The Insane Plot Armor of Cats

Long story short, cats are broken. Also please don't throw your cat out a window, “zero fall damage” was an exaggeration
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[@UniQueLyEviL]

“I love that cats slap the shit out of everything they cant understand.” I respect that shit

[@timothyvanhoeck233]

Lol😂

[@187mrsmith]

Me 2 😭😹😵

[@awmuse6228]

I don't understand women. I know what I must do

[@UniQueLyEviL]

@@awmuse6228 nope

[@neocount6397]

Like the monkey in 2001 space odyssey.

[@SakuraAsranArt]

Some prisons in the US discovered inmates adopting kittens from stray cat populations on prison grounds. They found that the inmates with cats caused less problems for Correctional guards and were less prone to violence. Now many prisons in America have introduced cat adoption programs for inmates.

[@JustinObi54]

Nice

[@NicholasLaRosa0496]

I bet there's been many deaths regarding the prisoners that mess with those cats. Lol

[@mhuston865]

@@NicholasLaRosa0496: It's considered beyond taboo to harm a prisoner's cat. Even other prisoners recognize it as being an irredeemable no-no.

[@BazilRat]

"Yo TJ man why you bein' all nice to the guards?" "Coz they'll let us have a cat, foo'." "Say whaaaat? Shit man we better get this cell cleaned up!"

[@tek512]

@@mhuston865 And it's not just gonna be the inmate whose cat you hurt coming at you for it. The whole block is gonna wreck your shit. Animal abuse is a huge no-no even in prisons that don't have adoption programs.

[@user-yx9sj2yt9q]

My cat adopted me against my will. I moved into a rooftop apartment in Mexico that is open to the outdoors, the morning of the first night I spent in the apartment, I woke up to find a large orange cat sitting on my chest, staring at me. That was seven years ago. Originally, he was more wild than domesticated but over the years he has become a total snuggle cat. His full name is Bernie Rey de los Bailarinas de Plumas Sanders.

[@koy5902]

🥹❤

[@ItamarO93]

Cute

[@-Galaxy-2695]

What a wonderful name, i wish you and Bernie Rey De Los Ballerinas De Plumas Sanders a wonderful existence ❤

[@slactweak]

"...My cat adopted me against my will..." Yep. That's how it works, more often than not. Cats choose their owners; we're just along for the ride.

[@graceisamazing5493]

​@@-Galaxy-2695not Ballarinas, Bailarinas

[@cosmalade]

not to mention their freakishly fast reaction speed, being even faster than SNAKES

[@spicybaguette7706]

Like literally, if you look at 0:36 frame by frame, their reaction time is within one frame of video (~40ms). That's insane

[@thepubknight6144]

My calico cat while pregnant used to kill birds, moles, mice and skunks put them on our porch and look up us with a "here ya go i got food now feed me" expression while purring 😂

[@relent-lass7510]

And their reflexes, they can move across the room in seconds

[@aurorachoi5030]

Yeah my cat caught an adult bird mid flight 😭 I had to force him to let it go

[@Borispocalypse]

chadly pfp

[@cramerfloro5936]

Tigers being able to imitate their prey's sounds makes it much clearer to me why in various folklores they're seen as shapeshifting ghoulish creatures.

[@thomcat2704]

Rakshasaaaaaa

[@wnrr2696]

I thought of skinwalker type reports

[@thomcat2704]

@@wnrr2696 Toss a coin to your local,friendly neighbourhood tiger skinewalker......wow,try to say that 3 times lol .....if you say it 3 times you will in fact summon one.....try it,you never know,might be friendly lol

[@syrelian]

"There was sounds of a cow lost in the thicket... but there was no cow, only the horrifying hunter in wait" is the kind of story that after you hear variants on it a couple dozen times between some villages you all go "Okay so tigers are bullshit right?"

[@nhmooytis7058]

The mooing tiger was seriously scary. If they learn to say “Doordash delivery” humanity is over.

[@Magicghost23]

All those strange skills cats have are probably one of the reasons why people thought they where witches familiars in the past.

[@azure6729]

Thought?

[@ijoinedthedarkside333]

Knew*

[@Magicghost23]

@@azure6729 Believed would probably be the proper term.

[@thalmoragent9344]

Yep, they're OP for real 😅

[@aguynamedjoe148]

Relatives of witches?

[@RandomTheIdiot55]

When I was little, my mom had a crusty old black tomcat who showed up at her doorstep as a kitten. One night, my mother heard crying in the middle of the night and went to check it out. Long story short, my little brother stopped breathing in his crib. The cat jumped up onto his chest and the force of his weight restarted my brother’s breathing. This wasn’t just a fluke, either. The cat was wicked smart all around, knowing to bond with my dad by listening to sports games and tapping the floor in front of him when he wanted bacon. Cat lived to be 20 before running off one night during a storm. Thanks for everything, Mustafa. You were a real one.

[@kecym.4808]

❤

[@meganfisher831]

I really enjoyed this, that is a heaven cat.

[@jessiehubick961]

You had a god in your house, dude

[@RandomTheIdiot55]

Probably Zeus. He was intact when my mother found him and she didn’t have the money to get him neutered, so she just left him like that. Soon enough, everyone in the neighborhood had black kittens. This went on until he had his balls cut off by a TNR program.

[@paulineferrill4348]

Babies die of SIDS because, basically, they sleep so deeply that their brain forgets to breathe. So the cat jumping on him to wake him up probably saved his life. (That being said, please don't have cats sleep with babies, you can keep them from sleeping too deeply by running a fan and giving baby pacifiers to suck on.)

[@MilesDashing]

Recently I read an interview with a zoologist who argued that cats are biologically perfect. This means they are so perfectly adapted for their niche that it isn't possible to improve on them. This is why all the different species of cats are basically the same except for size. Big ones for big prey, small ones for small prey. Even though housecats evolved to subsist mainly on mice, they instinctively know how to do the neck bite that chokes out prey their own size, like cheetahs and leopards. Feral ones use it on rabbits and ducks. Or in the case of my cat, mouse cords and mechanical pencils.

[@aylascott6694]

@sarcasmotalvez they literally said that cats are perfectly adapted to their niche not every climate in the world. Also there are certain cats that can be quite comfortable in arctic climates and wet environments.

[@aylascott6694]

@sarcasmotalvez I’m not a zoologist but to quote Anjali Goswami an internationally renowned evolutionary biologist a leading researcher in feline evolution “Cats have nailed one thing so well that they all do it and just come up with slightly different sizes. That's why they're perfect evolutionarily.”

[@aylascott6694]

@sarcasmotalvez also since cats are so specialized they are less adaptable to new environments

[@aylascott6694]

@sarcasmotalvez First of all the statement is one google search away and was said in an interview. Second she wasn’t saying that a cat is evolutionarily perfect in every environment she was saying that it’s specialization makes it perfect for its niche, a cat is perfect in what I’d does that’s why all species of feline are so similar and show little difference to each other. Because they all evolved into a species that is perfect for what they do and what role they fill in the environment.

[@aylascott6694]

@sarcasmotalvez and also why are you bringing eugenics into this it is not applicable in the slightest, this is a discussion on how cats are specialized and have evolved into whether is essentially a perfect animal for its particular niche, very similar to how alligators and crocodiles are also perfect for there niche needing few adaptations or changes for millions of years because they didn’t need to change much they are pretty perfectly adapted to there niche aswell.

[@patrickmccurry1563]

My GF's life was saved by her childhood cat. In the middle of the night she suffered a medical emergency, and her cat went bonkers. Kitty started slamming into her parent's bedroom door until they finally got up to learn their daughter was severely bleeding in her sleep. The doctor even said that if they'd waited until morning, she would not have lived.

[@kaycep6819]

Wow!!!!! I’m glad she had that cat and that the parents paid attention to it. 😊

[@BoogieBoogsForever]

That's nuts!

[@shawn.spencer]

I'm so glad that cat was there!

[@eyouelbekele9292]

Cats are selfish.

[@flamboyant1994]

@@eyouelbekele9292 bro just hate cats

[@jjadter8139]

I am convinced that my cat can sense when someone is really sad, she'll go up to them, sniff them curiously and then walk away because it's not her problem.

