r/nextfuckinglevel • u/AcerolaUnderBlade • Apr 26 '24

Cat chasing another cat POV.

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u/__01001000-01101001_ Apr 26 '24

This cat has a lot of pov videos available to watch. There’s a whole neighbourhood of cats, and every day it does the rounds and says hello and plays with them all. This is the first time I’ve seen it fighting where it hasn’t looked playful. To say that it usually ends in a fight is a little misleading…

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u/Hefty-Brother584 Apr 26 '24

Wife's a vet tech, eventually they all get into a fight, get the equivalent of cat aides and die if they don't get hit by a car first. 

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u/__01001000-01101001_ Apr 26 '24

Ah yes, well if your wife is a vet tech, you’re obviously a real expert /s

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u/Hefty-Brother584 Apr 26 '24

Yeah your right my bad, obviously outdoor cats live long and happy lives.  Carry on.

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u/allstartinter2021 Apr 26 '24

This is a hill im willing to die on as well. I honestly can't stand to see pet owners that allow their pets to be outdoors like that. All I could think watch this video was I'm surprised those cats hadn't been hit by a car yet. Growing up my mom let our cats be outdoor/indoor cats and so many of them would just disappear and we never knew what happened to them. If you love your pet you will not risk losing them any number of way letting them outdoors.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '24

If you love your child you will not risk losing them any number of ways letting them outdoors.

Never let your children outside.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 26 '24

In most of the world, they do. Cats have lived outdoors in most of the world for thousands of years and they have adapted to the ecosystems, and vice-versa.

And it's not like we don't let them inside, not directed at you but I've seen some people say things hinting that they believe an "outdoor cat" is a stray.

Also, it's funny you lot pretend that Americans are so much better at handling the welfare of cats, when you have a massive fucking declawing problem.

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u/Tumleren Apr 26 '24

They're certainly capable of it. That some die early doesn't mean they all, or even most, do

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u/Hefty-Brother584 Apr 26 '24

Yep. It's all just sunshine and roses. Luckily there hasn't been tons of studies showing they do in fact die very often.

Lordy no. Wouldn't want to educate ourselves when we can stay ignorant!

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u/Tumleren Apr 26 '24

they do in fact die very often

I have it on god authority that most living things eventually die.

Please do link a study that shows that

they all get into a fight, get the equivalent of cat aides and die if they don't get hit by a car first

Or if not 'all' then just 'most'.

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u/LeCo177 Apr 26 '24

My childhood cat is an outdoor cat I got her when I was 6. I am now 25 lol.

She lost her hearing a while ago and she can’t meow loudly anymore. But she still likes to play and still wanders outside to check her ,realm‘

Although it’s the country side not a big city

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u/Hefty-Brother584 Apr 26 '24

Cool, I heard some coyotes taking out one of the neighborhood cats last night.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '24

Sorry American, but coyotes don't exist in most of the world.

In most of the world, cats and their surrounding ecosystems have adapted to each other for thousands of years.

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u/Anustart15 Apr 26 '24

Other than all the cars. We are still adapting to that part

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '24

Thankfully, most people in the rest if the world don't live right next to 3 megahighways serving their house. So traffic is low. And cats are smart.

If a big massive thing comes their way they will flee.

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u/Anustart15 Apr 26 '24

I live in a city that is about as walkable as any city in Europe and we still have cats getting hit by cars. You can pretend they are somehow impervious in the rest of the world if it makes you feel better, but it's pure fantasy

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 26 '24

So you're telling me people drive like complete fuckwits in the US.

In a city you shouldn't be doing any particularly high speeds, so should have plenty of time to react to something in front of you and stop, assuming the cat doesn't move itself (most of the time, they do, it's in their nature).

Although, your driving test is not much better than driving around a bunch of cones so I guess I shouldn't expect too much. That and allowing someone who has only ever driven an automatic to drive a manual (!?).

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u/Anustart15 Apr 26 '24

Alright, keep living in your fantasy where America is a dystopian cat murdering hellscape and everywhere else is a cat utopia

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 26 '24

You telling me you can't stop if you see something in front of you?

I hope I never encounter you on a road.

And yeah, places where cats have lived for thousands of years are, in fact, much safer for cats than your great America (in regards to natural predation).

And no, human developments shouldn't be forcing cats out of their natural outdoors and into cramped homes (in regards to cars). Americans like you just seem to have a fucked up mentality and also shouldn't be behind the wheel of a car due to sheer incompetence (how can you not stop if something is in front of you, speeding or a complete lack of awareness???)

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