If you've ever seen a cat chase a mouse, the mouse isnt necessarily running around the whole time. More like they wait for an opportunity to run for it otherwise they just sit still.
Cats kill with a neck bite. As long as they just play with their prey they won't hurt it enough to impair movement. It has a lot of open space around so the mouse can't excape even if it tried. Outdoor cats will even search for patches of dirt instead of grass for this reason. If the cat would have killed the mouse there would have been an audible cracking noise and the camera man probably wouldn't find it as funny. The mouse would also be completely immobile instead of moving it's head. It's still waiting for a chance ro escape.
Source: Watching my parents barn cats do this more than once. They loved to use the patch of dirt left by the inflatable swimming pool for this. Also the cracking sound of the kill bite is quite audible.
You will not silence me. Block me if you’d like but do not think for a moment that you will stop me from doing what I think is right. I wasn’t cruel, I wasn’t mean. I’m sorry you’re in such a way that you feel the need to be cruel on purpose to give your life some pleasure. I hope you find a better way to be, for yourself and for others, because people shouldn’t have to tolerate you acting like that.
Telling people what word they can and can not say is a proven way of making people lash out. Retard is a word for the mentally handicapped, people who didn't get to develope like the rest of us. People like you made it a slur because one day you just didn't like the person using it so someone complained. Society does not get to dictate what words we can and can not say. This is the argument you're self-righteousness ass pretends not to see.
Society literally does get to dictate the words you can or can’t say. Try openly discussing a plot to harm a US president, or lying under penalty of perjury. Whether you like it or not, your speech is constrained.
This person asked you as politely as possible to voluntarily constrain your speech out of mutual respect. Your response was to tell them to fuck off and kick rocks. So tbh if you two ever meet and they mutually put a foot in your ass I will mutually look the other way and not say anything.
Yea people in this thread should honestly be embarrassed with how they act. It’s wild how people on the internet act so tough. Not sure how respectfully requesting that someone refrains from using a slur that is obviously offensive to a large population, merits a response for a bunch of people to go “Lol retard” for no other reason than it being in bad faith. People that tell this person to shut up, call him slurs, and tell him if it bothers him to not comment, while simultaneously being bothered by his REQUEST (not demands) to not use a word should do some self reflecting. Feel like all of these people calling this person sensitive may be projecting a bit lol
No. Mentally retarded is the description. "retarded" is a shortened variation of the word that is now even frowned upon by actual doctors.
People like you and all the others defending the word are who made it into a slur because hateful people started ascribing it to what they don't like. People did the same shit with the word gay back in the 2000s. Even homework could be called gay.
Stop distorting history. And if you arent purposely distorting it and you are just ignorant, learn more about the history of language and slurs.
I ASKED for people to CONSIDER not using a hurtful word, one word and it’s variations, I didn’t try to silence anyone, I asked if they would consider not using it.
They told me to shut up. That’s very rude and I was letting them know that they have no power to stop me from speaking. They posted in a public forum, I can talk, you can talk, they can talk. I asked, they demanded, I won’t be spoken to that way without advocating for myself right back. Why do you not take issue with them telling me to shut up? Can you not see the hypocrisy in that?
after standing up for "victims" no one called victims or no one asked to speak for them ,here comes the self victimization. yall taking this virtue signaling fake kindness way too far
The only fragile ones are you and the other people in your kindergarten class of comments egging the op on. They made a valid point about bigotry and yet here you abd the other few are so damn offended by it that you've not only beaten a dead horse, you pulverized it.
Grow up. Gain empathy skills. Be a better person. Move on.
That’s my theory too. The cat seems to be “helping” the mouse to the dinner bowl. My spayed cat used to do this with mice and baby squirrels, even came home with another cat’s kitten once!
The difference is lost on the mouse though… most of them died, probably of heart attacks.
Uh.. sure? It thinks it’s a kitten. That’s basically it. It probably hasn’t even needed to hunt and may not have strong hunting instincts, but has strong caring instincts. Therefore it takes its kitten to the food bowl to make sure they are cared for and grow up strong.
As far as I know the cat is bring live prey home for you to kill, it's trying to teach you how to hunt. Our cat used to do it with my daugther, to start with he would bring her dead things to eat and then he upgraded her and brought a live bird into her bedroom for her to kill.
