Not everything they bring you is a gift of love. Many times cats see us as big dumb cats that need to be care for. So maybe your cat wants to train you to hunt... And an unmoving object might be the right training for you xD
my cat used to bring me chickens or dead birds ._. the downside is though. our neighbour had the chickens walk loose at first. but no matter what we tried she got in anyway and managed to kill a chicken everytime. i think my neighbour lost around 4 chickens in 1 week.
I trained my cat to fight humans. She never got the chance to fight humans though, she died of old age. And then, the mice came back. The dogs that came after her death wasn't really that much helpful because she could do everything the dogs could, and more. She meows loud enough just for us to hear when there are guests, a dog is too loud for that. She welcomes guests perfectly because people aren't really afraid of cats, dogs are too intimidating even when they just standby being cute. And I even trained my cat to pounce on unwelcomed intruders, she's very fast that only I could make her stop when she started to attack. This is where the dog is better, because I don't need to train the dog to fight because he's already big enough to do damage to a human. I even saw that cat becoming a pack leader of some sort, she's too strong for the other cats, even the dogs doesn't go near her. I think she ordered the other cats to inspect the area around the house daily in the lookout for rodents while she hunts inside the house. I miss that cat very much.
@@sophiebell4758 oh yea its always been theorised what cats really think of us to them we are their servants and they would eat us if we died and probably prey in us if they were bigger
And Cats can use us as weapons. While my boy was very independent and stubborn there were times bigger kitties or the neighbor's dog scared him. And he accepted my guarding him. Protecting him. I was his and when he was in my arms or i was nearby he knew i would defend him. Eta typos
Cats and Dogs = Killing machines Humans = the greatest race of killing machines this world has ever seen Conclusion: We like killing machines as pets because we too are killing machines
I think sharks take the prize of greatest killing machines. We're more like killing agents. Takes a bunch of us to do much killing; it's just that there's a huge bunch of us on the planet at the moment. But mano-a-sharko, the shark take the prize. :-) Which is why we don't usually keep sharks as pets. :-D
"well now lets consider every single cell of a chicken you kill individually and the microbes you kill by washing your hands or toilette ;)" Haha, good point. But in that case again ... sharks! ;-)
We named our cat Bodhi, but during construction of the building next door we discovered her true name is Rat Killer. We still call her Bodhi though mostly because all the dumb rats are dead and the smart rats know better than to enter the Lair of Rat Killer.
J-Brazen isn’t it the same with dogs? Like you wrestling with them is play fighting and you playing tug of war with them is them trying to take back what they claim? Obviously that’s not what they view it as (same with cats) but that’s where it comes from
Humans responsible for the 6th great mass extinction event currently underway with 97% of all life on the planet conservatively due to be dead by 2100 possibly sooner actually most definitely sooner. Talk about hitting the nail on the head
there once was a random cat that often passing by my lodge room, I think its try to thanks me because I often fed him and often to let him sleep in my room on my carpet by leaving dead rat on my doorstep and it often only half the body, its disgusting to clean the mess he left behind, but the bright side is yeah he is a very effective pest control
Scientists have already done these studies for decades...humans and cats mesh very well together because we share some very similar emotional and mental characteristics. Cat emotional centra for one, is near identical to that of primates, they feel like us pretty much and its not a coincidence we love their purr. Egyptians knew 5000years ago that cats trigger very specific and anti-depressant reactions in humans.
Their are also studies that although they dont know how cats purr, but they purr at certain frequency that actually heals other cats and people. Check it out.
I think there are two very simple reasons why our favorite pet species are predators: First, most predators have forward-facing eyes, and since we do too, we find such faces more attractive. Second, predators’ minds are all about doing clever things to ambush prey. These behaviors also lead to play behaviors that humans find amusing and endearing.
So true!! I was looking at getting a dog when my Dublin came into my life. He put his lil' chin on my knee & started purring, & that was it. I brought him home with me a few weeks after we met, & I've been cat crazy ever since - 8 December of this year will be 10 years. I still love dogs, but I adore cats even more now.
+bruh That's the truth. I grew up a dog person, so loyal to them that I thought I hated cats. Then one day a few years ago a half-starved kitty parked his butt in my driveway and yowled until we went to see what was going on. We took him in, got him veterinary care, and he's been the best, most loyal, loving pet I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. Now I'm about as die-hard a cat person as exists. They are way more complex and interesting than I had ever imagined.
tbr2109 So thankful you that you rescued that poor kitten and took him in and have given the wee sweetie a warm, safe loving and forever home. He will always love you for all you of the wonderful things you have done for him.
Nah... Cats are my best friend. Dogs are those “kids I ended up with due to regrettable life choices”. 😂 (No offense meant to parents and dog owners. (But yeah. Mine are just plain stupid, demanding little beasts that will either swarm you as a barking, licking, trampling, clawing pack of jealously IF they want attention vs just having a CHILL. mode, where they actually get better attention vs annoyed human escaping the mob...OR they poop and pee everywhere when upset if you Don’t Let Then Out RIGHT NOW!!! ...despite being let inside not even 5 min ago, and constantly demanding to go in/out every five min...making it impossible to get anything accomplished. (So yeah. If my dogs annoy the HELL out of me, no way do I have any business trying to raise kids. My cats, on the other hand? They’re content to follow me around and sit next to me as I do other stuff, and occasionally think they’re “helping”/mimicking what I’m doing by attacking whatever stuff I’m using. Because mimicry’s the best form of flattery, and they just want to be involved, too. Then when they want affection/cuddles or playtime? Or out into the screened-in-porch for freshair/sun (or if they want outside-outside on their harnesses)? They’ve actually bothered to develop various forms of communication vs using the Same Behavior For Everything (and being stuck playing 20 Questions and hoping you’re not stepping in hidden pee minutes later if you guess wrong.)
Anonymous Fellow I have never had a dog, for much the same reasons as you speak of. But I have two cats. And everything you say about them is spot on. If you’ve got a dog, you’ve got a kid, if you’ve got a cat, you’ve got a roommate. Lol. And I’ve never wanted kids.
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The logic of dogs to humans: They feed me, they care for me when I'm sick, they are proud to show me to other people. They must be God. The logic of cats to humans: They feed me, they care for me when I'm sick, they are proud to show me to other people. I must be God.
God is sitting at his seat in heaven and a Doberman a Rottweiler and a cat approach. God says to the Doberman what do you believe. The Doberman says " i believe in unwavering loyalty to my master, no matter what" god says " good, take a seat to my left" He asks the Rottweiler, it responds " i believe in protecting my master even if it means i die" god says " good, take a seat to my right. The cat approaches, god asks "what do you believe?" The cat says " i believe your in my seat"
asdasddd asdads Cats kill reptiles effective and Jaguars are known to regularly kill Caiman twice their size. Felines are very capable. It's the size advantage and our intelligence that has given us the ability to domesticate Wild cats by exploiting not only their weakness but instincts as well.
Its also because they probably see us just like they see cats they are "friends" with. One time there was a coyote staring down my cat and I decided to yell at the coyote and try to look threatening to make it leave so it wouldn't eat my cat. That cat became so close to me after that and still is to this day. She knows Ive got her back.
Emperor Master how do you reckon we became who we are today? Bottlenecks as named in the bible are often caused by living in captivity and selectively bred (think along the lines of the SharPei).