[@aquaopa1]

😂

[@poppy-spades]

They had us in the first half, I'm not gonna lie

[@echognomecal6742]

Cats don't even need tears to sustain them. Just the scent & knowledge of sadness.

[@tonyshaw7420]

Yup got me 😂😂😂🍻🇨🇦

[@LawfulBased]

Cat = Cute animal terminator

[@dysmissme7343]

7:15 So I have arthritis and I’ve noticed that my wrists stop aching when some part of my cat is purring while laying on them- like it just stops, while in contact with the cat and for a little while afterwards I am putting two and two together right now 😂

[@gardenofsn5955]

Yep! I have fibro and RA and my cat passed September 2022. My pain's doubled ever since and my depression and anxiety are some of the worst it's ever been. I miss him. I've considered getting another cat, but I'm not able to seriously consider it for the foreseeable future.

[@Longdongyamom]

​@@gardenofsn5955 get the cat. He/she would want you to pass the love onto the next one, just because you get another pet dosent mean you forgot about the ones you had before. Sometimes they're seriously needed for your mental and emotional health, either way I wish you the best of days

[@gardenofsn5955]

@@Longdongyamom Thank you so much for this

[@Longdongyamom]

@@gardenofsn5955 anytime fam 🖤 don't be so hard on yourself, and keep your head up. Send me some pictures of you decide to adopt another animal 🤙

[@dysmissme7343]

Update: my wrists/hands are noticeably better/less achy when I have regular sessions with my cat 🐈😊

[@theminingassassin16]

There’s a reason why the ancient Egyptians saw cats as a symbol of good luck.

[@tarhabrown8038]

There’s a reason why ancient Egyptians WORSHIPPED cats. They weren’t just pets. They were physical manifestations of gods.

[@theminingassassin16]

@@tarhabrown8038 Well, that is part of it. However, it was mostly because cats were seen as symbols of good fortune. They were believed to possess magical powers that allowed them to predict prosperity and a good harvest. This led wealthy families in Egypt at the time to dress their cats in finery and jewels.

[@excessivelyfangirlingbookw3339]

What I love most about cats is that they more or less domesticated themselves and humans just went along with it. If you think about it: pet cats aren't that different from wild cats while most other pet animals differ greatly from their wild counterparts. Furthermore, how many stories do you know of people retelling how "this cat just wandered into my life someday and now it's part of the family"? EDIT: Unfortunately, my ad was not cat-related :(

[@Geospasmic]

And sometimes the help domesticate other cats! They make friends with ferals and bring them to people, and they sneak into wildcat enclosures to snuggle. They're pretty amazing.

[@Katzztar]

Meanwhile I had one cat that would run off for 3 days straight before coming home. Idiot was found once after a neighbor answered my flyer telling me he was by the mail pagoda. I had to walk to get him...meanwhile his brother, the homebody, who was in a funk from missing his brother, refused to have anything to do with him once he got home for three days.

[@Saphia_]

I have never bought/formally adopted a cat. All of them have been bestowed upon me from the world. I.e. Either wandered into my life or the kittens of my one cat who got pregnant.

[@Kytshar]

Indeed, domestic cats are barely different from their wild ancestors. For example, this video shows African Wild Cats and, at a first glance, they are indistinguishable from tabby cats: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oofMlWmBpNGcl68

[@84superninja]

I have a completely feral cat that was terrified of humans and born wild come up and jump up on my lap during a campfire we were having. I brought her in the house that night and she never left

[@LuckyBird551]

Regarding ship cats, during World War 2 there was a ship cat that survived being in three separate ships that sunk. Nicknamed Unsinkable Sam, the cat survived the three ships he was on being attacked by torpedoes, the sinking, and being adrift at sea waiting to be rescued. And did it three times.

[@Strout1791]

Bismarck might be sunken but I’m sure she still loves her cat… in like, battleship heaven or something…

[@JerzCe73]

YES, I read about him...AMAZING!!!! Cats are so f*cking awesome!

[@malucoblz588]

was just about to comment about him, who else want a video about Unsinkable Sam?

[@MikoYotsuya292]

because it still had 6 lives left 😂

[@EnigmaticRPG]

Plot twist: Sam was directly responsible for sinking those ships and just kept getting away with it. That Puss-in-Boots innocence face is POWERFUL STUFF

[@Jayeon139]

8:44 i had a serious low blood sugar episode one morning and didnt wanna deal with it. hearing this I realize why my cat was tryna get me out the room. She fuckin knew. I wish I’d listened sooner cause i passed out on my way to the kitchen. Woke up to her tapping my face and meowing. Love u pip thank u ❤️

[@grantwileyesq.5962]

I shit you not, i live in a apartment complex. Quite a few cats around. Gray cat, really cute. Finally got to pet her one day. She's literally on her back asleep in the middle of my king size bed, while i have a tiny section. She comes and goes as she pleases lol

[@FlandreCanturini]

It’s her bed!

[@andromalius8890]

You forgot their ability to practically become liquid. They can squeeze through tiny gaps because their forelimb bones aren’t attached to the rest of the skeleton except by muscle. Also their ability to self yeet when alarmed and their fast twitch muscle fibres which give them ridiculous striking speeds

[@porpouis]

And fast reaction time too, even faster than a freaking snake I've read. Those kitties practically lag free.

[@joranfokker7477]

​@@porpouisfricking 0ms with 6g 😂

[@Sawbones.]

And night vision too, with paws that make them walk silently, I think they kinda see body heat too?

[@christmastiger]

I think it's specifically their shoulder blades (shoulder girdle?) and collarbones that are only attached by muscle, but yeah I'm surprised that wasn't mentioned! Also their whiskers can basically judge the size of spaces before they enter them.

[@alexia3552]

Ooooh, all good points

[@austinanderson9167]

As a rancher that’s horrifying that tigers can make cow noises, imagine going in the trees to find out where that cows calling from, maybe she’s stuck? Just to round a tree and get grabbed by your neck and taken to the dark

[@pyrovania]

Yeah it is like smaller cats making bird noises.

[@origamipein18]

That sounds like the plot of a horror movie. 😦

[@michaeldavid6832]

And that's why the recorded body count of humans among Tigers is 373,000 between 1800 to 2009 . I'll type that again: 373,000 (three hundred, seventy three, THOUSAND). This is why I'm grateful that I don't live in India or Asia. Come to that, I'm grateful I don't live in Africa, Australia, or South America. I don't have to worry about 100% of the life forms having the ability to kill or eat or kill and eat me.

[@sugoruyo]

Tigers are apex predators as well. They’ve been known to team up to take down elephants. They’ve also been known to jump over the elephant to get the easy prey, the human riding it. Hell, some big cats are known to stalk crocodiles from the shore and then jump into the water and kill their prey. Basically, everything that lives on land knows to fear anything feline from 60% of its size and up. Cats are seriously natures favourite murderers.

[@Tirani2]

I'd like to see a cite for that number.

[@Heterogeneity]

When I lived in Cape Town our house cat was half African Blackfooted Cat. He was an absolute menace to any life form he wanted to bother about. The neighbors had a huge pair of Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs that were terrified of him for good reason.

[@Sowrdou]

Fun fact: There was a rhythm game that had alluded to T. gondii called "Mad Rat Dead", in which a rat was unknowingly infected with this parasite and, while not exactly obsessing over cats, he had hallucinations, and when he met the parasite it had even said "I need to get eaten by a cat--I can't live alone" and it's just overall pretty interesting to know about

[@calle3193]

I have a friend who was brokenhearted because she had to leave her cat in their previous home. Then one night, in her new house that's hundreds of kilometers away, the cat suddenly appeared next to her, sleeping beside here like nothing happened. She cried that entire evening.

[@garyvibesweridtoastcat7090]

*You can't escape the cat*

[@mylesmontgomery942]

"Damn, you went on a long ass trip, good to see ya though, love you."

[@Sashazur]

I hope this had a happy ending - there must have been a good reason she was supposed to leave her cat behind, so was she able to keep it at her new place?