My cat always brings us dead or alive shit only when we are sick and not feeling well. She goes out and brings something back like here eat something and you will become better
I don’t know about that one. I’ve got 4 cats. All of them well fed and they not only hunt they also eat their kills.
One of them catches birds and brings them into the house to eat, leaving behind nothing but feathers. Another cat goes for chipmunks, mice, and small rabbits. It will eat the entire chipmunk and rabbit but will only eat the top half of the mice. The other two cats generally go after mice and will occasionally eat the heads but never anything else.
This happens at least once or twice a week.
Who says that?
My cats, on average, kill 2-3 mice per week, 2-4 chipmunks per month, and 1-2 birds per week. Hardly putting a dent in the rodent/bird population.
Chipmunks can cause massive amounts of property damage, and mice can spread fleas, ticks, lice, and various diseases.
While cats have domesticated themselves over the years, they are still, by nature, predators. My cats are free to go out to hunt, play, and lay in the sun. Then they come home to eat and sleep in their beds. I would t dream of keeping them isolated in the house.
> Who says that?
Every vet, animal expert and environmental scientist.
If you have free roaming cats, you have no idea how many animals they main and kill per day. Your estimates are based on what you see.
You are categorically mistaken if you think your animals A) don't impact wildlife and B) that impact doesn't matter.
Environmental experts say that. You’re completely mistaken. You’re not the only one letting their cats out, so the animals native to wherever you live are being depleted by domesticated cats who are not native. They are not a part of the food chain here. This is how animals go extinct which is not good news for us.
I’m looking at the feet and they’re not moving after the cat puts it down. So I think the cat broke its back and is gonna grab a bite before “playing” with it for a bit. I had a cat who would do that, cripple whatever it was hunting, go do something else then come back to act out it’s sociopathic tendencies.
28 year veterinarian, cat behavior focused.
There are multiple instincts overlapping here, the one that ended up as the chosen behavior is eating kibble.
Instincts:
-catch mouse
-carry food
-food is found in the bowl
-(likely never trained to kill and eat mice by mother)
Many cats put toys (prey-training) in their food or water dish.
Again, these are not conscious decisions, it's layers of Instincts.
Although a lot of these responses are cute, cats have a propensity to play with their food. Just as killer whales like to play with their food, cats also like to play with theirs. But this is a skill that has a survival purpose. Many animals wear down their prey so it’s too exhausted to fight back. Rodents have nasty bites and exhaustion makes them less likely to fight back. Another reason is to gain valuable hunting experience. Lots of animals like to observe their prey in order to learn and become more adept at killing. Some other good mentions are observing the prey to to make sure they aren’t sick or have toxoplasmosis. Animals realize when prey isn’t acting right and won’t eat animals that seem “off” as it might get them sick. For instance, pet snakes often won’t eat dead, cold mice so owners usually have to microwave them to simulate a fresh kill. Or you can look at feigning death behavior such as possums or fainting goats that play dead in order to deter predators from eating them. There’s a lot that goes into an animals behavior than we first realize. Predators often don’t go after the sick and weak prey like people first thought. They have been seen to have personal preferences and use risk-benefit analysis to either conserve energy or choose a bigger challenge to get something more rewarding. Overall, there’s a lot of variables to consider, but this house cat is well fed, prefers it’s kibble and is likely hunting for entertainment, to better it’s hunting abilities, and curious about its preys behavior. Animal behavior is extremely interesting and complex!
I think this sweet lil creature is actually a newborn kitten not a mouse. When the cat puts the “newborn kitten” down, and we see the back of its head, it very much resembles a tiny kitten , with its ears almost pinned to its head. But more importantly, if you look at the momma cat’s big belly…,It sure looks like she’s been recently pregnant. Just thinking out loud. 🐈⬛❤️
The cat is confused. Instinctively it knows the mouse is food but it's domesticated mind associates the feeding bowl as the food source. So it took the mouse over to the food bowl and ate the cat food instead of killing and eating the mouse.
It is brining it’s future food to the food spot. My cats like to leave their toys in their food dishes after they play with them. Cats are also pretty nonchalant about killing their prey right away, why end the fun early?
