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[–] 39 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Cats are plagued by almost supernatural reflexes, no one is more surprised about this than the cats.

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  • House cats average 10 to 12 pounds, they're on the small side of the feline family, so while they are predators, they're also prey. So they've got basically the same startle response as a squirrel: Explode. Leap into the air limbs akimbo and scramble around until you land then figure it out from there. Aeons of natural selection has apparently selected that as the most successful strategy for small surprised quadrupeds.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    almost supernatural reflexes

    For real, that video of the mama barn cat in India fighting a fucking KING COBRA to protect her litter is out of this world... Even as a cat lover I was hesitant to watch because of what I thought were impossible odds, then she absolutely bitchsmacks it repeatedly and it just physically isn't fast enough to strike her.

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