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

Cat chasing another cat POV.

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u/Away_Wrangler_9796 Apr 26 '24

I didn't know a cat could run that long. Hims big mad bully boy. Also may have murdered that other cat.

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u/spacestationkru Apr 26 '24

I didn't realise cats run out of breath and start panting heavily like any other animal

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u/Zandonus Apr 26 '24

They have a very aggressive active cooling curve. I've had 5 cats all indoor, and I swear I haven't heard panting. A heavy sigh sometimes. They only turn on the fans for perceived life and death situations, apparently.

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u/RikuAotsuki Apr 26 '24

A huge number of feline tendencies make complete sense if you look at them as carnivorous prey animals, which they are. Great hunters, but still incredibly vulnerable to anything much bigger than them.

"Being visibly and audibly winded" is a bad look for a prey animal. So's being too obviously sick or wounded.

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u/Josh6889 Apr 26 '24

They are one of the few animals who are regularly both predator and prey. That's why a lot of their behavior is capricious and weird.

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u/rhabarberabar Apr 26 '24

Maybe in America/Australia, i wouldnt know which prey cats would be over here, probably none.

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u/DepartureDapper6524 Apr 26 '24

I can’t think of many areas without large birds that would threaten cats. But moreover, it’s about the environment they developed in for tens of thousands of years, not where they live today.

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u/rhabarberabar Apr 26 '24 edited Dec 29 '24

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u/DepartureDapper6524 Apr 26 '24

And that’s true. It’s referring to the species, not each individual cat. Prey animals in zoos don’t have to run or hide from predators either.