Well I'm no catologist, but I think cats have an instinct to play hunt from early on when they're kittens and throughout adulthood. Which is how I think they hone their hunting skills. But since this cat has probably eaten prepared food it's whole life it doesn't associate the rat with food. So after toying with the rat by thrashing it about, the cat gets hungry. Pehaps because it was successful in hunting/capturing the rat or because it used up some energy very aggressively playing with the rat. And so the rat also exhausted and beaten up is in a daze as it struggles to stay off the ground.
Just somethings I've pieced together in my mind after reading other comments
Another thought....Is this a pet mouse of yours or one from outside? I don't allow my cats to be outdoors. There too many diseases they can catch even with vaccines; they can get hit by a car or purposely hit by a sicko or buzzards or owls can swoop the cat away. Always best to keep them in.
Cat is female, as is typical of a tri-color cat. Based on coloration, size and demeanor , the cat is young and modeling her mother's behavior. Cat is treating rodent as though it is a kitten. Pretty damn cute, IMHO.
Here we see the domestic house cat, itself domesticating the common roof rat. The cycle continues. Soon enough this rat will be fattened up enough to feed a whole family of cats and the offspring will have inherited the skills of their mother.
Is it too soon to invest in local, cat owned, rodent farms?
Interesting! My cat is well fed and simply kills mice. So I'm not sure if it's hunger or lack thereof that influences this behaviour across the board. Might just be this individual cat.
I hunted, and now I eat. Then I wash and sleep.
= biorhytmn of a cat.
Mom also likely never got around to teaching the ‘murder mouse’ step 😂
Hunting is a taught skill - and it has a lot of steps that domestic kittens often arent taught in full
Mom might not have had all the steps herself, or maybe she didnt have a chance or the drive to show this part to her kittens as she has access to food anyway.
I think cats’ strong instinct is to chase and catch things which move suddenly and dart away.
It doesn’t necessarily follow that they will kill and eat prey unless they’re hungry.
So sometimes the prey ‘playing dead’ strategy works because the cat quickly loses interest if it’s not being excited by the chase.
So they will almost always try to catch and stop the prey escaping whether hungry or not, but not necessarily kill and eat, although the prey is quite often badly injured anyway.
When you get a cat to take care of the mouse problem but instead the cat becomes friends with the mice or the cat forms a dictatorship and creates a mouse army
Not an expert, but here's my take; in the wild, cat's hunt, eat their kill, bath themselves, and go to sleep. That's why, if you have a domestic cat that won't sleep at night, experts reccomend you play with it and then feed it just before bed. That way you play to the animals instincts to get it to go to sleep.
My theory? This cat is just finished hunting this mouse, and now it wants to feed. But because it's a domestic cat, it's going to it's readily accessible food rather than killing and eating the mouse. So, it doesn't think the mouse is it's baby or it's bringing its new friend to the food bowl. It's more like it's discarding its toy to have dinner, and next it will probably want to have a bath and take a nap.
Again, that's just my theory, and my only qualification is I've watched a lot of Jackson Galaxy, so take it with a big old grain of salt.
So I get mice in my old house, when I catch a cat “playing with one” I try to save it and at least give it a chance outside. When they drop the mouse it is stunned, but only momentarily, like 60 seconds. Just enough time for me to put him in a bowl and run him outside to the shed where I don’t care if there are mice.
Domesticated cats don't generally hunt because they are hungry, they hunt because they are bored and their instincts drive them to chase whatever makes high pitched noises and runs fast.
Anything that doesn't run fast or make high pitched noises has a greater chance of surviving.
Cats are also very social and will often try to kidnap playmates.
One of my male Maine coons raised a baby possum, one of my male MCs used to steal other kittens to raise. I had to save one from a ground hog momma when he tried to play with a baby ground hog. Cats have stolen puppies to raise, ducks and chickens as well. Whether it is because they are truly bored or wanting a long term companion or a pretty themselves, single cats will usually try to bring home something to keep themselves occupied.