[@topibundar9554]

I have a cat that i raised him since kitten, one day he go outside and lost, i thought someone probably found him and treat him well...about 1 years later a full grown fat cat comes into my home, and im surprise it was HIM...he still remember his first family...he just came into my home for hours to say hi and after that go again and never cameback 😢

[@iqbalaristima7700]

Same like my cat, I move like 600km from my old house, and for some reason my cat came to my new house a few months later still fat and clean like the last time I saw him

[@adeleg4759]

A man with a dog understands responsability, a man with a cat understands consent

[@snailthelostcow63]

A man with both understands the responsibility behind consent

[@killer13324]

and a man with both understands turmoil

[@adeleg4759]

@@MegaMilenche having a dog means keeping a schedule, going on walks daily, not being welcome everywhere (same as having a child). Having a cat is understanding that you can't buy love, a cat may come to love its Butler but on its own terms, you are not owed love

[@js66613]

@@MegaMilenche If you mean the thing about consent, cats will let you know if they're up for petting and will let you know if they're not - some humans just can't read the hints (the tail twitches, the bent back ears, the bristled fur, the hissing sounds, the tenseness, etc. You learn not to just assume someone is consenting to your touch of any kind once you've been around cats long enough. As for a dog, they take more responsibility beyond just vet visits, feeding, giving them reasonable amounts of attention and respecting their personal space. Dogs - big or small - require guidance and training and you will be held accountable for your dog's bad behaviour - be it humping people, or just trying to rip them to shred, scare them shitless and otherwise ruin their lives. So, with a dog you learn responsibility, with a cat you learn consent. (Technically you can learn both with either animal, but they each sure feel more strongly linked to one species than the other...) And though there are touchy-feely extraverted cat owners, I tend to find it's more common with dog owners, where cat owners may be friendly, but tend to understand personal space more after some time sharing space with a cat.

[@paintdgryphon5414]

Best comment thread ever.

[@digitaldreamer5481]

I have two cats that I raised from newborns and had to bottle feed every two hours for a few weeks. I’ve been training them but they display skills that I didn’t train them to do like growl at the front door if some comes at night. They will even wake up me up in the middle of the night as a way to protect me and my wife if someone comes around the house. They are amazing has they think almost humans and look out for the family as a form of duty and honor. 🤙🏻

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

People don't realize the real quickness of a cat's reflexes. I used to watch a lot of nature videos, and even a fat old housecat will easily run rings around a cobra. It's no contest.

[@Evilofhumanity]

Honestly cats know their worth and will flaunt it all over _everyone_

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

Cats are like us in a way.

[@caesarsalad1170]

and make us adopt them. Rather they adopt *you*

[@ezekielcaselton5842]

"I can warn you of cancer...BOW HUMAN!"

[@thalmoragent9344]

On gawd, Cats are THEM

[@hydrolysis77]

⁠@@caesarsalad1170 sometimes my cat will start meowing for no reason, I think sometimes he is looking for me

[@erinthesystem9608]

Whenever I try to "slow blink" with my cat, she just looks at me in a way which seems to say, "You got that out of a cat book, didn't you?"

[@Lostouille]

You re probably not fluent enough in blinking

[@erinthesystem9608]

@@Lostouille I think my cat just thinks I'm making fun of her or something. Now I smile naturally and just let her blink on her own. She seems more comfortable that way.

[@trybunt]

​@@erinthesystem9608just put effort into spending time with them, and they'll appreciate it. No need for all those tips and tricks, our cats love seeing us because they know its worthwhile, they'll get treats/play time, pats etc. It's not complicated imo

[@tabicares4064]

Mine2

[@drewdabrew4745]

​@@erinthesystem9608cat and even some ppl can detect when someone isn't being genuine lol 😂

[@louisarguin8621]

About the dedecting cancer thingy... they might dedect it, but if they have it, they don't tell you... you only notice it until it's too late to go back. My source? Experience... I'll miss you Charlotte.

[@toms7219]

One time at around 3 AM I was woken up by the sound of loud, unearthly screaming outside. I went to see what could possibly make a sound like that, and it was a big 'ol fox taking successive right hooks from my cat which was about 1/3 of the fox's size. It was recoiling and screaming in pain/surprise. Still dead tired, I was like "ehh he's fine" and went back to bed.

[@raydgreenwald7788]

My parents’ first date went horribly and the only reason my mom gave my dad a second date was because her cat liked him. I literally owe my existence to a cat EDIT: So I was talking to my dad about this story and he clarified that my mom had two cats: Tigger and Puss

[@johnlemon5227]

The cat Gods have blessed you😭

[@halimahh5h268]

That's such an honor to be alive because of a cat tbh

[@ikhnatonosiris7166]

😂That's why they were considered gods in ancient Egypt, they could determine your fate.

[@myujmes]

what was so bad about the date?

[@SinHurr]

Meow

[@andrewpierce1588]

I had an astronomy professor who talked about how a cat’s vision (infrared abilities, vis a vis, night vision goggles), smelling, and other sense abilities would make them better search animals than dogs. He said they never figured out how to teach a cat to care enough to do the job. 😂

[@billolsen4360]

Only one type will care enuf to do that job: Cats In Black

[@feraljane]

My cats would care about finding me, but they were not keen on strangers.

[@NA-sq3jd]

Mmmm 8:49

[@shem7146]

I love how independent they are and not want to be controlled

[@dysmissme7343]

Cats are too elite to be servants 😂😂

[@IzReal-ot2ll]

I've seen stories where a cat living in a nursing home where the cat will go into a room with a resident that is not well and will stay with the resident until they pass away. The cat refused every time to leave the resident, it seemed to not want the resident to pass away alone. Most residents were found to be comforted by having the cat staying with them.

[@Mr2010forgeben]

The inclusion of their ability to teleport followed by "Yoink" had me on the floor for a minute

[@xXSakuraTearsXx]

Another thing that comes to mind is the fact that cats essentially decided, many years ago, that humans have a lot of advantages; so instead of us domesticating cats, it’s really more like they decided we were tolerable & so started a symbiotic relationship with us, that has lasted many years. There’s no doubt in my mind that they’ve figured out how to train us over the years, instead of us figuring out how to train them; even if we think we’ve trained them, it’s just an illusion they’ve decided to allow.

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

It's sort of like humans with horses, we only even associate with them because of all the benefits.

[@murasakirin8998]

Honestly this is very true. I had two cats growing up (sadly down to one very old girl), and when I moved out and into an apartment, the roommate I had at the time had a cat. That adorable pain in the butt had me wrapped around her little paw from day one. I like to joke that I came to her pre-trained. I adore all animals, but i definitely bond the quickest with cats.

[@ttt-rq3vs]

I mean science of evolution shows us that while Wolves had to de-evolve in order to adjust to life with humans, cats never had to. They were already nature's best companion for a human. I feel bad for dogs, we took a brilliant animal and made it absolutely useless because we wanted pets.

[@kashimea_]

Yeah cats actually domesticated themselves twice!

[@lolzguyl]

@@ttt-rq3vs Hunting dogs, seeing-eye dogs, police/military dogs, emotional support dogs, search and rescue, service dogs for those with medical conditions, cattle dogs, and lifelong companions. Wouldn't classify em as useless. On top of that, we still have, albeit not at the same volume, wolves.

[@Skotzenn]

I'd always wanted a cat of my own but due to a nomadic lifestyle i didn't want to deliberately subject an animal to a lifestyle that might be stressful to them. Then one day in the Arizona desert i was driving to a jobsite when an older kitten popped out of the bushes, I opened the door, he hopped in and snuggled up in my lap, so now i have a cat and i love him. His name is Moe after the stooge; he thinks he's in charge but he's clumsy and dumb as a stump.

[@KaraZiasapiens]

I don't know; he may be smarter than you think, because he found you.

[@serixskylark]

I had a similar thing happen to my dad, where a little kitten wandered up to him on Christmas night, freezing and hungry, and the first thing he did was bring it inside for me to take care of. We couldn’t keep him since we already had cats, but since I was at my grandparents’ and my aunt and cousin also lived there, they decided to adopt him instead. I’m glad he’s doing well with a family of his own now :) (this is also in Arizona, now coincidental is that?)

