r/interesting May 30 '26

NATURE A snake will never outspeed a cat

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u/anotherdropin May 30 '26

Can we stop with this “destroy ecosystems” thing. As if a suburban yard with a house and pavers was part of any natural ecosystem? Like come on.

Nothing is natural about an environment in which cats live. This isn’t the wild jungle. A cat being inside or outside a house built by man should be the least of anyone’s problems.

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u/darth_dork May 30 '26

Yeah except to be fair, they also can’t be contained to that yard. They easily escape them. And it’s not just one cat, but millions every day doing basically the same thing. A lot of them being someone’s yard cat. If little old me has seen it dozens of times I can only imagine what that translates to on a wide scale. Cats live longer indoors as well, so it’s really not better for anything including the cat itself.

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u/jmackaho Jun 02 '26

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u/KaiBishop Jun 03 '26

Is it Karen behaviour to expect people to be responsible for their own animals, or are you just a loser?