They are a bit too large to keep easily, but sure! they are nice to have at home, they can even be tought tricks and help with tasks! in fact, many people all over the world do have them! usualy they live together having eatch others as pets, while taking care of potential young.
Actually humans and some primeapes are terrible pets, because they are self aware to the degree that they know they are kept against their will. Humans have too much of own will. They ar.... SHUT UP IN THE BASEMENT PET-HUMAN NUMBER THREE! MASTER IS WORKING!
You want to talk about malice? My black and white Titus caught a mouse, and left in on my doorstep. Typical? Except that Titus didn't kill it. He bite through it's back, severing the spinal cord, so that the mouse could not use it's back legs, making it a parapalegic. Then stood there and watched me. So, yeah, malice. He's still snuggily, though, that bastard.
I watched mine with a spider one time. He ate a leg or two then watched it try to escape. Then he batted it around some and ate another couple of legs and repeated. It was sort of grusome.
My german shepard would snap a bee out of the air, cover it in saliva, then spit it out gently and watch it struggle. When the bee dried out enough to fly again, my dog would repeat the process until the bee died from the experience at which point she would just walk away leaving its corpse behind. My ferret would hunt lizards and small birds and when it caught them, it would eat them alive starting with the legs and wings, keeping them alive for as long as possible. My cats would toss their living prey into the air, basically playing catch with each other. Sometimes they would break their preys backs and watch them struggle, eating them only when boredom set in. Other times they would catch a mouse and then let it go, giving it hope that it might get away, just to catch it again. That game would continue until the mouse literally died from either exhaustion or a heart attack. So don't tell me malice doesn't exist in animals other than humans, the only credit we get in that department is putting a name to the emotion. I wouldn't call them murderers though, because the term murder is specific for humans killing other humans. I would just call them killers. Almost all living things on the planet can be called killers. Plant or animal, the majority have killed something for either food, defense, living space, or just becuase. Our pets though are much more likely to kill for fun and with true malice becuase the urges are still there, but the necessity for survival isn't since we provide for them.
I had a black and white too , he died a while ago though : Loved him to pieces . : ) But anyway, I think that their could be another explanation for Titus' actions ; I think that your cat Titus probably loves you so much and wants to repay you by making sure that he knows that you can "survive on your own " ensuring that you can hunt for yourself like he can ... In other words, I think that like a mother cat, He may have only been trying to teach you HOW TO HUNT. For example: Mother LIONS, LEOPARDS, CHEETAHS, ETC.... WILL SOMETIMES CRITICALLY MAIM / DISABLE THEIR PREY so that their young can take their time learning how to hunt and kill properly. He may have been trying to do that for you and then looking up at you waiting for you to finish the job like the way kittens or cubs would do in that situation . Well anyway that 's just my take on it.
Needed to compare having a carnivore as a pet vs having an herbivore. Differences - herbivores tend to be raised for food, so people don't get attached to them the same way. Small herbivores like rabbits tend to be nervous and skittish. Livestock tends to be nervous too, but when they're aggressive, they can be pretty dangerous. Horses do really bond with people, but they really can't live with us the way dogs and cats do. The smaller pets are just more convenient, and horses aren't practical in cities. Non-carnivorous birds like parrots generally make better pets than eagles and hawks. They're smarter and more socially inclined. (and less likely to hurt you with beaks or talons.) Parrots need company to be happy. Hawks don't.
I think you are right. I've had herbivores and carnivores. And I will say the prey animals are always so afraid. Even after a year my guinea pigs run when I enter the room. Until they realise I have food then come out. Whereas my cat sees the house as her own and isn't afraid of me at all
Actually miniature horses were bred/designed to be able to be in cities pulling small carts. SO technically you can keep a horse in the city. They are also being chosen more often for helping blind and disabled people because the ponies are strong, smart, and understanding.
How the hell is this title clickbait? It asks why vicious killers make good pets. He discussed two animal families of vicious killers, and explained how they came to be domestic pets. It's not clickbait at all.
Maybe your cat's just being prudent. "Yeah, I could _definitely_ kill him if I wanted to, but he's cute, he brings me easier food, and, let's face it, I could never finish the _whole carcass_ all by myself before it started to rot, and it'd be a crying shame to waste all that."
I have two black cats who I call my mini-panthers. I love them and they love me, but they have both given me the look that says "If I was a full size panther I'd kill you right now, but you feed me and keep me safe so I'll put up with you silly human."
And I'm one of those people that wouldn't think twice about it. I'd gladly be eaten to be a tiger servant, just as I am my cats servant. And spend inordinate amounts of money to give it a huge beautiful habitat and tons of enrichment. Maybe for a Tiger rescue, seized from a failing or bad zoo, or cruel owner.
Speedwagon Foundation guy Yeah, because Smart people love putting dog shit into a little plastic bag. Smart people love having dog hair and smell around the house. Smart people love being licked on the face by something that just licked it's ass. Smart people love having a dog begging for a bit of everything they eat.
@@updownstate Wow, that's nice. I do have a German Shepherd and a cat. Both are 3and2 years old. The dog named Buster and the cat charlie both cute babies. 🤗
I say shit like that to my cat all the time! She's my precious little murderbeast, specialising in insect extermination - nothing makes her happier than nice big flies and moths getting into the house in the summer! She's currently making do with the occasional off-season spider. :P
Sadly, not true. More recent evidence suggests that it was actually *human* lice that carried the plague (Yersinia Pestis,) not the lice on rats, and it spread via human to human contact. The rats were completely innocent. It was we stinky monkeys all along.
While rats did contribute to the spread of the bubonic plague, more recent research finds that human travel was the major contributor to the Black Death.
My cat has zero interest in hunting or play. She just wants to cuddle and groom everyone and everything. She would not be a very successful wild cat lol.
Put her outside at day after breakfast and let her in at night before dinner. She will piss and moan for the first few days and then will start bringing you lots and lots of dead animals.
Bodhi Black no its not about comedy. Every single comment is “dogs are pure innocent souls, cats are murderers” you’d think its a joke but really if I try to come and debunk the person it won’t be a joke anymore and will not listen to the truth that dogs are simply vicious animals that need to be outlawed ASAP. Every single video tries to stray us away from the fact that dogs are absolutely vicious animals and instead they try to make you believe that cats rather are bad animals with absolutely no basis or evidence. I never see any video showing how dogs only care about food. I never see any joke video about how dogs are murderers. It is a clear tactic by mutt lovers to try and shove their mental illness down our throats. This statistic is all over the internet. Even wikipedia. But to be a credible person the statistic and many other statistics are available on www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-quick-statistics.php and dogbitelaw.com/dog-bite-statistics/all-dog-bite-statistics
@@ha_ha-ha_ha I have no idea where all of this is coming from. I was pointing out the fact that cats did actually evolve to be natural predators. I think you need to quit projecting and learn what the basic human idea called humor is. That or take a day off from the internet to recuperate.