[@sierrastanley3109]

I don't know, he's got you taking care of him doesn't he? If he's dumb then what does that say about you? Servant to a dumb king? 😂

[@ThePopo543]

Plot twist: he's only pretending to be clumsy and dumb so that you'd do all the work for him.

[@mikek7660]

That's a beautiful story man

[@mhuston865]

My friend's cat has actually woken her up from sleep to alert her that her son's blood sugar was dangerously low. It has happened at least three times over a couple of years. Never been trained to do it.

[@kaiying74]

1:00 - The stats from that 80's study were biased towards cat that survived. You don't take a dead cat to the Vet.

[@vha3151]

My cat Biscuit (RIP) used to knead her paws on the upper left side of my chest. At first I didn't notice, but overtime I realised she kept kneading just one spot and that spot HURT like numerous needles punctured me. I felt what could be a lump, and had the spot checked out, because it kept hurting afterwards. It turned out to be a tumor was growing RIGHT AT THAT SPOT. Thankfully it's benign, and I got it removed. I don't know how Biscuit knew, but I'm grateful for her, of her. I hope she's happy in Heaven.

[@bartendingcrow6497]

Rest in peace biscuit man, that buddy of yours loved you so much she made sure you live long and happy. That's a true friend if ever I heard one ❤

[@mermaid_at_heart213]

I have chronic health issues, including stomach problems. My cat Waverly will sometimes knead on my stomach when it's hurting badly, and he always knows which spot hurts the worst. When I'm really sick or feeling extra crummy, he will cuddle up with me and pet my cheek, then grab my hand and hold hands with me. I have a ton of stories just like that from years of the cats I've rescued really rescuing me back. Cats are special.

[@godnyx117]

Sorry for your loss! Hope you can be together again one day! ❤

[@galabros]

You sure buiscut didn't cause the tumor?

[@VonVikoGoat]

biscuit ate multiple radiotherapy machines thats how she knew

[@PoisoningIvie]

I'm a diabetic and my cats have definitely woken me up when my blood sugar was low. PJ, who I've had for 3 years, does it most often, but every cat I've ever had has woken me up if my blood sugar was too low. He also walks all over my computer to tell me to go to bed if I stay up past 3am and sits next to me and purrs when I'm upset. He was born to be an ESA and he really does improve my life

[@zoeyjones7496]

Yep!! My mom would sometimes stop breathing in her sleep and the CAT woke her up each time.

[@TheBurrito171]

The one advantage cats have as pets is that when you are diabetic, the cat will at least wait until you are dead before eating you.

[@erinbibb]

Our cat Remus saved my diabetic sister's life more times than I can count. He was a very special boy. We miss him so much.

[@jnharton]

Cats generally have a pretty sensitive nose and can pick up on changes in odor that we would miss. That's also generally true of dogs. It can be a big clue that something is wrong.

[@maximusstorm1215]

That's called confirmation bias. Seems like your cats interact with you a whole lot. The fact they do it when certain things are happening/due, will cause you to think they're doing it because they're conscious of it. But that's what confirmation bias is. It's like when somebody prayers all the time. If they prayer for good fortune often, then leave the house and find a £20 note on the floor, they'll think it's God answering their prayers, and not the fact the pray all the time and would have found it anyway. Same thing with your cats.

[@pikapichu5]

It is genuinely so interesting how cats are able to detect changes in their human owners, and even help them. My partner has an immune system of steel, but covid knocked him flat on his ass and left him bedridden and dazed for several days. That entire time, one of our cats stayed with him, only moving to use the litter box--i had to coax her into eating. She would *not* leave until he was up and lucid, and even then she hung around to make sure he was totally okay. She's never done anything like it before or since. (Unfortunately, these cuddle sessions ended up with her on his chest, where he was trying to breathe from, but points for enthusiasm girlie.)

[@NylonGenesis]

I have never heard a tiger moo before. That’s almost as hilarious as it is horrifying.

[@MissIssay]

Those healing powers are no joke. A few years back I got into a car accident - broken ribs, leg, wrist, bruises all over, in general not fun. Once I got released from hospital my cat legit spent 2 or 3 weeks cuddled up to me like a fluffy, purring heating pad. 24/7 with breaks only for food and litterbox. Damn, I loved that cat.

[@snailthelostcow63]

My friend's cat got told that he got 10 lives, mainly cause he basically almost had all of his internal organ failing, yet still live anyway. Hell, even his appetite didn't change much, like how can you say the cat is dying when he ate 5 fishes per day?

[@MeGustaWHAT]

When my Dad was dying early this year our kitten would not leave his side the night he passed. She remained there, purring by his side the entire time as he couldn't let heavier cats lay on him. Her healing may have had little effect at that point, but I am more than convinced she knew it was time. She stayed on that bed the entire next day, and the other cats made their rounds mourning him over the next few days before the medical bed was removed. It was really quite moving.

[@angelacrabtree2847]

I have asthma. Every cat I have had has preferred to curl up on of near my chest.

[@kninenights]

Oh here’s a kinda funny story. So I lived in a neighbourhood with a communal cat. His name was Woody. He technically belonged to this nice family down the road but he roamed everywhere. And one day he just kinda stopped showing up. At a gathering, the owners told the parents that he was sent to a farm. Which is usually code for “he died”. So the parents were sad but they didn’t tell the kids. Woody was known to disappear for a while sometimes so none of the kids really noticed. And one day he returned! Like I said, none of the kids noticed, he just was there again. But the parents were super confused. Turns out, they were literal. They sent Woody to a farm a ways away and he *walked back*. Several miles.

[@farhanatashiga3721]

He's like "Fuck this shit I ain't living on a farm"

[@JanizMakudomaru]

Woody: TOO BAD!! I'm alive.

[@mars_j5479]

Why stay at the farm with its hardworking lifestyle when you had a comfy relaxing home.

[@blipblop8784]

This story brightened my day thankyou 😭

[@pleasesnapmyneckmommy3048]

Homeward bound moment

[@chrissmith-no3bo]

My sister got a kitten back in 1985 and he loved my dad so much. In 1997 when my dad was at home on hospice boots laid on his bed soon he ambulance brought him home. When dad died the next day boots followed the funeral guys down the stairs watch them put him in he hearse when they left boots went into the woods and never came home again. He was trained when mom opened the window and pushednhe can opener her knew it was dinner. But he never came home.

[@amethyst0ne]

My brain is hardwired to hear my cat gagging from the other room in the middle of the night

[@krisej31]

I used to work at a nursing home with a cat. Whenever she'd start paying more attention to a resident, we knew something was wrong. She picked up on illnesses, infections and was a really good indicator of who was going to die next. She would spend a lot of time with dying residents. Refusing to leave them alone at the end of their lives. She was so sweet.

[@ageovlove]

ok Dr. Sleep

[@jontraz5993]

@@ageovlove LMAO AZRAEL

[@kelborhal2576]

😭

[@MarlieAstra]

Plot twist, the cat was a serial killer

[@karlajaeger2082]

Nice try, that was an actual cat and you're obviously not the original.

[@itzakpoelzig330]

It's been said that all the cats disappeared from Pompeii in the days before Mount Vesuvius erupted. That's why we have ash-casts of people and dogs from there, but none of cats. I've heard anecdotes that the same thing happened in the area around Mount St. Helens. Keep an eye on the cats, folks.

[@genericname2747]

Cats really just abandon us when things get dangerous

[@firstandlastaliv3]

The Cat Island in Japan has a similar story. But people paid attention to the cats. The cats sensed a tsunami coming and started going up the mountains and people followed them, and now people are grateful to the cats.

[@michaeld7945]

bruh if the cat says it's time to go and you stay, that's on you@@genericname2747

[@thecatvoid.]

@genericname2747 they don't, they are independent and was never really with us to begin with

[@Nsquare_01]

​@@genericname2747cats: I call that a skill issue

[@gbormann71]

Excellent narration! One of the best on YT! Not of that weird intonation or robotic/AI voice.