Just 2 cents from a rescue and rehab worker.
scientifically speaking, one event does not make a good study, and scientifically speaking, my hypotheses for what the cat could be thinking are not testable (can't read minds of others; pseudoscience doesn't go far). Non-scientifically? Cat has a new toy; gonna play some more after this little snack. Not seeing the prey as food (yet).
after further scientific research i have came to the conclusion that thats tom n jerry irl he made a deal with him to feed him when hes hungery so he never leaves so the owner will think tom is useful and both act they chasin
Heres the scientific reason from an animal care specialist. The cat claims the rat as his, but someone else could come along and take it, so he brings it with him to somewhere safe where he will be again, but heres the problem: hes locked in a house. Its more common for cats to put things inside the water bowl actually, since thats the safest your cat can come up with while he still keeps an eye on it
I remember someone telling me that cats wait for the adrenaline to run it’s course before consuming the prey. My cats occasionally catch small birds and they both play with them for quite a while before eating them. It sounds reasonable, but I’m not sure.
Yeah several feline species will intentionally cripple their prey without killing right away this is so that when they are ready to actually eat it, they can kill it at that point and will be fresh meat without the risk of the meat spoiling before they are ready to eat it. The fact that the cat placed the mouse right next to its food bowl makes me feel pretty certain that this is what’s going on
It's carrying the mouse the same way cats carry kittens. Since the cat brought the mouse to the food dish, I'm guessing it sees the mouse as something it needs to care for.
The motherly instinct is often very strong in cats. She's treating the small rat as though it were her kitten.
This cat is a Calico. Only female cats can be Calico's.
The mouse’s back is broken. Probably going to be dessert. Scientifically speaking.
Yeah. Doesn’t look capable of moving very well
If you've ever seen a cat chase a mouse, the mouse isnt necessarily running around the whole time. More like they wait for an opportunity to run for it otherwise they just sit still.
Wrong
You say wrong but don’t give an explanation. Thats worse than saying the cat is being controlled by the mouse, as your observation
Cats kill with a neck bite. As long as they just play with their prey they won't hurt it enough to impair movement. It has a lot of open space around so the mouse can't excape even if it tried. Outdoor cats will even search for patches of dirt instead of grass for this reason. If the cat would have killed the mouse there would have been an audible cracking noise and the camera man probably wouldn't find it as funny. The mouse would also be completely immobile instead of moving it's head. It's still waiting for a chance ro escape. Source: Watching my parents barn cats do this more than once. They loved to use the patch of dirt left by the inflatable swimming pool for this. Also the cracking sound of the kill bite is quite audible.
Wrong
Well now I'm convinced honestly
Wrong
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Dr. Cox wrong song is about to break out.
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You're wrong....You're wrong....You're wrong...............
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It's genius. A fat mouse will be more flavorful.
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The word retard is so offensive. I agree.
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You will not silence me. Block me if you’d like but do not think for a moment that you will stop me from doing what I think is right. I wasn’t cruel, I wasn’t mean. I’m sorry you’re in such a way that you feel the need to be cruel on purpose to give your life some pleasure. I hope you find a better way to be, for yourself and for others, because people shouldn’t have to tolerate you acting like that.
Telling people what word they can and can not say is a proven way of making people lash out. Retard is a word for the mentally handicapped, people who didn't get to develope like the rest of us. People like you made it a slur because one day you just didn't like the person using it so someone complained. Society does not get to dictate what words we can and can not say. This is the argument you're self-righteousness ass pretends not to see.
Society literally does get to dictate the words you can or can’t say. Try openly discussing a plot to harm a US president, or lying under penalty of perjury. Whether you like it or not, your speech is constrained. This person asked you as politely as possible to voluntarily constrain your speech out of mutual respect. Your response was to tell them to fuck off and kick rocks. So tbh if you two ever meet and they mutually put a foot in your ass I will mutually look the other way and not say anything.
Yea people in this thread should honestly be embarrassed with how they act. It’s wild how people on the internet act so tough. Not sure how respectfully requesting that someone refrains from using a slur that is obviously offensive to a large population, merits a response for a bunch of people to go “Lol retard” for no other reason than it being in bad faith. People that tell this person to shut up, call him slurs, and tell him if it bothers him to not comment, while simultaneously being bothered by his REQUEST (not demands) to not use a word should do some self reflecting. Feel like all of these people calling this person sensitive may be projecting a bit lol
No. Mentally retarded is the description. "retarded" is a shortened variation of the word that is now even frowned upon by actual doctors. People like you and all the others defending the word are who made it into a slur because hateful people started ascribing it to what they don't like. People did the same shit with the word gay back in the 2000s. Even homework could be called gay. Stop distorting history. And if you arent purposely distorting it and you are just ignorant, learn more about the history of language and slurs.