Bodhi Black what I’m saying is that cats don’t act like predators around us, unlike how dogs do. To me anything mutt related is not humour. Just a bunch of gimmicks to force down a mental illness that mutt lovers have. I’ve seen it too many times to have any of it forced down my throat anymore. My problem is that you’re not the only one cracking joke, but every single other comment in this comment section also points out something about cats being murderer this or predatory that and they are all mutt lovers who want to force this shit down our throats. None of the comments ever, in any video try to crack a joke at a dog because that joke is in fact the truth most likely. Anyway, wasn’t really my point. My point was to try to convince you with the statistic. If that worked, then great. If not, then whatever. But my goal is to go around to any of these videos, communities etc. and show these brainwashed fools the real factual side of dogs, because it is honestly appalling that we cater to the narcissistic mental illnesses of mutt lovers and let them continue to own killing machines.
Humans are killers too. We were apex predators even back in the stone age. Sometimes it's weird to keep a prey animal as a pet. With predators, we're both on the same side, and I think both parties can sense this. Just like cats and dogs, we have eyes facing forward on our skulls. We have a predator's facial structure. I think when we are not in competition we can recognize each other as fellow predators and allies.
@Australiantatious Forward facing eyes are a predatory trait though. Let's a predator focus on what it's chasing, whereas animals with wider viewing angles likely do so because it allows them to see more around them to be aware of a predator faster. Not necessarily true, but usually true.
I bet dogs will actually help them in their quest for world domination. Dogs are loyal and obedient towards the strongest, and once dogs realize that the cats are taking over, they will switch sides and abandon humans to serve the feline overlords.
The other morning I opened my door to let the cat in and he brought me a baby bird and he dropped it at my feet. I guess he thought he would feed me. What was funny was that the he had not injured the little Mocking Bird in any way. He probably thought I wanted to play with it before I bit its head off. I picked up the little bird, praising my cat the whole time and told him " I will eat it outside". I closed the door behind me and stuck the bird in some tree limps on the otherside of the fence. I went back inside and told Lenny the bird was delicious. I dont think he believed my lie. Should I tell him the truth?
Not really. They're pests. Just because they're usually pets means nothing. My grandmother and the people around her home would hire me to sit around and shoot feral cats with my BB gun so they'd fuck off. They shit, piss, fuck, scratch, and make all of the animals in that area either absent or extinct.
i always DID assume it was BECAUSE they're such good predators (pest control/hunting partners) that they were first used as pets...and after a while ofc, those animals became popular and just a part of human culture and history.
Removing cats from islands, such as Macquarie Island, to "save" the native bird population have caused the opposite result. First of all, rats and mice are the worst invasive species in history and rabbits are another -- All controlled nicely by cats. Yes, cats like to eat a bird now and then, but they spend most of their hunting energy on rodents, which are better nutritionally for cats. With cats out of the way, rats attacked the baby birds and eggs and rabbits did a number on vegetation and grasses needed by the native birds. BTW: Squirrels occasionally kill and eat birds as well. Also, cats have been credited for helping humans bring in the agricultural age. In the earliest civilizations, in the Middle East, storing grain was almost impossible due to rodents. Mice can squeeze through a crack only 1/4 of an inch wide , once in the granary , they multiplied quickly and decimated the stores of grain. The ancients noticed how prolific cats were in killing mice, that they welcomed them and protected them. It was punishable by death to take a cat out of Egypt. So, while you're eating a sandwich, while living in a civilization, thank a cat.
Lucille he described how Cats(And dogs.) were not like any other vermin on this planet, because they assisted us in surviving and bringing about agriculture in at least one(And possibly many other) places. This alone puts them above most other animals in assisting us grow as a species.
GUACAMOLE zzz Not likely. Our relationship with them is much younger than our relationship with dogs, so we haven't had much time to selectively breed them. Their anatomy and physiology is still almost the same as it was in the early days of grain production.
Is it really edgy? Or is it just accurate? We kill for so many reasons, jealousy, will, revenge, insecurity, fear, conspiracy, power, food, annoyance and the list goes on. In comparison with other life it appears that humans are objectively the most violent species on our planet. Other life generally kills for survival reasons only. Obviously there are exceptions however none even come close to humanity's reasons.
Johhny316 I don't think you understand at all lol. I am pointing out that it is pretty stupid to call any other animal a "vicious killer" as compared to us, they aren't. We have the potential to protect the environment pretty well, however we are failing at that job currently hence climate change getting out of hand. Humanity's impact on the environment however is completely irrelevant to my comments. What is relevant to my comment is that humans are willing to kill other humans because they don't want them to wear blue dresses on the 2nd Sunday of the month, to the point that we will go to war over it murdering thousand to millions of our own species, setting off bombs, nuclear devices, biological weapons and so forth. My point is that "Why do vicious killers make good pets?" as a question is itself strange, to propose that any animal is vicious compared to a human is just uninformed. A more interesting question may be "Why do vicious killers make good pet owners?"
I see. I don't think that humans suck. I just don't think that it is fair to call animals we keep "vicious killers", specifically that humans do not have much ground to stand on in calling others species such things. I specifically do not mean that humans *are bad*, just that these animals *are not bad*.
My cat brings me dead baby snakes. 😭 I mean, I AM glad not to have more adult snakes around since she catches them when they're young, but they are not tasty. She looks at me so proud and almost nudges me to eat them though. She thinks she's feeding me. 😭 I told her to go buy me some Taco's..
Years ago I had a cat that caught a mouse. She was all proud to show off her prize! Then I tried to take it away and she went super bitch on me! Time caught up to her.😭. My new one showed up and refused to leave. Then a month later had 3 extra kittens.
I was watching this video while thinking "you are takling the question from the wrong angle" until the very end, when you got to the point: cat dog and human have been together since before there was cat, dog or human. We evolved together in simbiosis, and it all started becouse we needed each other for survival in terms of hunting and protection.
personaly i think we only larned to build houses and make fire and grow crops ,,so our cat masters had somewhere warm and dry to sleep where the mice came to them :)
Dog thinks: "the human feeds me, gives me a home, and when i do what the human tells me, i get treets.. The human must be god!" Cat thinks: "this guy gives me food, has a nice place, and lets me in, and other then getting in my face, for shit like tearing his sofa a new one with my claws, or, stealing his food right out of his plate, he is o.k. So... He gives me food, an open door, and all i have to do is let him cuttle me, every once and a while... I am a GODESS!!!"
cindybin2001 Dude, fuck off. Who cares? They have the right to free speech. You know what's really sad? That you've been doing this for years. Words are just words, what value do they have? None. Especially over the fucking internet. If this is how you spend your time, I guess that means you have no social life, pathetic.
considering that cats consider us part of their social group i doubt they would try to kill us if they were bigger. it's not like we'd be of much use to kill anyway, there are plenty of other easier sources of food and we do A LOT to take care of them that the wilderness couldnt. it's symbiotic
Starlings M... - When cat owners are discovered deceased, if enough time has passed, the hungry feline(s) will start to munch on the corpses... happened to my granny: her face was a fright when I found her. Sorry for the image.
I have three cats: a mom and two kittens. The momma spent the first year and a half or so of her life (she’s two and a half now) in a cat colony. It’s fascinating to watch the difference between how she plays and how her kittens play. Her kittens will let go of a toy once they catch it, and try to catch it again. She will hold on, not let go, and just dig her claws in. She’s not playing, she’s hunting
We didn’t domesticate cats, cats domesticated us! Probably true I imagine one day a cat saw a primitive human hut killed a rat or something brought it to the human and it was basically the first ever rent.