[@JHouse151]

I love this channel man, not only are you capable of pure comedic delivery of facts, everything you talk about is wholly educational as hell from multiple angles. Ive learned and laughed a lot with thanks to you and hope it keeps coming for many years ahead! ❤💯

[@omega2279]

My cat is full black, and I found him as a kitten. Basically he was in this spot near my home, meowing, and people just kind of assumed he was a stray, leaving some food for him and the like. But by the second day, he was in the exact same spot, still meowing, and I thought, "okay, something's not right here". I approached him further, and yeah, his right eye was full of crust. I took him to the vet, and sure enough, turned out he had Feline Herpesvirus. He had a shot, and made a full recovery. He had never stopped sleeping on my chest in his recovery period, and makes a point to sleep with me when I'm feeling sick as well.

[@keness4768]

That's some good work you did. Rescue kitties always bond strongly to their saviors.

[@omega2279]

@@keness4768 He's on my lap right now, and would agree.

[@ifwrainbow190]

W human 🎉

[@JustZal]

its even more adorable that a black cat is being treated better than others superstitions about black cats being bad luck is just unfair they didnt want to be born black, yet they are :( its not fair to be racist to a cat cause its black and some folktale that only exists in your minds said so

[@hedgehogshill3522]

I was sick a while ago and my cat almost didn't left my side. She always has time when she is a lot around me and then times she isn't but that was different, she really just went to pee and eat and take a short walk before going back to me.

[@scruffynerfherder33]

I had 2 female cats that were both pregnant. One night the calico started giving birth on our back porch. She was having a rough time and i started to wonder where the grey one was. Around the side of the house she had just given birth and was nursing her kittens. She then followed me to the calico and proceeded to knead on the calicos belly until she gave birth to the rest of the kittens. It was wild.

[@2okaycola]

Thanks for sharing

[@g0thfae]

That's awesome

[@JustZal]

Cats do be helping each other

[@TheWritingsonthewalls]

Midwife kitties!!!

[@persephone342]

I believe Cats are mini Gods that bless us with their presence.

[@traviseller8160]

There are two ways a cat can enter a humans life. Human intervention. Cat intervention.

[@TheIconicFisherman]

Cats problem solving capabilities is so underrated honestly and probably should have made it into this video because it's actually kind of freaky how good they are at figuring things out when they are determined to do so.

[@OldManShane]

As a type 1 diabetic who spent twenty years with one of the best cats in the world, I can not tell you how many times he saved my life, by alerting on me that my blood sugar was low (in a few cases, he even fetched a candy bar and brought it to me, because he knew what I needed). They really are amazing. He wasn't trained to be a service animal, either. He just picked up on it.

[@carsen161616]

That's insane how situationally intelligent they are and how much they want to help their human. Give your cat an ear scratch for me

[@marcusblackwell2372]

How DO cats sense stuff like that? Genuine question

[@andrew41391]

@@marcusblackwell2372probably similar to how dogs do, they can smell the hormones that are released when insulin breaks down ketones in the body

[@jordanmitchell380]

​@@marcusblackwell2372They have an acute sense of smell that's better than ours. So they probably can smell it like how trained dogs do.

[@mwbright]

My cat is still better than your cat. My cat is the best cat in the world. She hurts me a lot, but I respect her.

[@GarGhuul]

So when a human manages to “sneak up” and surprise/scare a cat, the cat is really just humouring the human and playing along.

[@akaroth7542]

Eh, not always. They can space out or be distracted by thought. Had multiple cats for 35+ years. They're very aware, but can catch the spoop

[@sub_toLennon]

​@@akaroth7542who was your favorite cat

[@snailthelostcow63]

Well... to compensate their super detector, they also need super reflexes. Unfortunately, many times it looks silly as hell instead of cool and majestic

[@christophersmith8316]

Nah you can sometimes get them. You can tell because they are embarrassed when youdo.

[@christiancinnabars1402]

If you do that with a wild cat, then I'd 100% bet it was just acting. Domestic cats can leave their guard down, though, since they rarely are in any danger.

[@retcongecko1016]

A few years ago, my mom and I convinced my dad to set up a catio outside our house, it was a really basic set up, literally just a net attached to a wood frame via zip ties. When we were tying down the net, I told my dad and brother to make sure there weren’t any gaps larger than 4-5 cm, my dad shrugged me off saying I was exaggerating. Lo and behold, 5 minutes after we finished and let her out for the first time, she’d escaped through a gap and was wandering around the neighbourhood. Our second cat straight up tore the net free and got out that way twice, so now we have to rebuild it. He tore it free on the ceiling, by the way, without any platforms or way to hold his weight, I have no clue how he managed that. Those two have caused me so much stress over the years, but I wouldn’t trade them for the world.

[@shrimpythe3162]

My cat chose me when we were both little and he is basically my best friend. (When I had spinal surgery he never left my side and learning cats purs have healing properties I love him even more for that)

[@Megaman8880]

My mom had a cat a few years ago that wouldn't move from her chest. She went to the doctor on a hunch and turns out she had breast cancer. She beat the cancer by the way, cat probably saved her life.

[@susie9893]

Yes, both cats and dogs are known to be diagnosticians

[@pedro_antuness22]

thats literally the story told in the video bruh... why do people need to lie to seek attention

[@Megaman8880]

@@pedro_antuness22 It's almost like something he said in the video has happened to at least one other human being before, crazy right? Why the hell would I create a story about my own mother having cancer lol.

[@pedro_antuness22]

@@Megaman8880 because thats what someone who seeks attention would say. Ive seen a lot of people like you, you dont fool me. I think people shouldnt believe everything that people post on the internet and youre the perfect example why.

[@nineten9011]

@@pedro_antuness22 you also have no way of disproving it. the statement isn't that out of the ordinary.

[@silvermoon6175]

Full believer of cat purrs healing. After my mother had abdominal surgery, our cat laid there and purred for hours. She had less internal scarring than expected.

[@christophersmith8316]

Same with me after a broken wrist and surgery. Slept by the arm every moment until it healed then went back to her usual habits.

[@purpleness64]

My cats 🐈(former strays) are always laying on me or close to me.

[@ZTheLastViking]

That's nice to hear. However, the issue for me is observing a correlation and assuming it's the causation because it sounds beautiful. Instead of the cat having mystical healing properties, it might just have been a great surgeon. That being said, you can believe what you feel like i just think differently

[@mikek0135]

@ZTheLastViking: We could do chemical, biological, and mathematical tests, but the drug indistry would hate that. We can look at statistics, however, and find patterns. Who, had the best recoveries from surgeries with this same surgeon, etc. It's an option, I believe.

[@ZTheLastViking]

@mikek0135 Correct me if im wrong im trying to rephrase what you just said: We could do proper studies if it wasn't for the pharma industry actively suppressing all attempts to investigate the healing properties of a cat purring on a healing wound. We can, however, ask the surgeon how many of his patients had cats purring on the wound and if they healed better than average (which would be a correlation btw still not a proven causation) and until then we believe in it regardless because, after all, it's just an opinion and we want it to be true. Whats the problem with leaving questions open and doing research? If we dont know something we dont have to make something up that sounds pleasant. Nothing wrong with accepting "I dont know" Thats where we disagree id say

[@FrankiesFancy]

The way you describe things cracks me up lmao and as a life long multi cat owner, I can confirm all of your info as true. Thanks for this video 😊 I thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@froznpyro]

Ive witnessed my cat completely ignore physics & gravity just to jump off a wall. I dont question feline shenanigans anymore.

[@RedDadRedemption]

I'm a disabled veteran in chronic and constant nerve pain. The love my rescue cat ( I've had him 20months) has helped me overcome self deletion thoughts. He comes to meet my car and jumps up for head bumps and loving 4/5 times a day then sleeps on me. But the most wonderful thing is he never leaves my side at night, sleeps as close to me as he can, I move a lot due to pain and he is always there when I need my old man toilet trips escorting me every time. I love my cat.

[@mintyreview6794]

i very love that your user is reddadredemption

[@vornamenachname989]

I don't live in the US but thank you for your service. I'm happy for you that you found a feline friend that helps you in every situation

[@RedDadRedemption]

@@vornamenachname989 Thank you.

