[Newsbot]

Title: Cuddly kitty or cold-blooded killer?
Category: Science
Posted By: Regina
Date: 2012-08-08 19:51:01
Canadian

[saturn_656]

Cats are carnivorous predators, any animal smaller than it is a potential food source.

Slow news day.

[ShepherdsDog]

We had a female tabby when I was younger. She was an excellent hunter, especially when she had kittens, She got rid of lots of squirrels. Interesting thing is she'd eat the head and leave the rest for the kittens. I remember she once caught a young weasel and I had to fight that away from her, but after it bit me i gave it back.

[saturn_656]

$1:

I remember she once caught a young weasel and I had to fight that away from her, but after it bit me i gave it back.

Our kitty is indoors only. Her diet consists of Whiskas, souls of dogs, and whatever insects or arachnids make it into the house... because some people seem to forget what a door is for, but I digress.

[KuriousKrow]

People are funny. They're quick to overlook the true nature of the things closest too them! Pets are a great example. An interesting article for cat lovers everywhere, though I'm not one.

[martin14]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

We had a female tabby when I was younger. She was an excellent hunter, especially when she had kittens, She got rid of lots of squirrels. Interesting thing is she'd eat the head and leave the rest for the kittens. I remember she once caught a young weasel and I had to fight that away from her, but after it bit me i gave it back.

Ours liked to hunt salamanders in Italy, and play with the tail after it fell off.

Pretty lousy at bird hunting though.

[raydan]

No, cats are warm-blooded.

Seriously, you can buy a cat-bib for your cat to stop it from catching birds (and probably other prey). How's that for animal cruelty.

[herbie]

They kill all those nasty things that spread disease and wreck human food stores and then crawl up on your lap and purr about it.
Seems like a formula for evolutionary success.

[BartSimpson]

Over the years from our yard I've sent 18 domestic cats to the pound, probably 20 or so feral cats to the landfill, and had to pick up a stupid dead cat that managed to get in with our chickens who f*cked it up quite a bit. I'm also siding with the Audobon Society that wants feral cat populations eradicated as they're causing the extinction of song birds.

Memo to the cats: chickens are NOT an easy kill.

[herbie]

As for the bib, Ajax would happily wear one if we gave him a seat at the table and set him a plate of lasagna

* and he he brings me the head of the crow who shits on my 4x4, he'll get one.

[BartSimpson]

herbie herbie:

As for the bib, Ajax would happily wear one if we gave him a seat at the table and set him a plate of lasagna

I'll wear the bib! When's dinner?

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Thank God for kitties. I had bats that got in my house on two separate occassions. L'il Nipper was the wiley hunter that took 'em down both times. Which was funny because that cat was scared of his own shadow

[Thanos]

You guys do realize that if they were bigger they'd probably try to kill all of us too? Forget the zombie apocalypse. Worry about the kitteh apocalypse instead. They're in our houses pretending to be our friends when in fact they're just waiting for HQ to send out General Order 66.

[bootlegga]

It shouldn't really come as much of a surprise - the only difference between a tabbie and a tiger is size. But at heart, they are both predators.

[Unsound]

bootlegga bootlegga:

It shouldn't really come as much of a surprise - the only difference between a tabbie and a tiger is size.

My old cat is completely unaware of the size difference.