"In a new comprehensive study of the spread of domesticated cats, DNA analysis suggests that cats lived for thousands of years alongside humans before they were domesticated"
@@ha_ha-ha_ha I implied that we have grown as a species to learn to cooperate with other species, not that we were immune to failures. Besides, a lot of dog bites are by either feral ones or those who were raised to be this way by their owners, not speaking of those who lash out from abuse.
I own cats, but I also volunteer at a sanctuary with lions and tigers. There's behavioral differences, but not too many. All kill out of instinct, and even the larger ones ( even the ones hand raised by humans and used to being around humans all their life ) would still accidentally kill you while being "playful" one day. Make no mistake, they all sit around thinking about killing. My personal cats finally went overboard one day and killed too many birds and rabbits so I had to build them a catio. That would be my underlying point to writing all this. if you have a cat, give them their "outdoor" and build them a catio. Put branches or nets over it so the cats can feel like they're hiding and stalking. They get plenty of fun by sneaking up on birds who feed in front of the catio ( Put out dishes of seeds for the birds ) and no one gets killed. Win/Win.
Fifthrider my neighbors decided to let their cats roam and disturb my garden, kill birds etc. People here were livid and took the approach of shoot shovel and shut up.
my cats never kill anything anymore they did before turning 1or 2 but now they're just too dam indifferent. literally the birds don't care anymore they'll sit eating within a foot on my cats because they know they wont do bugger all
I would highly request you to read the book "How to tame a fox (and build a dog)" from russian scientist Lyudmila Trut, were the difference between taming and domestication is very clearly explained. You can tame a wild animal and probably it won't hurt or kill you, but it won't be as nice to others as it is to you, plus you can never predict if it might not turn into a vicious beast one day (maybe because it has offspring to defend). On the other hand, domesticated animals are tame by default, which means that no matter where you get your puppy or kitten or little piglett or something, it might be wild and playful, but it won't really try to hurt you. Domestication can't be achived in one animal, that takes time. Dogs have been domesticated for the last 15.000 years and cats for about 8.000 years. The experiment with the foxes in siberia took about 60 years and dozends of generations before they achieved a truly domesticated, "dog-like" silver fox. So as there might be similarities between lions, tigers and cats, our fluffy little furballs won't turn on you and murder you in your sleep just for fun.
It strikes me as funny that we, I mean us Homo sapiens, point out the fact that cats and dogs are vicious killers. I mean can us Homo sapiens really point our fingers when it comes to vicious killers?.......🤔🐱🐾
Humans are the kings of the illogical, so yes we can and will, it'll be hypocritical, but we'll do it anyways. Also just because we kill things for fun doesnt change the fact the cats have also been observed to kill for fun.
But he's a good dog - all bark, no bite. Oh, sorry, that's a Labrador expression. I guess in human terms it would be, he's all *talk* and no *shooting you with an assault rifle.* - Mr. Peanutbutter
Cats and dogs are good killers, that is why, our ancestors want them to be near human, cats to kill pests and dogs to kill intruders. So, they are vicious killers because we need pets with this ability.
Right. Pretty much all domesticated animals were domesticated to provide some good to us (in this case work). Now that most people have no use for the good they provided they have become companions instead of resources. Rabbits were domesticated as a food source but we eat other animals now so they have become pets too. I think the important factors are that cats and dogs were work animals and not food animals which meant we mostly put selective pressure on social traits as opposed to tastiness and that they are small enough to fit in your house without too much trouble.
Also, places that killed cats the most due to superstitious and religious reasons, mostly Christian countries and communities, struggled the most with the black plague. It’s hypothesized that if many of these cats were not killed and had lived to kill a lot of the rats carrying the plague, the plague would not have been as devastating as it was on some populations. So cats helped in our evolutionary history by killing things that spread disease as well.
ZonTheDon ...nothing that I said had anything to do with that. I was talking about events that had effects on our evolutionary history. There was no reason for you to bring that up. Go be unnecessarily racist on another person’s comment. Reported.
Prince Seokjin Well the Black Plague was actually spread by fleas hitching rides in the fur of rats. So if cats were used to kill the rats, the fleas would probably naturally have transferred to the cats. Still, killing cats was a cruel and completely useless thing for humans to do. We can be so stupid and evil.
Your comment about Christian countries and communities being "superstitious" and implying that cats were killed for (Christian) "religious" reasons was pretty off the mark and rather prejudiced, as well. Of course, there's no point in engaging in whataboutism to fight back for a perceived slight. So I'd like you to learn that there is absolutely *no religious reason* for killing any kind of animal in Christianity, and neither in Judaism since the practice of sacrificing animals in the Temple ended in 70 AD. People in France and Germany did find that cats were particularly numerous in places hit by the Black Death (attracted by the abundance of Plague-carrying rats) and incorrectly inferred they were the bearers of the disease. There was nothing particularly superstitious about it, only a failure in carrying out proper investigation, which is unfortunate but understandable in an environment where people were dropping like flies and eventually one in every three Europeans died of the disease.
Tiago Rodrigues jeez, chill out. You’re acting like Christians are some big oppressed minority - which they’re not. I was raised Catholic, I’m not just trying to trash a random religion with no evidence. And I never said that Christianity itself said cats were evil - it was mainly different European cultures who were superstitious and then tried to tie that superstition back into religion and claim cats were witches’ familiars, which were considered to be working with the devil. Even if there was nothing in Christianity originally about it, cultures still used Christianity as a reason to back up their superstitions.
@@tiagorodrigues3730 Yes Tiago, there was, as I have commented. During the witch hunts of the Middle Ages cats were often either hung or burnt with their suspected 'witch' owners.
Lol, named your cat after Ricardo Montalban. When he chases a mouse toy on a string, he's all like "he tasks me. He tasks me and I shall have it. I'll chase it round the tv stand and round the scratching post and round the kitchen table before I give it up"
I live with two cats. And they do not ALWAYS shit in the litter box. I have witnessed, with my own two eyes, cats shitting on the floor meters away from the liter box to which they had full access. Box was clean and cats are healthy. Theyre just gross animals.
My 7-month-old cat always has the time of her life whenever a fly or bug gets in my house. It really fun and cute watching her hunt them and being proud of herself for having a successful hunt.
Also, in ancient times and specially in warm countries, cats did not only help against regular farming pests, but also were a great plague control, as they would hunt commonly disease carrying animals such as insects and birds. Heck, no doubt Egipcians prayed to cats, I just adopted two puffy little murdering machines and I have yet to complain about flies and mosquitoes stinges while everyone else is swimming on repellent chemicals with little success.
@@Motorata661 black cats are still associated with witches to this day, ppl think they are superstitious, which is sad because they are often left behind at animal shelters
One day i was eating dinner and i heard a scream outside like a small childs. My cat(little g)jumped up into my first floor bathroom window with a rabbit about half it's size, brought it under the kitchen table and ate the whole thing. Feet, bones and all in about an hour. It was the proudest i ever was of him.
Totally fresh!!! Translation: Dry food are snacks like Tostitoes, canned foods-cold, source is questionable.... Not the same nutritional value, Ya know, they are trying to Remind us To eat extremely fresh and organic!!!!! Maybe next time he will catch a bigger one and if you feel like Skinning it and cooking it it might Be rather tasty in a stew or with Mushroom sauce They are so smart, he ate the bones to get his calcium/bone Broth that we humans pay a fortune for in supplement form At the health food stores
Good vid. I'll also add that they are more intelligent than plant eaters. I owned a rabbit and know how emotionally unsatisfying they are due to their lack of intelligence despite them scoring high in the cute department.
