Affronted cat attacks plush tiger, plus real tiger lagniappe

December 15, 2015 • 5:27 am

It’s a sign of the television news, which I watch for a few minutes each morning, that it’s taken to putting up YouTube videos and tw**ts. Social media is taking over everything! But they also showed this video:

That cat has a mean right hook!

And while we’re on tigers, here’s a real one: a Sumatran female cub born November 19 in the Jacksonville Zoo. ZooBorns reports:

The Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is the smallest of the six subspecies in existence today. They are only found on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Originally, nine tiger subspecies were found in parts of Asia, but three subspecies have become extinct in the 20th century. Less than 400 Sumatran Tigers remain in the wild. They are currently classified as “Critically Endangered” on the IUCN Red List.

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Photo Credits: John Reed / JZG

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h/t: Heather Hastie

13 thoughts on “Affronted cat attacks plush tiger, plus real tiger lagniappe

  1. D’you suppose the kitteh would try that on a real tiger?

    (Assuming the answer is ‘no’, why does kitteh do it so enthusiastically on a stuffed one?)

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    1. Because kitteh has established that (s)he can get away with it.
      Which begs a really cruel question of people out there with plush tiggers and animatronics. And a video camera. And a Youtube account, or whatever you need to post it online.

  2. Are cats left or right pawed? It looks like this one threw a slew of rights followed by a couple of hook lefts to confuse it’s opponent.

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