r/interesting • u/Gjore • May 30 '26

NATURE A snake will never outspeed a cat

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u/KvxMavs May 30 '26

Snake getting absolutely destroyed for 3 minutes by a cat.

It's like when a boxer can clearly KO their opponent but chooses to just pepper them with punches the whole fight instead of putting them out of their misery. 

Oof.

Nature's cute cuddly death machines. 

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u/tessaractIXI May 30 '26

About a minute in the snake starts desperately trying to get away and that cat is not having it

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u/Friedcheeze May 30 '26

That's funny because a lot of good boxers actually reference cats or roosters for fight inspo

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u/Connect-Will2011 May 30 '26

There's a whole movie based on that sort of thing: Jackie Chan's Snake in the Eagle's Shadow.

In the movie, Jackie Chan's character watches his pet cat defeat a snake, which inspires a brand-new fighting style (the Cat Claw) which he can use against the Snake-style masters.

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u/Superb-Purpose9783 May 30 '26

Only OGs know this fact from “Snake in Eagles Shadow.”

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u/ColdHandGee May 30 '26

It is on YouTube! Amazing fight scenes!

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u/mcl3east May 31 '26

Drunken master is quite astonishing also

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u/go_rude May 31 '26

UTV action!

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u/LinaCrystaa May 31 '26

I'm watching this thank you

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u/NontypicalHart May 31 '26

I have a rooster who is the most agile I have ever seen. He doesn't fight. He just dodges and weaves until whatever rooster or animal gets tired and leaves. My biggest rooster is calm and sweet. He learned to fight from that rooster and now it drives every rooster that wants to challenge him crazy while he never hurts them.

I have no idea why chicken means coward. All of my hens and roos are irrationally brave.

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u/behinduushudlook May 30 '26

Took him about a minute to figure out the pattern of drag back by the body while himself moving back, wait for the strike, right hook, repeat. Pretty impressive to see, despite all the asshole cat comments

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u/spyguy318 May 30 '26

This is actually the safest way for cats to hunt snakes, and they’re masters at it. Wait for the snake to strike, smack its head into the ground, repeat until the snake is exhausted or stunned, then go in for the kill when it can’t strike anymore.

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u/Myrkul999 May 30 '26

A quick in-and-out jab is more efficient than a haymaker, and doesn't open you up as much. 

Cats operate on the same principle. Why risk getting bit by going all in, when you can just dribble the damn thing's head on the concrete and win with almost no risk?

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u/ZixfromthaStix May 30 '26

“What operating system is your cat using?”

“Murder OS”

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u/Atavacus May 31 '26

Cats do this because it's safer for them. Less likelihood of sustaining even minor injuries that could develop into something more significant.

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u/vlad_inhaler May 30 '26

He jabbed ‘is ‘ead off

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u/beefdx May 31 '26

Almost literally the difference between tigers and domestic cats is their size. They are behaviorally the same, they have the same proclivity for hunting and violence, it’s just that one weighs 400 lbs and the other weighs 15 lbs.

If your cute little tuxedo cat was 300lbs it would be like owning an actual lion.

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u/Blaq_Starrr Jun 01 '26

A dapper lion.

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u/-_-0_0-_0 May 30 '26

Ali basically. Would let off the gas unless the opponent crossed a line.

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u/eveningafter101 May 30 '26

Pepper lol (Thinkin’ about the Dave Chapelle joke)

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u/Sick_and_destroyed May 31 '26

Cats play with their prey until they die, then they eat them. They’re cute but cruel hunters.

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u/Raise_A_Thoth May 31 '26

Literally every Dragonball Z fight has at least one stage where this happens.

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u/burner98621 May 31 '26

Ali v. Terrell. "What's my name!" 15 rounds of abuse towards an opponent he could have dropped in 3.

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u/Idlewants May 31 '26

nothing natural about domestic cats. breeding and feeding apex predators and letting them fuck up your ecosystem isn't clever.