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I mean they're not like horses I don't think they could carry a proportional tiny house amount of weight.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

~~Small enough to get eaten by said cat.~~

Edit: nvm someone already said this lol, why am I always late to answering

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah well your comment is above theirs so you win.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

lmao I commented the same thing before I read this

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Really? I mean, humans can ride horses and I think aa horse would struggle to eat an adult human being. For this example I am assuming that horses are predators and as such are equipped with claws and fangs of course.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pumas and lynxes both go after things that are outweigh them several times over, so I maybe wouldn't count myself safe if I were small enough to ride a domestic cat

Also anecdotally, having lived with pet cats most of my life, god damn they are fast and they're stacked with more knives than the average kitchen. I would not want to fight a cat that was bigger than me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If a domestic cat with claws intact wanted to kill you, it would be hard to stop it.

I’ve only had brief encounters with truly angry cats, and they are nasty. One did a single swipe with its paw at my hand and just scooped out a chunk of flesh like I was made of soft serve ice cream.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Animals fight all-out. Humans usually don't. If you were in a real fight for you life with a house cat--or even a bobcat--it would be pretty easy win for a human. Lynx or larger? No.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

True, the human’s fight level would increase as death approached so a cat probably couldn’t kill them after all.

But a cat could probably blind a human before the human realized how serious shit was.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cats are extremely dangerous for their size but unless you were infirm or a child you'd have no trouble defeating a cat - it might leave you scarred and injured but if it's you or a cat you win.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, at the end of the day I have something like a twenty to one weight advantage here. Yes it will hurt a lot every time the claws catch me, and they will catch me, but it will only hurt. The poor cat isn't faring so well once I land a kick or a punch

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you land a kick or a punch.

I bet a cat could open your carotid artery before you could touch it with your hands.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd say I get about a one in four win rate against my cat when I try to tap him on that head without him catching my hand. I've got a big reach advantage

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That’s playing though. Have you seen the videos of cats dodging cobra attacks?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

"Like soft serve ice cream" hahahaha, I actually chuckled. Because yes, I too have been a victim.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A lion would eat a human and is smaller than a horse. A predatory horse would wreck the shit out of a human.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Wait there's predatory horses?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

Well, horses (and most other herbivores) are actually opportunistic carnivores, so they're only a few generations away from switching from opportunistic to actively hunting some of their food.

And by opportunistic carnivore, I mean they'll chomp an unsuspecting small mammal or bird if the mood takes them.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

No. There aren’t. That statement is a thought exercise to let us imagine a situation wherein there might be a predatory horse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

That sounds like something a predatory horse would say. How can I be sure this isn't a trick?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And also, horses don't regularly go vertical, upside-down, climb trees, etc...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

we are just a picnic basket they might need a snack for the trail.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depends on the cat, you can ride a lion with mixed success

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

"On" the lion is more successful than "in" the lion.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Small enough to be afraid to dismount.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dismounting a horse is scary

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Yes, but not because the horse has claws and likes playing with its prey before it kills it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure my cat would just flop over and refuse to move.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What if you were like muad'dib and you lured them in by going pspspsppspsp

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

She would just stare, unimpressed, and lay there like a lumpy sack of potatoes, mocking me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think How To Train Your Dragon was basically a documentary about this. I'd recommend sizing yourself similarly. You'd want to make sure you didn't bog down the maneuverability. I'd probably think GI Joe sized, possibly up to a barbie.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

If you ride the right cat, you can be pretty large. I'm pretty sure a lion could support my weight.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Get a bigger cat.

I'm sure you could ride a lion.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

At least briefly

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Just when you think it can't get better than laser gal they hit you with cat atomic

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

if the cat can ride you at your size, imagine swapping sizes next.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Never forget the good old smile on the face of the tiga!