[@shugadaddy4841]

Thank you and God bless ❤

[@PigSticker-wm2tq]

Even if you delete your cat will still be fine and fed. Too OP build lol

[@RenAsterion]

Honestly, my cat saved my life many times when I was a teenager. I was borderline suicidal and any time I tipped closer to that edge, he would be right there, in my lap, purring away and making sure I couldn't do anything stupid because I was too busy giving him the love and affection he definitely, 1000% deserved. The very worst day, when everything had just built and built until I couldn't take it anymore, he corralled me into the living room for pet time instead of letting me go into the kitchen like I'd been planning. He then sat on me for probably around 2 hours, purring his little head off and giving my arms a bath. He didn't stop until my crying morphed into laughter. I don't remember ever getting that close to the edge again. He was there for me all through high school and I miss him so, so much. I don't think I'll ever get over his passing as he meant so much to me.

[@brian-us8lj]

So glad for you. Your cat is so precious.

[@AtlasSun777]

I sweared up and down my cat that also passed away saved me from hanging myself one day. She was meowing like crazy and seemingly with purpose. She never left me alone when things got bad. It’s so amazing how they just know. I like hearing another similar perspective, I feel less crazy for assuming she knew what she was doing

[@bullrusher77]

We honestly don't give animals enough credit for what they do for us and I am glad that people are realizing that cats are actually pretty great.

[@RenAsterion]

@@AtlasSun777 Honestly, it's such an honour when a cat chooses you as their person. My boy was supposed to belong to me and my brother, but he COMPLETELY snubbed my brother and bonded super closely with me. He never left me alone if he could help it. It absolutely kills me that I wasn't there with him when he passed. I'd gotten a job offer that I couldn't refuse that forced me to move and I couldn't take him with me right away (it was early December when I moved to another province and it was absolutely freezing. He was a fluffy boy, but it was too long of a trip and I knew I'd probably have some stops where I was forced to wait outside. I didn't want him to be cold, too, considering he was entirely an indoor cat and had never been outside in the winter, let alone in the prairies where it'd be even colder than my home town). I'd been saving up to go back and retrieve him, but I guess I took too long and he just... laid down in a sunbeam one day in the middle of summer, went to sleep, and never woke up again. The vet who examined him to find out what happened said he died 'cause his heart was too big. It's so ironic because he had so much love for me.

[@alexia3552]

Damn, that has me tearing up. That is some pure empathy right there.

[@AikoNozawa]

the stress thing is true. I couldn't count how many times I've had panic attacks and my cats comfort me

[@spacekid9680]

Once I broke my ankle in two places. A few months off of crutches and out of the special boot, a neighbour's cat decided to fall asleep while purring on the broken ankle.

[@justjulia8007]

I promise I had the worst digestive issues as a child and my cat seemed to know; she would jump on my abdomen and do “kitty dough” during my worst episodes.. it brought instant relief. Every time.

[@emialana9770]

I used to have horribly painful period cramps - without fail, every month, my cat would lay over my lower belly and purr when I had them. Never laid there any other times, he usually preferred to sleep on my chest.

[@justjulia8007]

@@emialana9770 it’s amazing isn’t it?! They’re our little comforting companions..🤍

[@molls0922]

My cat did that too. It worked better than any medical treatment.

[@redcrewmate927]

​@@emialana9770 On your chest??? Man that cat knows what he's doing 😂😂

[@picklewart5382]

@@redcrewmate927 Sus.

[@alyssabullock6421]

I'm surprised he didnt talk about how cats can predict when people die. One of the most famous cat stories was a cat who lived in a nursing home (or hospital), and knew when people were close to death. Whether the cat laid with a person in their bed or not determined whether they would die, and the cat was almost always correct.

[@MeGustaWHAT]

In another comment I described this exact situation happening on the night my Dad passed early this year. All the cats wanted to lay on him but due to his discomfort only the youngest kitten was allowed. She stayed by his side the entire night, and remained on the empty bed for much of the next few days, as did the other cats as they seemingly mourned his passing.

[@sophielegay4104]

I think this story was debunked: people close to death are colder and need heat so nurses put heated blankets on them. And of course cats love heat...

[@makkurosa5593]

@@MeGustaWHATawww 🥹

[@olliverklozov2789]

this just proves that cats are murderers and not to be trusted

[@jeniskindof]

Interestingly the ancient Egyptians believed that cats were both in the land of the dead and the living at the same time maybe this myth came out of cats ability to "sense" the dieing

[@elladrawswell]

The heightened senses that cats have are no joke. I sometimes stop by my dad's house to pick up some things and will often use the bathroom there. The only big sound I make when entering the house is opening and closing the door yet every time, without fail, the cat will be waiting outside the bathroom for me.

[@avacornthelastponybender8583]

That last part about the parasite sounds like something straight out of a horror movie

[@WindowsXP_logon_sound_25yrsago]

Cats are so vital. The internet wouldn't have survived without them.

[@robinharwood5044]

The internet came into existence for cats. So did the universe.

[@Christhreeonesix]

Cat, I'm a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance and I dance dance dance

[@laidesman1997]

​@Christhreeonesix THE FLASHBACK THAT WAS MY FIRST VIDEO I REMEMBER

[@WindowsXP_logon_sound_25yrsago]

@@Christhreeonesix I think I might have that video on my throwbacks playlist 😂😂

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

"There are cat videos on the internet. More cat videos than your TV set." -Robert Benfer

[@VincentMcmanus.]

8:43 I can personally attest to this one. I've been diabetic since I was seven years old. Not long after I was diagnosed, my blood sugar dropped really low while I was asleep in my bed, and I started to convulse with seizures (a diabetic episode). My cat at the time jumped up on the bed and sounded the alarm, which caused my parents to run into the room to figure out just what the hell was going on. As a result, my parents were able to administer the medical aid I needed, thus extending my subscription to living to this day. I would legit not be alive right now if it had not been for that cat.

[@neoordwell]

I had an argument recently with someone that some cats are worthy of being considered full fledged service animals. she said that cats can't help in medical emergencies. I brought up blood sugar levels because that shit is seriously super useful. fuckin love cats, man

[@peggedyourdad9560]

@@neoordwell Yeah, I can see them being medical alert animals, but not anything that has anything physical since they are fairly small animals.

[@amandabaker4678]

​@@neoordwellI knew someone who had a service cat! It was a sphinx, it had certification, and would sit on his shoulders and alert him when he was about to have an epileptic seizure! It was always such a struggle to remind myself that it was a working cat and I couldn't talk to it!

[@robertabarnhart6240]

@@peggedyourdad9560 Apparently you haven't seen the video of the cat who literally cannonballed a pit bull who was attacking his boy.

[@RoseMidas]

Thank you for sharing.

[@llYossarian]

4:09 - This more likely suggests that domestic cats never "grow up" and perceive us as "adults" _(the difference in size between a kitten/adult cat and an adult cat/a human is roughly proportional)_

[@randallmcgrath9345]

I noticed the higher pitched purr thing too immediately after getting a cat. She acted like she was dying but just wanted food. Then she rejected everything I offered as usual.

[@prihaps]

My first cat was not raised around cats by the time we adopted him at 6mo age. He did not let out a single meow for 2 WHOLE YEARS. Then we adopted our second who did meow. He quickly realized he can do that too and hasnt shut up since😂

[@neoordwell]

"oh shit i can SPEAK?"

[@khills]

It’s always amazing to watch cats learn to manipulate us. I adopted a cat who had been raised in a feral population at a university, so his age was pretty firm. He was 5 when I got him, had been the tom of the town, but after a serious snowstorm decided it would be better to be rescued and calmly walked right into a car carrier. He watched my older cat, who I’d raised from a bottle, intently, and learned to biscuit, meow, and chat with us - all behaviors that took a while to figure out. You could literally watch him study what my older cat was doing and then mimic it, checking to see if he did it right. Funnily enough my next cat was also a rescue who likely spent little time around humans, and so we watched the exact same learning play out. There’s little cuter than watching a cat learn to biscuit. 😻

[@prihaps]

@@khills omg ty for sharing! My husband and I are dying over reading this🥺

[@Scavenger82]

​@@khillsThe student became the teacher and passed it on to the next generation. 😊

[@christianstorms3950]

Same. First kitten got rescued by our dog from a flock of crows, maybe 5 week old kitten at the side of the road. It was a clutch, but we managed. A year later, some other street cat, likely related, started to share walks with our dog. It was adorable. Some time later she came by with her fresh litter, which at one point she even moved to the bush right at our patio. Then Mama was gone, never to be seen again😢. We searched homes for the litter, keeping one. While the first one, rised by our dog, always had been silent, the second literally is Shakespeare, constantly and loudly monologuing. Yeah took like a year and now the first one is a chatter box, too.😂

[@bygota]

I had a bladder cancer and my cat detected and somehow located it precisely. He massged the area every single day until I went to surgery. Now, I'm a 100% and I have no doubt he was an important part in my healing process. This little guy is my bff!