Egyptian cats were actually Hunting partners. Mouse control was done by Fennecs. Team playing animals are generally easier to deal with as pets. Even Spotted Hyena would fit this category. The problem is if the animal is too large and powerful it can still be dangerous. Your house kitty is CAPABLE of taking you down but it is rather difficult. A Lion on the other hand could kill you easily without really even meaning to. Elephants are highly intelligent social animals but they are so huge and powerful that they are too dangerous to deal with.
Dogs: Exterior Hunting Scouts Cats: Interior Vermin Disposal (sheep, cows, goats, camels, mules, horses, birds, etc., were helpful af too and got domesticated as early as the expansion of the numeryans) Lets just say whenever we found anything halfway useful we implemented it into our society cause nature was scary as hell and any help was massively beneficial, expecially food preservation and distribution.
Your house cat might kill you if it was larger but it would not do so for any other reason then it lost it's temper and accidentally went too far in beating you up. This is why Tiger and lion trainers are sometimes attacked. My cat loves me but he gets mat at me sometimes and has become violent. But he's back to loving me minutes later. They would not intentionally kill a human they loved or recognized as their social family.
You need to learn how to understand your cat better. Cats don't get "mat". You are not meeting his needs or are scaring him. Try Vicki Hall's book, How to Become a Cat Detective.
I like dogs and cats but I like cats best because they don't bark. Around my neighborhood one dog starts barking then others chime in from many blocks away. Some times the barking is non stop for hours.I personally have never heard a cat bark at a siren,big truck or an airplane. I personally prefer to keep cats for many reasons , their general quietness is just one pleasant quality . Enjoy.
john thackery I agree with that being a reason to prefer cats. Apparently cats don’t even meow at each other. They just meow at humans to communicate with us. Even, apparently, mimicking their human’s tone of voice.
**Why do the most perfect, savage, effective predators on Earth make good pets?** **Because we are just as savage, effective killers on Earth, just as they are** The 'triumvirate' of Man/Dog/Cat have associated for at least 100,000 years (25k for a certainty, but likely much longer than that) The politics of 'want and need' are at play with the three of us...the two predators warn us of danger and enemies while we sleep, and we provide shelter and security from weather and food when needed, and a 'safe' area for their own offspring to thrive in, something that is hazardous on their own, as pups and kittens are virtually defenceless when young, just as humans are. Over the tens of thousands of years...dogs have 'evolved' into 'companions' for humans because of the stimulus of 'mutual protection' for both parties that provide fundamental needs, chiefly food items that are difficult to catch and kill...independent from each other, both are resourceful hunters...yet together, a 'man/dog' combination can hunt and kill fast-moving herbivores like rabbits with ease, as well as deer and other large grazing animals, a preferred prey-item for humans and dogs...and dogs are aware that 'food with humans is safe...there will be food now and food later' as well as 'meat that has been cooked' is better than raw...some instinct tells them this, that the food is 'safer to eat' due to microbes being destroyed by fire. The 'Felinus Domesticus' is a prime example of 'selective Darwinism'...despite a housecats ability to hunt small game much more effectively than their larger cousins...house-cats enjoy the security of association with humans and a 'warm home' to inhabit (cats dislike extremes of heat & cold as much as humans do) and food on demand when they 'beg' for it (dogs and cats are just as 'lazy' as humans are...which is likely a built-in self-preservation tactic of ensured survival. (if you are at 'home' in your 'cave'...you are far safer than 'outside' where there are enemies for both humans and their 'pets' and dogs and cats are aware of this fact...humans? Not so much!)
My dude... 6 billion population increase in the last 200 years after taking 200,000 years to reach one billion. Hell YEAH you humans are invasive! I lost my home because of you!
Well our domestic cats are good for ridding mice and rats where dogs are the best for keeping burglars out of your property, so I tend to have both for those reasons,
Accept that when you have a REAL rat problem, you don't get a cat to handle that. You put a pack of terriers to do what they do best and before you know it you're looking at a pile of destroyed rats.
Don't forget rabbits. Cats also kill rabbits, which is good since they reproduce like crazy and will destroy vegetation. (Seriously though rabbits are on almost every carnivore's menu)
Lucky. Just 4 days ago, I was sitting on the porch with my kitty girl... a moth flew into a spider web. Struggling to escape the web, the moth was flapping around. My cat jumped up, attacked the moth, ate that. The spider crawled out to see what all the commotion was .... and my cat ate the spider who made the web too. 😭 Hahahaha... vicious.
Hey has any one ever recorded a group of wild domestic cats in the city cuz I kinda want to watch a huge group of cats just walking around trying to survive so yeah lol
My brother used to live by a colony of feral cats. They were fascinated to watch, and they were actually sanctioned by the city to help control the rat population.
Tiger Teen For my grandparents they used to be a plague. They would search your garbage and break into your house to steal. They even scared big dogs like German shepherds. They were even a threat to humans (not preying on us but flaying us if we don't F-off). Wild dogs in Russia seem to be at least equally bad.
k it dosent really retale to my question which was already answered but ok guess y'all got some scardy ass german sheps over where you live or just some thug as cats
Affectivity and expressiveness are the two qualities, that the dog and the cat have at the highest levels, in other words_ they have many feelings and communicate them clearly. No other beast can laugh, cry, express greed or regret or even guilt like this animals. My cat empathises with me when I'm tormented in sleep. She, then starts a faint and prolonged sound like mi- - u - u!! 🐈
Cat: *attacks unmoving objects and brings them to me as gifts*
Ah yes the fearsome hunter.
Not everything they bring you is a gift of love. Many times cats see us as big dumb cats that need to be care for. So maybe your cat wants to train you to hunt... And an unmoving object might be the right training for you xD
@@sophiebell4758 lol
my cat used to bring me chickens or dead birds ._. the downside is though. our neighbour had the chickens walk loose at first. but no matter what we tried she got in anyway and managed to kill a chicken everytime. i think my neighbour lost around 4 chickens in 1 week.
I trained my cat to fight humans.
She never got the chance to fight humans though, she died of old age.
And then, the mice came back.
The dogs that came after her death wasn't really that much helpful because she could do everything the dogs could, and more.
She meows loud enough just for us to hear when there are guests, a dog is too loud for that. She welcomes guests perfectly because people aren't really afraid of cats, dogs are too intimidating even when they just standby being cute.
And I even trained my cat to pounce on unwelcomed intruders, she's very fast that only I could make her stop when she started to attack. This is where the dog is better, because I don't need to train the dog to fight because he's already big enough to do damage to a human.
I even saw that cat becoming a pack leader of some sort, she's too strong for the other cats, even the dogs doesn't go near her.
I think she ordered the other cats to inspect the area around the house daily in the lookout for rodents while she hunts inside the house.
I miss that cat very much.
@@sophiebell4758 oh yea its always been theorised what cats really think of us to them we are their servants and they would eat us if we died and probably prey in us if they were bigger
My cat is intelligent enough to not attack me.
His motto:
"Kill a human, food for a week. Keep a human, food for life."
