• jtrek@startrek.website
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    1 month ago

    My current cat does not help with bugs. One time a giant centipede looking thing came into the bedroom, on the ceiling. He looked at it, got up, and left the room.

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    1 month ago

    It’s amazing how cats will know their mission despite being disturbed and held in the most unnatural way possible.

  • proudblond@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I did this once when I was a kid. Saw a bug, grabbed my hunter cat and hoisted him up, expecting him to swat at it. Oh he smashed it, and then brought it to his mouth and started chomping. I had no idea to expect this and was so grossed out that I dropped him (sorry kitty — he was totally fine, if a little disgruntled).

    Now my cats are pampered princesses with no huntress instinct whatsoever so I’ve resorted to a fly swatter.

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    1 month ago

    I have one hunter and one spoiled asshole. The spoiled asshole would just toy with insects. He would see a spider and just put his paw on it and watch it try to run. And then when he’s bored of it he will just leave it to die.