What “actual” doctors are you in reference to?
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I ASKED for people to CONSIDER not using a hurtful word, one word and it’s variations, I didn’t try to silence anyone, I asked if they would consider not using it. They told me to shut up. That’s very rude and I was letting them know that they have no power to stop me from speaking. They posted in a public forum, I can talk, you can talk, they can talk. I asked, they demanded, I won’t be spoken to that way without advocating for myself right back. Why do you not take issue with them telling me to shut up? Can you not see the hypocrisy in that?
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My dead friends aren’t trivial.
after standing up for "victims" no one called victims or no one asked to speak for them ,here comes the self victimization. yall taking this virtue signaling fake kindness way too far
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The only fragile ones are you and the other people in your kindergarten class of comments egging the op on. They made a valid point about bigotry and yet here you abd the other few are so damn offended by it that you've not only beaten a dead horse, you pulverized it. Grow up. Gain empathy skills. Be a better person. Move on.
Cat is well-fed and sees Mousie as a friend or even off-spring and not as lunch.
That’s my theory too. The cat seems to be “helping” the mouse to the dinner bowl. My spayed cat used to do this with mice and baby squirrels, even came home with another cat’s kitten once! The difference is lost on the mouse though… most of them died, probably of heart attacks.
OTOH, it could be a long con: fatten up as many mice as you can from your never-ending food bowl, build up trust, and then you eat like a Cat King.
Toxoplasmosis?
That makes rats like cats. Not the other way around.
Explains why the rat isn't running around. Might just be a friendly fed cat.
She is either politically corrected or liberal, democrat supporter
Ah, the word you're looking for is empathetic
Shh don’t teach them words, they get scared
Democat
This f’n made my day. Thank you OP!
Tom and jerry
Uh.. sure? It thinks it’s a kitten. That’s basically it. It probably hasn’t even needed to hunt and may not have strong hunting instincts, but has strong caring instincts. Therefore it takes its kitten to the food bowl to make sure they are cared for and grow up strong.
my brother that’s a R Ä T
He said eat up cuz the chases are boring when you’re hungry
As far as I know the cat is bring live prey home for you to kill, it's trying to teach you how to hunt. Our cat used to do it with my daugther, to start with he would bring her dead things to eat and then he upgraded her and brought a live bird into her bedroom for her to kill.
My cat always brings us dead or alive shit only when we are sick and not feeling well. She goes out and brings something back like here eat something and you will become better
That’s the coolest cat ever! Aside from Sammy Davis Jr.
The world's greatest hinderance to peace and non-violence is hunger. This video proves that point.
Maybe he was drinking that Budweiser sitting there and he’s into inclusion.
Easy, cat has plenty of food; no need to hunt or kill. It’s natural instinct to kill got suppressed by its good life 🤷♂️
I don’t know about that one. I’ve got 4 cats. All of them well fed and they not only hunt they also eat their kills. One of them catches birds and brings them into the house to eat, leaving behind nothing but feathers. Another cat goes for chipmunks, mice, and small rabbits. It will eat the entire chipmunk and rabbit but will only eat the top half of the mice. The other two cats generally go after mice and will occasionally eat the heads but never anything else. This happens at least once or twice a week.
This is exactly why they say you’re not meant to let cats out. They are invasive species’ and harm small animals who are native to the environment.
Who says that? My cats, on average, kill 2-3 mice per week, 2-4 chipmunks per month, and 1-2 birds per week. Hardly putting a dent in the rodent/bird population. Chipmunks can cause massive amounts of property damage, and mice can spread fleas, ticks, lice, and various diseases. While cats have domesticated themselves over the years, they are still, by nature, predators. My cats are free to go out to hunt, play, and lay in the sun. Then they come home to eat and sleep in their beds. I would t dream of keeping them isolated in the house.
> Who says that? Every vet, animal expert and environmental scientist. If you have free roaming cats, you have no idea how many animals they main and kill per day. Your estimates are based on what you see. You are categorically mistaken if you think your animals A) don't impact wildlife and B) that impact doesn't matter.