[@Ze_Moose]

👏👏👍

[@scottappleton842]

Cats and dogs have a great sense of smell. Because of the lack of cancer treatment, if dogs realise their friend has cancer, they bite the area it an attempt to BITE THE CANCER OUT OF THE REST OF THE FLESH. Better to have a 50% chance of blood loss than a 100% chance of insanity, strokes, physical disabilities, cancerous lumps, etc. , right?

[@lordfelidae4505]

@@scottappleton842that is both metal as fuck and sweet as hell. Thank you for this.

[@MandiPudding]

Cats are real friends that is why they are so persecuted and libeled in this cursed wold.

[@6pek9]

a Cat's purr actually speeds up the healing process.

[@henryprice9493]

My kitties know when i'm upset and when i'm going to leave and will give me extra love on those moments. They're so smart.

[@ceviche4life951]

11:40 No because we have a cat that went missing for hours. We had no clue where he went, we searched the entire house, the front and backyard, everything. We walk into the kitchen, say “I give up on finding him” and in 3 seconds he spawns under the kitchen counter and 3 of us didn’t notice.

[@haijynkz5160]

My cat was not taught the anti-gravity trick. Instead of leaping fearlessly he panicked and tried to wall climb, landed standing vertically and broke his back leg. He also talks to my other cat and can't track anything. I think he may be a leftover beta version...

[@PestilentAllosaurus]

He's trying his best.

[@bakedbaker9882]

Lol, your kitty sounds like a human trapped in a cats body

[@mastathrash5609]

My Old boi I can sneak up on somtimes when he's asleep in the sun. But he still spawns and can hear food a mile away.

[@js66613]

Game devs got careless, one cat slipped their attention.

[@Lord_Numpty]

Hey, that's part of a cats charm. They're simultaneously graceful, elegant and deadly while being clumsy and *goofy as fuck.*

[@DonnaBarrHerself]

Cats can target NERVES. A reptile handler visiting a school here, who had been chomped on by everything from rattlers to gila monsters, was asked by breathless schoolchildren which hurt worst. Without missing a beat, he replied, "housecat."

[@Felidae-felicis]

Yes, i love play fighting with my cats but guarddang those mf can bite. And they usually bite on my nerves. Oh yeah, if a cat bites ya. Push, don't pull.

[@callmecharlie4250]

my cat goes specifically for the tendons in my wrists. it really freaking hurts.

[@boxman5381]

This why i hate cats they’re just so rude I’m okay with any other cat except house cats house cats are just rude and climb on everything

[@Pherioxus]

So that is why my cat manages to always miss the important arteries on my wrists when play fighting him, he does it on purpose.

[@callmecharlie4250]

@@boxman5381 really? it's climbing you take issue with? personally I love watching my cat nimbly race across all of the raised surfaces in my home. house cats are also small prey animals, so being off of the floor or under something gives them safety and confidence.

[@DreadEnder]

6:08 the ad was about a zoology course

[@Flowey-Yourbestfriend]

11:42 Man: (plays claw machine and wins prize) Cat: (Blooooooop.) Man: *Y O I N K*

[@purplehaze2358]

I remember seeing two distinct instances in which a cat went missing, only to then return with another cat that's seemingly completely identical to them. I like to think they divide like cells when not observed.

[@SugarandSarcasm]

That could explain their teleportation

[@TheSaltySeaman]

A lot of times they find a sibling out in the wild. A semi-feral had a litter under my aunt's house, my aunt owned cats but ones that were pretty chill. After a while they realized that there were two cats nursing the babies, at some point her sister showed up (looked like she just weaned off a litter not long before)

[@NyxFox]

My sister adopted a cat named Brian five years ago. Brian was an all-black cat, except for a tiny patch of white on his chest. There are now three Brians, all pretty much identical. My sister has no clue where they're coming from. Can confirm, Brian can divide himself.

[@elstarnor4628]

New headcanon just fropped

[@plantherum2365]

@@NyxFox Brian will soon have enough clones to take over a small country, Brian has big dreams.

[@XenaDarlene]

Cats also have great navigating skills. My cat, who accidentally jumped off a balcony at my apartment complex, started to meow at my front door. Me, finding the meow to be so recognizable, opened the door and she came walking in without a scratch. Keep in mind, she hasn’t explored the area outside the apartment, yet, she found a way.

[@caesarsalad1170]

I'd still take her to the vet, there's always a chance of internal damage.

[@Mernom]

If she ended up right outside the apartment complex, finding and following your scent would be trivial. The story of the car going over 1k miles to find her owner is a much better example.

[@snailthelostcow63]

There's the catch, "her meow is recognizable". Same thing with my pet cat, he had a very specific meow I can actually discern his meow than with other cats even when he was fighting with other cats at the time (which leads me to hurry and separate them of course, can't disturb the neighborhood after all)

[@sub_toLennon]

​@@Mernomwow, a car traveled 1k miles to find their owner? cars are really advanced now

[@NatLaS]

I let the cat I'm petsitting explore the staircase of my building. After 5 minutes I heard her meowing in distress, she thought I had closed the door... But she was just on the wrong floor 😂

[@dixztube]

All your videos are so good. Always happy to see it on my feed

[@nephilimslayer73]

I have always been a cat lover. I adopted my current cat because he was a homeless kitten and I could relate to that. He protects me fiercely. He got jealous of guys I dated and attacked two of them. He also chased a shadow demon out of my bedroom at night. One time, I hurt my lower back. I had to use the wall to straighten myself. The pain was almost unbearable. In spite of taking painkillers, all I could do was lay on my side in bed. My cat got up on my bed. He laid behind me, pressing his back to mine. He constantly purred. The warmth and vibration caused my pain to decrease by 50% and I could actually get up and move around. He also senses when I am sick or sad, he will always stay by my side.

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

Honestly, cats deserve to outlive humanity and they probably will.

[@ne0395]

They will end is coming buckle up kido..

[@thevictorianconservative1093]

To be frank though, thats a low bar. Have you seen humanity lately? Lol

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

@@ne0395 Did you have a stroke?

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

@@thevictorianconservative1093 Yeah, true. (Cats > dogs btw)

[@StarMarine1084]

@@thevictorianconservative1093 Humanity having a small disagreement - World War 3

[@perrytheplatypus5047]

My parents had our old cat Hank before I was born. One night, Hank went up to my parents bed, and started pushing on my mom’s stomach. Pressing down, lightly, over and over again. A few weeks go by, and my mom starts feeling a little nauseous. She goes to the doctor, and turns out to be pregnant with me. Flash forward a few years, and Hank does it again. Mom gets the hint this time, goes to the doctor, and is now pregnant with my little brother. While I was a baby, Hank would stand by my crib every night. He’d sleep there, meow to get my parents when I cried. He escaped from the house no less than 3 times, never even left the yard. Sadly, he passed away in 2018 after he had a stroke at the age of 16. Love you always Hank

[@eriexchick]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@herb369nichols]

It's a damn shame that they don't live as long as we do. I've had way too many heartbreaking days because of that.

[@waldemarpolcyn6936]

RIP Hank

[@Rainnifer]

​@@herb369nicholsAnd often times you lose them way earlier than expected :c

[@gonesouthsurvival9328]

It's fast forward not flash forward

[@u1zha]

"Whale freeing his willy" daaaaaayum "Forecats" and "Gigagarfield" also made me really enjoy this... And *of course* you're publishing a book

[@gnomee9447]

Don’t forget their insane reaction times. For a cat the world basically moves in slow motion, that’s how they are so successful hunters and can easily face way bigger enemies. They’re not afraid of snakes because they are just faster than them. Could outrun them, could outgun them and easily dodge any attacks.