Moggridge lol
This is brilliant!!
my python's motto for life:
"kill a human, food for a... ya know, I can't swallow a human. Keep a human, don't die of a bunch of stuff."
i WiLL caLl BulLSHit oN tHaT ONe, cATs dON'T SpeAk
He only care for the food if you die he will love on to the next person thats a cat
“You are my human, there are many like you, but you are mine.”
Cats in a nutshell
Lol i love that. 😂 Oorah! ❤️
And Cats can use us as weapons. While my boy was very independent and stubborn there were times bigger kitties or the neighbor's dog scared him. And he accepted my guarding him. Protecting him. I was his and when he was in my arms or i was nearby he knew i would defend him.
Eta typos
@@janesmith699 this sounds so cute.
We took one of our dogs to the vet today (he is fine) on the wall was a sign that read, “dogs have owners, cats have staff.”
@@irenekay7934 stupido
Terry Pratchett : “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
Love Sir Pterry.
Facts.
Yes, obviously ! Good point !
Cats themselves weren't worshipped, but they were sacrificed to gods associated with cats.
If cats could text you, they wouldn’t
Or continually ask for food or cuddles.
LOLOLOLOL
They would always leave you on read🙄
Lmao
They wouldn't answer your texts either
Cats and Dogs = Killing machines
Humans = the greatest race of killing machines this world has ever seen
Conclusion: We like killing machines as pets because we too are killing machines
I think sharks take the prize of greatest killing machines. We're more like killing agents. Takes a bunch of us to do much killing; it's just that there's a huge bunch of us on the planet at the moment. But mano-a-sharko, the shark take the prize. :-) Which is why we don't usually keep sharks as pets. :-D
"well now lets consider every single cell of a chicken you kill individually and the microbes you kill by washing your hands or toilette ;)"
Haha, good point. But in that case again ... sharks! ;-)
European culture is why we have so many deadly and crippling viruses.
succinct, persuasive, and probably wholly accurate
kinda Reminds me of this thread, tbh
imgur.com/gallery/rEK4AIG
We named our cat Bodhi, but during construction of the building next door we discovered her true name is Rat Killer. We still call her Bodhi though mostly because all the dumb rats are dead and the smart rats know better than to enter the Lair of Rat Killer.
caterpillarnana your cats name is bodhi, your cats species is godless killing machine.
I AM NOT A CROOK!
Your cat would make Darwin proud
So anytime I play with my cat it's murder practice?
*Nice.*
train that cat to kill your enemies
J-Brazen isn’t it the same with dogs? Like you wrestling with them is play fighting and you playing tug of war with them is them trying to take back what they claim? Obviously that’s not what they view it as (same with cats) but that’s where it comes from
Pretty much 😂
Who cares about that? U as their loyal servant should keep them happy. Because they're sweet cuddle buddies and ur family.
A lot of games or sports were initially a practice/imitation of hunting or war in a certain way.
Why do vicious killers make good pets?
...wondered the cat, about his human...
Humans responsible for the 6th great mass extinction event currently underway with 97% of all life on the planet conservatively due to be dead by 2100 possibly sooner actually most definitely sooner. Talk about hitting the nail on the head
@@davidbeaulieu4815 Dude it was a joke -_-
@@conner4385 Like my fam always says: "In every joke there's a grain of joke".
@@GeorgeNoiseless True and like mama used to tell me "Life is like a box of chocolates"
The box is empty?
Cats. "An effective pest control system... that also provides snuggles on occasion."
Arioch IV lol they've become a pest themself.
We domesticated dogs. Cats invited themselves and never left.
Have you ever tried snuggling a mouse trap. Not fun
there once was a random cat that often passing by my lodge room, I think its try to thanks me because I often fed him and often to let him sleep in my room on my carpet by leaving dead rat on my doorstep and it often only half the body, its disgusting to clean the mess he left behind, but the bright side is yeah he is a very effective pest control
Arioch IV in short humans, cats and dogs are born killers and have been able to form a simbiotic bond based on bloodshed and cuddling.
Scientists have already done these studies for decades...humans and cats mesh very well together because we share some very similar emotional and mental characteristics.
Cat emotional centra for one, is near identical to that of primates, they feel like us pretty much and its not a coincidence we love their purr.
Egyptians knew 5000years ago that cats trigger very specific and anti-depressant reactions in humans.
the hell does that even mean? they are natural predators and dont wanna listen to anyones crap.
k1koth3gre4t he spelled it out pretty clearly lol
@@oelhor yeah me too
Their are also studies that although they dont know how cats purr, but they purr at certain frequency that actually heals other cats and people. Check it out.
Also cause cats have a bacteria, that changes the way we think about cats. So in other words MIND CONTROL.
I think there are two very simple reasons why our favorite pet species are predators:
First, most predators have forward-facing eyes, and since we do too, we find such faces more attractive.
Second, predators’ minds are all about doing clever things to ambush prey. These behaviors also lead to play behaviors that humans find amusing and endearing.
"Whos a cute little murderer!"
Cat: Hooman u wil let me go or I wil cut u.
BRÖTHËR MÄY Ï HÄVË SÖMË *LÖÖPS* ?
This is incorrect, all cats speak perfect Queens English.
@@ocandro Dogs, in contrast, communicate in barely comprehensible ebonics.
Boi
Why are cats so poor at grammar? Or is that just a stereotype?
"Cats would kill you if they got a chance"
My cat jumped 4 feet in the air when I breathed like, 0.5 decibels louder than usual
I think you've scared your cat in a bad way ;w;
My cat only like me. When I give the cat food but when I try to play he runs away 😭😭😭😂
My former ferals are very skittish about noise, too. They can SEE me drop a fork, know that's the noise, and they're still GONE.
It's because you've castrated him
Good killer should be vigilant.
*holds cat up*
(cutesie voice) "Who's a cuddly little murderer? *You're* a cuddly little murderer!!"
You just stole that from a comment made two mo...
XD
Peeble Kitty haha i love your account picture 😂😂😂
five months welcome to the future I'll be your guide .- w. -
Peeble Kitty Stolen comment
"Paw eye co-ordination" has to be the cutest thing ever hahahah
"They're soft, they're furry, and they make a pleasant sound."
Everyone thinks they're not a cat person until they get one :)
So true!! I was looking at getting a dog when my Dublin came into my life. He put his lil' chin on my knee & started purring, & that was it. I brought him home with me a few weeks after we met, & I've been cat crazy ever since - 8 December of this year will be 10 years. I still love dogs, but I adore cats even more now.
+bruh That's the truth. I grew up a dog person, so loyal to them that I thought I hated cats. Then one day a few years ago a half-starved kitty parked his butt in my driveway and yowled until we went to see what was going on. We took him in, got him veterinary care, and he's been the best, most loyal, loving pet I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. Now I'm about as die-hard a cat person as exists. They are way more complex and interesting than I had ever imagined.
@@tbr2109 so cool!!
Michelle Knowles That is such a beautiful story and may you always have a purring kitty in your life.
tbr2109 So thankful you that you rescued that poor kitten and took him in and have given the wee sweetie a warm, safe loving and forever home. He will always love you for all you of the wonderful things you have done for him.
Watched entire video with my vicious killer sleeping next to me on bed. Now I'm scared to move. XD
I get scared when my pets sleep in a part of my body. But that's because I don't want to disturb them. It's a paralizing fear! 😂
You better move or it'll think it's the right moment to eat your face off.