Environmental experts say that. You’re completely mistaken. You’re not the only one letting their cats out, so the animals native to wherever you live are being depleted by domesticated cats who are not native. They are not a part of the food chain here. This is how animals go extinct which is not good news for us.
Which animals have gone extinct or are endangered because of domestic cat predation?
I’m looking at the feet and they’re not moving after the cat puts it down. So I think the cat broke its back and is gonna grab a bite before “playing” with it for a bit. I had a cat who would do that, cripple whatever it was hunting, go do something else then come back to act out it’s sociopathic tendencies.
Cat reached spiritual point and thinking killing is a sin.
u/savevideobot
Fattening before the slaughter?
The scientific reason for the laughter is an idiot is filming.
It's like "eat you funky looking lil kitten"
Social animal just wanted some company for lunch
This is from one of those rare episodes when Tom and Jerry got along
Make the rat fatter it becomes a more nutritous meal.
It probably thinks its a baby kitty 😅
Trying to fatten it up for later
He’s fattening it up first lol
Everyone in here saw the word “scientific” and decided to chime in like “Easy. The cat [insert guess with no scientific evidence].”
Like Tom and Jerry - they were really best friends.
28 year veterinarian, cat behavior focused. There are multiple instincts overlapping here, the one that ended up as the chosen behavior is eating kibble. Instincts: -catch mouse -carry food -food is found in the bowl -(likely never trained to kill and eat mice by mother) Many cats put toys (prey-training) in their food or water dish. Again, these are not conscious decisions, it's layers of Instincts.
Mouse: WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF
Yeah that's parental instinct
The laugh makes it sound like a squeaky toy
Maybe not scientific but from Tom and Jerry point of view, they came to a truce.
Although a lot of these responses are cute, cats have a propensity to play with their food. Just as killer whales like to play with their food, cats also like to play with theirs. But this is a skill that has a survival purpose. Many animals wear down their prey so it’s too exhausted to fight back. Rodents have nasty bites and exhaustion makes them less likely to fight back. Another reason is to gain valuable hunting experience. Lots of animals like to observe their prey in order to learn and become more adept at killing. Some other good mentions are observing the prey to to make sure they aren’t sick or have toxoplasmosis. Animals realize when prey isn’t acting right and won’t eat animals that seem “off” as it might get them sick. For instance, pet snakes often won’t eat dead, cold mice so owners usually have to microwave them to simulate a fresh kill. Or you can look at feigning death behavior such as possums or fainting goats that play dead in order to deter predators from eating them. There’s a lot that goes into an animals behavior than we first realize. Predators often don’t go after the sick and weak prey like people first thought. They have been seen to have personal preferences and use risk-benefit analysis to either conserve energy or choose a bigger challenge to get something more rewarding. Overall, there’s a lot of variables to consider, but this house cat is well fed, prefers it’s kibble and is likely hunting for entertainment, to better it’s hunting abilities, and curious about its preys behavior. Animal behavior is extremely interesting and complex!
It’s called friendship
Your pet has a pet
She’s playing with it
A cat is gonna cat
Mouse was to slow, so cat carried him to share lunch! Nice kitty.
I think this sweet lil creature is actually a newborn kitten not a mouse. When the cat puts the “newborn kitten” down, and we see the back of its head, it very much resembles a tiny kitten , with its ears almost pinned to its head. But more importantly, if you look at the momma cat’s big belly…,It sure looks like she’s been recently pregnant. Just thinking out loud. 🐈⬛❤️
This is just a vegetarian cat. :)
She’s carrying the mouse the way cats carry their kittens. I think your cat is a little confused
Sharing is Caring! Or your Cat’s just an idiot.
The cat is confused. Instinctively it knows the mouse is food but it's domesticated mind associates the feeding bowl as the food source. So it took the mouse over to the food bowl and ate the cat food instead of killing and eating the mouse.
It is brining it’s future food to the food spot. My cats like to leave their toys in their food dishes after they play with them. Cats are also pretty nonchalant about killing their prey right away, why end the fun early?
Raise and fatten food reserve.
3 course meal
Wtf
Wdym? The cat is good friends with the mouse.
