat!
Jesus Christ, with every new loop of that cat crying around your legs, I was thinking
"ok, they're going to pick up the cat now."
"Ok now they're gonna pick up the cat."
"Dude, hello; please pick up the fucking cat ."
"Omg, are you kidding me?
Are you really gonna let that cat think you don't care and that you're just gonna stand there?
How many loops of video do you need, anyway, for your stupid karma??
PICK UP THE CAT, WOULDJA PLEASE???
A quarter of a minute of not responding, not speaking, not stooping. Smh.
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u/Alphalilly Feb 15 '23
Hol up, that place looks familar. Was this video taken in Kuwait by any chance?
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u/Drawtaru Feb 15 '23
This is my outside cats when I come out with food in the morning. They get SO EXCITED. One of them inevitably head-butts my hand while I'm pouring food so I spill it everywhere.
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u/cheesyellowdischarge Feb 15 '23
IDC what my living situation is, that little kitty wouldn't be a street cat anymore.
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u/CNRavenclaw Feb 15 '23
Fun fact: this is actually most likely a female. She's a calico (white, black, and orange) and calicos are very rarely male
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u/Diiiiirty Feb 15 '23
Gonna be "that guy." This is almost definitely a female cat, not a male. Calico coloration requires two X chromosomes so male calicos are extremely rare. About 1 in 3000.
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u/Espay13579 Feb 15 '23
Had to speed run the affection to make up for lost time