Poor cat! And I wonder how many cats have this talent. I have to add, though, that I am similarly blessed: I can catch in my mouth most grapes tossed at me from a substantial distance—around 30 feet or so. I’m not sure why, but it’s possibly that I can use my rather large proboscis as guide.
Click on the blue and white arrow to see the show.
@MYSADCAT my cat is sad cuz he feels his talent is under appreciated pic.twitter.com/IvmarzchyF
— nira (@nirabel) October 22, 2015
For the Twit-impaired amongst us…this is a video? Any chance for a direct link…?
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Click on the arrow.
Ah…I was finally able to do a bit deeper digging and discovered this less-indirect link that worked:
insanely long embed link
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Just out of curiosity–why didn’t you just click on the arrow?
Because I literally don’t see anything at all when I view it on the Web. In email, I only see text and a text-only link…when I clicked on that, there was a blank space where I’m guessing others saw the video. I had to view the page source to find that link I posted, where I was ultimately able to see the video.
…the Web ain’t what it used to be….
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Do you have ad-blocking software running? I couldn’t see certain videos and images on this site until I disabled adblock for the WEIT domain.
Curious. I have adblock as default and haven’t had any problems here.
It could be a WordPress problem that show up in some browsers. Is the browser the latest version?
So you think it is all about the catcher. Maybe it is all about the pitcher.
Yes! And we need video of PCCE doing this please…
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(‘ㅅ’ )Wow!
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We had a dog when I was a kid that could catch popcorn. Some dogs are pretty good at it but I had never seen cats doing it.
The dogs I had growing up were pretty good at catching treats, but my herd of cats are completely inept. I just lay the treats in front of them, lest I end up pelting them with snackies.
I like how we can see the cat’s lips.
Dogs are much more dependent on catching moving prey, toys, noms, etc. with their mouths. They can trap things or hold items briefly with their forepaws, but without needle-sharp, retractable claws like a cat’s, it’s nowhere near as effective. Of course cats can and do catch prey or grab toys with their mouths, but people don’t typically chuck noms at them to catch, like we do for dogs.
Yes. If you watch videos of a cat catching a bird on the wing, the cat grabs with both forepaws and then transfers the prey to the mouth before landing.
OK, now we need the comparable vid of PCCE pulling this off.
The cat mystery I have not figured out is – What part do they leave behind after eating the mouse. There is some internal part always left behind but I have not determined what it is.
The scientific term for it is the “yucky part.”
I was under the impression that it was the squeak….
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the yucky, squeaky part
My 50ish fitness instructor, at age 15, apparently had a factory job removing duck squawk boxes, alternating with removing duck assholes. I doubt these jobs ever went on her CV.
You mean, she was making politicians? Taking ducks and swapping heads and assholes?
I don’t blame her for not putting it on a resume…I’m not sure I could even look in a mirror after something like that!
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As I recall, the Journal of Irreproducible Results had a paper inspired by the chicken guns used to test airplane windscreens. High energy chicken colliders were to be used to produce virtual chickens (aka ‘eggs’). In a later series of experiments, ducks would be collided in an attempt to produce free quacks.
So if the ducks collided in the air they would create ‘UP’ quacks, and on the ground, ‘DOWN’ quacks.
Chairman Meow always leaves the guts behind. A stomach and a coil of intestines remains from whatever unfortunate animal lost the race to survive. Possibly both rats and ring-tailed possums.
Does anybody know why I see neither a picture (if there is one) nor a blue arrow for this particular story (post)? Pics and videos show up fine for other stories (posts). But nothing here. Firefox is my browser and I have both Adblock add-ons but don’t know if that is the problem. I have occasionally experienced this problem in the past as well. Thanks in advance for any solutions.
I see the picture and the arrow, which works, and I’m using Firefox with Adblock Plus.
Unlucky me. Still no pic or arrow. Everything works fine for all pics on today’s (10-23) postings.
I’m intrigued by the evolutionary advantage conferred by this ability in humans.
Hmm…I thought this line might lead to some humorous punchline but now I’m stuck!
Cat caught your tongue?
I am afraid the evolutionary advantage was peanuts.
It is the advantage of being able to talk with our mouth filled with food that has gotten us as far as we have! Ask any 5 year old.
Ha Ha Ha!