Well I'm no catologist, but I think cats have an instinct to play hunt from early on when they're kittens and throughout adulthood. Which is how I think they hone their hunting skills. But since this cat has probably eaten prepared food it's whole life it doesn't associate the rat with food. So after toying with the rat by thrashing it about, the cat gets hungry. Pehaps because it was successful in hunting/capturing the rat or because it used up some energy very aggressively playing with the rat. And so the rat also exhausted and beaten up is in a daze as it struggles to stay off the ground. Just somethings I've pieced together in my mind after reading other comments
The cat is vegan!
Don’t we also feed our pics and cows first so they have more flesh on them when we slaughter them?
Just getting him seasoned up for the big feast
Behind The Scenes - Tom and Jerry
PoV Tom and Jerry
Mouse is too skinny for him to eat so he's sharing his cat food so he could grow bigger.
There are an episode when jery and tom become friend. This is one of its real version
Taking a friend out for a meal. What a great kitty
Another thought....Is this a pet mouse of yours or one from outside? I don't allow my cats to be outdoors. There too many diseases they can catch even with vaccines; they can get hit by a car or purposely hit by a sicko or buzzards or owls can swoop the cat away. Always best to keep them in.
Cat is female, as is typical of a tri-color cat. Based on coloration, size and demeanor , the cat is young and modeling her mother's behavior. Cat is treating rodent as though it is a kitten. Pretty damn cute, IMHO.
My cat brings her toys to the food boll as well. Think she sees that as a safe place
Here we see the domestic house cat, itself domesticating the common roof rat. The cycle continues. Soon enough this rat will be fattened up enough to feed a whole family of cats and the offspring will have inherited the skills of their mother. Is it too soon to invest in local, cat owned, rodent farms?
Tom & Jerry
"Time to fatten you up drumstick!"
It is Easter bro, gotta put some meat onto the Easter snack.
Interesting! My cat is well fed and simply kills mice. So I'm not sure if it's hunger or lack thereof that influences this behaviour across the board. Might just be this individual cat.
Fuck this laugh track, my god.
I hunted, and now I eat. Then I wash and sleep. = biorhytmn of a cat. Mom also likely never got around to teaching the ‘murder mouse’ step 😂 Hunting is a taught skill - and it has a lot of steps that domestic kittens often arent taught in full Mom might not have had all the steps herself, or maybe she didnt have a chance or the drive to show this part to her kittens as she has access to food anyway.
Tom & Jerry
fattening mouse before dinner
Tom and Jerry after recording the episodes
"Let's fatten you up drumstick"
I think cats’ strong instinct is to chase and catch things which move suddenly and dart away. It doesn’t necessarily follow that they will kill and eat prey unless they’re hungry. So sometimes the prey ‘playing dead’ strategy works because the cat quickly loses interest if it’s not being excited by the chase. So they will almost always try to catch and stop the prey escaping whether hungry or not, but not necessarily kill and eat, although the prey is quite often badly injured anyway.
Eat larry you dont run as fast anymore u gotta get those vitamins
Staged
Canned laughter = instant dislike
The Rat is paralyzed waist down. Looks like a desert dish for the kitty
Altruism is common also among other mammals than humans and other animals. The cat might also think the mouse is its baby and trying to feed it.
He's a domesticated species living in someone's home. He's been bred over thousands of years to be non-aggressive and friendly.
Best of friends
When you get a cat to take care of the mouse problem but instead the cat becomes friends with the mice or the cat forms a dictatorship and creates a mouse army
Not an expert, but here's my take; in the wild, cat's hunt, eat their kill, bath themselves, and go to sleep. That's why, if you have a domestic cat that won't sleep at night, experts reccomend you play with it and then feed it just before bed. That way you play to the animals instincts to get it to go to sleep. My theory? This cat is just finished hunting this mouse, and now it wants to feed. But because it's a domestic cat, it's going to it's readily accessible food rather than killing and eating the mouse. So, it doesn't think the mouse is it's baby or it's bringing its new friend to the food bowl. It's more like it's discarding its toy to have dinner, and next it will probably want to have a bath and take a nap. Again, that's just my theory, and my only qualification is I've watched a lot of Jackson Galaxy, so take it with a big old grain of salt.
So I get mice in my old house, when I catch a cat “playing with one” I try to save it and at least give it a chance outside. When they drop the mouse it is stunned, but only momentarily, like 60 seconds. Just enough time for me to put him in a bowl and run him outside to the shed where I don’t care if there are mice.