[@aimaraziz564]

My cats literally saved me from suicide, they somehow knew I was very depressed, and in those moments, they would scratch my bedroom door, I would let them in, they would come up to my bed and start purring and demand pets. Love you, Java and Kotlin.

[@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7]

lmao nice cat names

[@October-TE]

​@@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7what

[@metaphoricallyalive8109]

Oracle is proud of you

[@jayzenstyle]

You're a programmer huh

[@October-TE]

@@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7 nvm I read the comment wrong sorry

[@peacefulpossum2438]

We used to have a cat who favored my husband. He wasn’t crazy about me. But when I was going through chemo treatment, he would lay on me and purr. I’m convinced that he was helping me heal. After I recovered, he was mostly my cat too.

[@beeteeka]

I'm so glad to hear that you got better. Wish you all a happy life.

[@foxowar3953]

Maybe he just didnt like the cancer smell coming off ya since cats have been able to smell that 😅

[@the_Lime]

Ahw that's adorable, almost brings me tears. My mother suffered (and sadly died) from ovarian cancer and the cat that was basically always on my side started to lay with her instead, probably felt how sick she was😢 Glad you overcame it and that the cat gave so much support❤

[@peacefulpossum2438]

@@the_Lime Thank you. My condolences on the loss of your mother.

[@KumaKonda]

"The onnly injury they take is to their Pride" triple laugh, yes, cat are proud too!

[@prismatica8416]

I love cats so much. I had them from the moment i was born until i was 19 when my last two passed away. Im 24 now and by some turn of fate ended up with a german shepherd, hes good with cats, but has a mental issue causing him to randomly become aggressive. Hes a big softy and i can see how he restrains himself when he gets angry and starts showing his teeth, but this dog would take a bullet for me and i dont know if hed could show that same restraint with a cat. One day ill pick up a couple of kittens or a bonded pair at a shelter.

[@buffbarneystan3280]

My cat fell out of my second story window and walked back inside like nothing happened (Obviously we took her to the vet but they told us she was probably more traumatized by the drive there than the fall lol)

[@alilordoftheskies5079]

We had a kitten that once jumped off of our elevated laundry room and onto straight concrete multiple times and that little shit was more afraid of tinsel than the concept of death 😭 Our current cat is a total idiot tho cause he loves going outside but he's afraid of grass 😭😭😭😭

[@buffbarneystan3280]

@@alilordoftheskies5079 omg my cats afraid of grass too, why do they not fear heights but blades of grass have them quaking in their boots????

[@alilordoftheskies5079]

@@buffbarneystan3280 I have no idea especially since he was a rescue and spent his time as kitten outside. He really wants to stay outside but he can't bc he's terrified of grass 😭😭

[@lordfelidae4505]

@@buffbarneystan3280grass has snakes!

[@thatpersoneveryoneknowsbut7533]

​@@alilordoftheskies5079lmfao this made me die I can just picture the cat sneaking up on the grass only to later leap 8 ft in the air grass the grass moved unexpectedly in there mind 😂😂

[@ashleykinder8877]

My sister's cat knew before my cat would have a seizure. He'd come running up to us, meowing frantically, and we would follow him to wherever Lestat was and then he would have a seizure. Good job, Asher!

[@svge96]

Sounds to me like the mf provoked seizures for fun

[@magmafeline8239]

​​@@svge96intresting keep that to yourself

[@garyvibesweridtoastcat7090]

​@@svge96*Wdym??*

[@svge96]

@@garyvibesweridtoastcat7090 its a joke on ambiguous causal relationship in op's story, ya dingus

[@svge96]

@@magmafeline8239 a cat owner is offended by dark humour on the internet pertaining a cat they've never met 😱

[@meganfisher831]

My family had a freakishly smart cat that would walk my daughter to and from the school bus pickup at the end of our rural driveway without fail, no matter the weather. I have no doubt she would have defended her from literally anything that came her way fairly successfully. That same cat would also make a specific sound when she had something to show you, and if you followed her, she would lead you to racoons and possums or just where she saw a wild animal cross through. "See, I told you so!" Pointing like a pointer dog at a possum rumaging in the trash. Once I screamed over a giant 3 inch red wasp and the cat picked up on it to an extend she started hunting it down specifically, going as far as to climb the tree after it. Thankfully it did not engage her! Thanks for your service, Patches.

[@acadiagaming7206]

I’ve had my 2 chonkers since October 5 2012. I have clinical depression, and other mental health disorders that I don’t care to discuss. The grey cat max, will head out to my bed as soon as I take my meds (I take my meds and then go right to bed), max will get up from his catnap and follow me to bed. The part-Siamese color point will join max in laying quite literally on me on my worst days. Max has as of late developed a chicken allergy so he gets kibble at +50% the price of our color point’s prescription urinary kibble. I rescued them when they were about 2- 2 1/2 weeks old their mother left them 3 days prior and were missing their kitten belly. Your cat will study you (mannerisms, heart rate, breath rate, even the chemicals in your bloodstream) for their entire life

[@e_da_g2161]

On the topic of sailors having cats on ships, there was once a cat named Unsinkable Sam (originally named Oscar), as he survived the sinking of three warships during WW2: the infamous German battleship Bismarck, the destroyer HMS Cossack, and aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. After surviving all three of these, he was finally put ashore for good in the care of a seaman’s home in Belfast, as sailors didn’t want him to bring any more of their ships to the bottom of the ocean. However, his curse didn’t end there, as after the sinking of Ark Royal, he was briefly aboard destroyers Legion and Lightning, both of which ended up sunk.

[@HARU11211]

For a cat named unsinkable he sure does sink a lot a ship The Japanese empire is jealous of this cat achievement

[@4Tom4lepus4]

@@HARU11211 Well... sinking ships and sinking yourself are two things! :D

[@winterdream5710]

No one was buying the clue that he DIDN'T want to be on a ship. Wasted five of his lives.

[@brettimkopp7514]

Oskar sunk more Ships than the Bismarck herself. So he was the real pride of the Kriegsmarine.

[@ryananggoro493]

Because he was German He want revenge for Bismarck and by sinking Allies ship secretly 😂😂😂

[@maximesaindon3552]

They also understand human speech. My family had a cat who was a phenomenal hunter but was getting up there in her years. One day my mom was grumbling about how the rabbits were eating the flowers and then she gestured towards Momma Kitty and said "She must be getting too old to hunt." The very next day, there were four rabbit corpses in the center of the sidewalk. The day after that, five rabbit corpses. She cleaned house of ALL the rabbits in the yard.

[@blutengel7712]

That's pretty awesome lol... and more than a little terrifying that Momma took that as a challenge and decided to show your mom that she'd make her eat her words 😂

[@Da1337Man]

And afterwards Momma Kitty looked mom in the eye and was like ''don't test me''

[@Confused_Mista]

This happens to my cat too...my cat was basically an incel and has unquenched thirst for female but refuse to go out and look for one, he kept yowling in my house and it irritated my mom. One day she scold my cat "If you want a girl go out and look for one, don't just scream inside the house" the very next day he'd go out, still got no lady tho...glad one of my acquintance has a female cat in heat and we just let nature do it's thing with our cats. He loved it, he can't hold it, and he's addicted with it

[@justinw1765]

I think it is more telepathy/sensing thoughts, feelings, etc. Humans have the potential for this too, but few of us open up more fully to it.

[@anezuka2464]

I don't they get what it mean entirely just the context. Here's a fun fact they developed meowing to communicate with humans and domesticated themselves

[@exoticwaffle8012]

I remember I was going through a really rough time one summer, almost no one knew I was struggling. I went to have a sleepover at my cousin's place and for some reason her cat came to sleep on my legs that night. That had never really happened before unless I had one of those fluffy blankets on me, so I still wonder if the cat could tell I was basically at a rock bottom mentally. Either way it was really comforting and I really miss that cat

[@scarybearattacks]

As a former science teacher, I highly endorse the use of facts in your animal videos! Excellent info, narration and production my friend! Go forth and conquer!