SapphireShield,
(Ahem) PLUS ULTRA! XD
don't move, its vision is based by movement
+Alexandra Su: you let your pets sleep *in* a part of your body?
You're my kind of kinky. What are you doing tonight? :p
Dogs: man (and womans) best friend
Cats: man's weird roommate
Goats: the living lawnmower
A pooping lawnmower
Nah... Cats are my best friend. Dogs are those “kids I ended up with due to regrettable life choices”. 😂
(No offense meant to parents and dog owners.
(But yeah. Mine are just plain stupid, demanding little beasts that will either swarm you as a barking, licking, trampling, clawing pack of jealously IF they want attention vs just having a CHILL. mode, where they actually get better attention vs annoyed human escaping the mob...OR they poop and pee everywhere when upset if you Don’t Let Then Out RIGHT NOW!!! ...despite being let inside not even 5 min ago, and constantly demanding to go in/out every five min...making it impossible to get anything accomplished.
(So yeah. If my dogs annoy the HELL out of me, no way do I have any business trying to raise kids. My cats, on the other hand? They’re content to follow me around and sit next to me as I do other stuff, and occasionally think they’re “helping”/mimicking what I’m doing by attacking whatever stuff I’m using. Because mimicry’s the best form of flattery, and they just want to be involved, too. Then when they want affection/cuddles or playtime? Or out into the screened-in-porch for freshair/sun (or if they want outside-outside on their harnesses)? They’ve actually bothered to develop various forms of communication vs using the Same Behavior For Everything (and being stuck playing 20 Questions and hoping you’re not stepping in hidden pee minutes later if you guess wrong.)
I prefer sheap for lawnmowers, their meat is tastier and they are fluffly!
My 130mph Honda lawnmower does the job so much better
Anonymous Fellow I have never had a dog, for much the same reasons as you speak of. But I have two cats. And everything you say about them is spot on. If you’ve got a dog, you’ve got a kid, if you’ve got a cat, you’ve got a roommate. Lol. And I’ve never wanted kids.
The logic of dogs to humans: They feed me, they care for me when I'm sick, they are proud to show me to other people. They must be God.
The logic of cats to humans: They feed me, they care for me when I'm sick, they are proud to show me to other people. I must be God.
Stan, it's excellent !
You deserve more likes...
Can I steal this comment? It's just so good.
LMEOW
No that's not what my cats do.
My cat has prioritized being petted by me over food. I could hear his tummy rumbling.
God is sitting at his seat in heaven and a Doberman a Rottweiler and a cat approach.
God says to the Doberman what do you believe. The Doberman says " i believe in unwavering loyalty to my master, no matter what" god says " good, take a seat to my left"
He asks the Rottweiler, it responds " i believe in protecting my master even if it means i die" god says " good, take a seat to my right.
The cat approaches, god asks "what do you believe?"
The cat says " i believe your in my seat"
😄
No, God would be the cat's seat, because laps dude.
@@inkslaboratory3010 good point.
ste o lol. That brightened my day.
Cat says "I believe you are my seat"
"Whos the cuddly murder... your the cuddly murder, yes you are" LOL
David Evans And Rico's all "what's your point, human?"
David Evans er* murderER*
I also liked when he said that play hunting/murder practice helps kittiez develop their "paw-eye coordination".
*laughs so hard it tears a hole into a completely different dimension*
murderer* you're* I'm an autist*
"I noticed my cat hasnt tried to kill me, probably because I give it food"
Or because you arent a bird or a small mammal
asdasddd asdads Cats kill reptiles effective and Jaguars are known to regularly kill Caiman twice their size. Felines are very capable. It's the size advantage and our intelligence that has given us the ability to domesticate Wild cats by exploiting not only their weakness but instincts as well.
@@cheddaerbizkets6113
1. He's talking about the common housecat/domestic cat
2. Reptiles are still not close to our size lmao.
My cats are planning ways to kill me right now
He said that after.
Its also because they probably see us just like they see cats they are "friends" with. One time there was a coyote staring down my cat and I decided to yell at the coyote and try to look threatening to make it leave so it wouldn't eat my cat. That cat became so close to me after that and still is to this day. She knows Ive got her back.
The real question is........
Why do cats wiggle it's butt when they're going to lunge at their target?
Launch control.
@@Aeternum_Gaming Also known in meme as: wigglebutt.exe
To show off the squats they've been doing at the gym.
Swiggity swooty
Pineapple Farmer ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
So does this mean that Humans make the best pets?
Emperor Master how do you reckon we became who we are today? Bottlenecks as named in the bible are often caused by living in captivity and selectively bred (think along the lines of the SharPei).
They are a bit too large to keep easily, but sure! they are nice to have at home, they can even be tought tricks and help with tasks! in fact, many people all over the world do have them! usualy they live together having eatch others as pets, while taking care of potential young.
Emperor Master Yes. They are called slaves
Actually humans and some primeapes are terrible pets, because they are self aware to the degree that they know they are kept against their will. Humans have too much of own will. They ar....
SHUT UP IN THE BASEMENT PET-HUMAN NUMBER THREE! MASTER IS WORKING!
Emperor Master - Only if they're into it. Then they make good pets. If they're not into it you will be going to jail.
Because killers stick together
Fallout nv fan?
Damn
That might be more true than you imagine.
I was about to comment that! We like vicious killers as pets because us Homo Sapiens ourselves, as a species, are vicious killers.
Is that yes man?
It's kind of unfair to call them murders as murder implies malice and cats and dogs don't have malice. They are just doing what comes natural.
Greg Tanker you think malice doesn't come from nature eg. Brain structure and environment? Oh honey
You want to talk about malice? My black and white Titus caught a mouse, and left in on my doorstep. Typical? Except that Titus didn't kill it. He bite through it's back, severing the spinal cord, so that the mouse could not use it's back legs, making it a parapalegic. Then stood there and watched me. So, yeah, malice. He's still snuggily, though, that bastard.
I watched mine with a spider one time. He ate a leg or two then watched it try to escape. Then he batted it around some and ate another couple of legs and repeated. It was sort of grusome.
My german shepard would snap a bee out of the air, cover it in saliva, then spit it out gently and watch it struggle. When the bee dried out enough to fly again, my dog would repeat the process until the bee died from the experience at which point she would just walk away leaving its corpse behind.
My ferret would hunt lizards and small birds and when it caught them, it would eat them alive starting with the legs and wings, keeping them alive for as long as possible.
My cats would toss their living prey into the air, basically playing catch with each other. Sometimes they would break their preys backs and watch them struggle, eating them only when boredom set in. Other times they would catch a mouse and then let it go, giving it hope that it might get away, just to catch it again. That game would continue until the mouse literally died from either exhaustion or a heart attack.
So don't tell me malice doesn't exist in animals other than humans, the only credit we get in that department is putting a name to the emotion. I wouldn't call them murderers though, because the term murder is specific for humans killing other humans. I would just call them killers. Almost all living things on the planet can be called killers. Plant or animal, the majority have killed something for either food, defense, living space, or just becuase. Our pets though are much more likely to kill for fun and with true malice becuase the urges are still there, but the necessity for survival isn't since we provide for them.