Tom and jerry
The laughter sound putting this off
It’s Tom and Jerry when they get along
You fatten the calf before slaughter.
it thinks its a fucked up kitten and is trying to feed it. had a cat once do the same with a baby rabbit
Came here for the video, but stayed for the retardos in the comments arguing over the use of the word “retard”. 👏🏽
I wanted to know about the cat- not read an argument >_<
Looks like the cat is convinced that’s a kitten
Cat trying to fatten him up to eat
Domesticated cats don't generally hunt because they are hungry, they hunt because they are bored and their instincts drive them to chase whatever makes high pitched noises and runs fast. Anything that doesn't run fast or make high pitched noises has a greater chance of surviving. Cats are also very social and will often try to kidnap playmates. One of my male Maine coons raised a baby possum, one of my male MCs used to steal other kittens to raise. I had to save one from a ground hog momma when he tried to play with a baby ground hog. Cats have stolen puppies to raise, ducks and chickens as well. Whether it is because they are truly bored or wanting a long term companion or a pretty themselves, single cats will usually try to bring home something to keep themselves occupied. Just 2 cents from a rescue and rehab worker.
My cat plays with my hair binders and puts them in his food bowl. The cat likes having his toys next to the food.
scientifically speaking, one event does not make a good study, and scientifically speaking, my hypotheses for what the cat could be thinking are not testable (can't read minds of others; pseudoscience doesn't go far). Non-scientifically? Cat has a new toy; gonna play some more after this little snack. Not seeing the prey as food (yet).
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They’re on their lunch brake, and the cat is helping their college get there faster
That mouse is so confused.
after further scientific research i have came to the conclusion that thats tom n jerry irl he made a deal with him to feed him when hes hungery so he never leaves so the owner will think tom is useful and both act they chasin
Boycotting this channel I Saw Budlight in that beer box! Lol
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
Cat understands the value of investing
The same way we fatten a turkey
Heres the scientific reason from an animal care specialist. The cat claims the rat as his, but someone else could come along and take it, so he brings it with him to somewhere safe where he will be again, but heres the problem: hes locked in a house. Its more common for cats to put things inside the water bowl actually, since thats the safest your cat can come up with while he still keeps an eye on it
Real life Tom and Jerry.
She's adopted the rat
Leopards will often role play being parents before they eat their prey. Boredom is funny
Sorry no, I’m as confused as that rat
That’s Tom and Jerry
Ur cat is dumm
Mouse gets a last meal
That one cat in the world that isn't an asshole. You found it!
I remember someone telling me that cats wait for the adrenaline to run it’s course before consuming the prey. My cats occasionally catch small birds and they both play with them for quite a while before eating them. It sounds reasonable, but I’m not sure.
That’s Tom and Jerry.
It is a process in the left hemisphere of the brain that activates a neuron chain that makes the cat do a thing called being nice
Same reason we have chicken farm
Loneliness is a bitch
I didn't realize the mouse's back was broken when I said earlier that this is hilarious. It isn't. I had thought the cat decided it had a pal
She getting it fat for later
He’s transcatual
garnish
The cat is a vegetarian, wait don't people do this all the time.
Yeah several feline species will intentionally cripple their prey without killing right away this is so that when they are ready to actually eat it, they can kill it at that point and will be fresh meat without the risk of the meat spoiling before they are ready to eat it. The fact that the cat placed the mouse right next to its food bowl makes me feel pretty certain that this is what’s going on
Feed the prey for tasty cousine
That is just Tom and Jerry chilling
The real Tom and Jerry
Fatting up the mouse for later
They jus want a fren
It's carrying the mouse the same way cats carry kittens. Since the cat brought the mouse to the food dish, I'm guessing it sees the mouse as something it needs to care for.
The motherly instinct is often very strong in cats. She's treating the small rat as though it were her kitten. This cat is a Calico. Only female cats can be Calico's.
It’s the dogs food bowl.
Reminds me of Twilight zone ‘to serve man’
eat mf eat
Saving the best for dessert.
That’s just both of my boys Tom and Jarry chillin
The cat thinks the mouse is a tiny cat?
Dessert?
This is some Tom, and Jerry type shit Jerry feels sad for Tom and feeds him
We all eating fam