I had a black and white too , he died a while ago though : Loved him to pieces . : ) But anyway, I think that their could be another explanation for Titus' actions ; I think that your cat Titus probably loves you so much and wants to repay you by making sure that he knows that you can "survive on your own " ensuring that you can hunt for yourself like he can ... In other words, I think that like a mother cat, He may have only been trying to teach you HOW TO HUNT. For example: Mother LIONS, LEOPARDS, CHEETAHS, ETC.... WILL SOMETIMES CRITICALLY MAIM / DISABLE THEIR PREY so that their young can take their time learning how to hunt and kill properly. He may have been trying to do that for you and then looking up at you waiting for you to finish the job like the way kittens or cubs would do in that situation . Well anyway that 's just my take on it.
Needed to compare having a carnivore as a pet vs having an herbivore. Differences - herbivores tend to be raised for food, so people don't get attached to them the same way. Small herbivores like rabbits tend to be nervous and skittish. Livestock tends to be nervous too, but when they're aggressive, they can be pretty dangerous. Horses do really bond with people, but they really can't live with us the way dogs and cats do. The smaller pets are just more convenient, and horses aren't practical in cities. Non-carnivorous birds like parrots generally make better pets than eagles and hawks. They're smarter and more socially inclined. (and less likely to hurt you with beaks or talons.) Parrots need company to be happy. Hawks don't.
Michael Rice awesome points!!!
I think you are right. I've had herbivores and carnivores. And I will say the prey animals are always so afraid. Even after a year my guinea pigs run when I enter the room. Until they realise I have food then come out. Whereas my cat sees the house as her own and isn't afraid of me at all
Parrots can get sooo attached.
Actually miniature horses were bred/designed to be able to be in cities pulling small carts. SO technically you can keep a horse in the city. They are also being chosen more often for helping blind and disabled people because the ponies are strong, smart, and understanding.
A large parrot can rip your hand off if it wanted to.
Came for the clickbait title, stayed for the witty script. Nice job.
IKR? Sucked me right in! LOL
His face was distracting me so much ._.
How the hell is this title clickbait? It asks why vicious killers make good pets. He discussed two animal families of vicious killers, and explained how they came to be domestic pets. It's not clickbait at all.
I dont want the toy
I WANT THE BOX THAT THE TOY CAME IN
said the cat
If i fits i sits
@@rz2374 ^ under-rated comment. 😂🤣
@@kittypurr11 ikr
This happens so often lmao.
Imma get laaaaazy
Maybe your cat's just being prudent.
"Yeah, I could _definitely_ kill him if I wanted to, but he's cute, he brings me easier food, and, let's face it, I could never finish the _whole carcass_ all by myself before it started to rot, and it'd be a crying shame to waste all that."
Anastas1786 And who would clean my litterbox?
A small group of cats make quick work of a rabbet ya know
Small group? My cat takes care of wild rabbits on her own but she prefers mice.
defender1be now I'm
Know haw my rabbit pet died
*_purrrr_udent
I have two black cats who I call my mini-panthers. I love them and they love me, but they have both given me the look that says "If I was a full size panther I'd kill you right now, but you feed me and keep me safe so I'll put up with you silly human."
Bad Andy Not to mention clean our litter boxes.
Tabgach Giyamhu Nah I think a panther can kill almost any average human in America nowadays
Cultist of Shrek I agree with you.
John Smith Such a precious comment.
Ditto to all that lol
I like the idea of having a pet tiger but the idea of getting mauled and eaten made me think twice
Tiger is a bad idea. Most cats are instinctively afraid of humans. Tigers, not so much.
And I'm one of those people that wouldn't think twice about it. I'd gladly be eaten to be a tiger servant, just as I am my cats servant. And spend inordinate amounts of money to give it a huge beautiful habitat and tons of enrichment. Maybe for a Tiger rescue, seized from a failing or bad zoo, or cruel owner.
Lions, tigers, and even jaguars may kill a human unintentionally while playing. They're just too big to serve as pets.
Tiger is too big to have it as a pet. Caracal / Serval / Ocelot are much better options.
I thought the same thing about a pitbull
I prefer cats because i dont want unconditional love, its more fun to earn it and we get to love and irritate each other equally
Mew14
Well said. Dogs are way too needy also.
Idiots
It's not like a dog will love you instantly. You have to work for it
Speedwagon Foundation guy
Yeah, because
Smart people love putting dog shit into a little plastic bag.
Smart people love having dog hair and smell around the house.
Smart people love being licked on the face by something that just licked it's ass.
Smart people love having a dog begging for a bit of everything they eat.
Waspy Wasp
It's not hard to earn a dogs trust. They're quite easy to win over.
Humans are the most invasive species and account for even more extinctions. We love our vicious killer pets because we have so much in common.
Well stated.
Slone's Wilderness Expeditions humans are not invasive have you seen us kill natives we are a migrating creature
609tw1ss anims We don't kill natives? This is sarcasm?
609tw1ss anims uhhh manifest destiny?
OK. Someone finally got it right.
Wait, he made this video by himself? That's really well written, presented and produced for a one person project.
Wojciech B ahem. Have you heard of Michael from VSauce?
COM LAG i dont think he writes completely by himself
Wo, And bullshit!
“Cats used to be worshipped as gods. They still haven’t forgotten this”-Terry Pratchett.
I once heard someone say that if our sizes were reversed cats would not keep us as pets.
we'd be a mouse
Thank God the shrink ray doesn't exist!
Really? Well I don't really know about that 😊 do you have any pet? @Diane
@@christopherrobert7452 I have a cat who's a snake assassin. Two for one.
@@updownstate Wow, that's nice. I do have a German Shepherd and a cat. Both are 3and2 years old. The dog named Buster and the cat charlie both cute babies. 🤗
"Who's a cuddly murderer? You're a cuddly murderer!" - Ok! This is getting marked down! xD
I came reading down here to see if anyone captured that quote. This is great!
I say shit like that to my cat all the time! She's my precious little murderbeast, specialising in insect extermination - nothing makes her happier than nice big flies and moths getting into the house in the summer! She's currently making do with the occasional off-season spider. :P
That was funny...
Nope, your post is popular :)
My cats trying to kill me.....
with adorableness
KracOmi h
Lol
KracOmi ay
allergic to adorableness - asdf
Lol
Why be a cat or dog person? Why not be both and love them equally ? :)
Cause everyone is corrupt lmao.
Pot Leaf
Personal preference.
I have both, but I'm a duck person
"preference" my man
Because they hate each other if you kept both, they would be fighting all the time
I love cats! During the bubonic plague cats kept the disease away from their owners. I could owe part of my existence to cats!!
Uhh untill it went airborn
Ah, I have found another immortal being.
And now they're killing the birds that eat mosquitoes, the deadliest animal to humans.
Sadly, not true.
More recent evidence suggests that it was actually *human* lice that carried the plague (Yersinia Pestis,) not the lice on rats, and it spread via human to human contact. The rats were completely innocent. It was we stinky monkeys all along.
While rats did contribute to the spread of the bubonic plague, more recent research finds that human travel was the major contributor to the Black Death.
Rico is freaking adorable
justalurkr i agree. But then, i think all cats are cute.
Ana justalurkr
Baker Mayweather ? . ?
dogs are wolfs they are just domestic wolfs
Unlike his owner...
My cat has zero interest in hunting or play. She just wants to cuddle and groom everyone and everything. She would not be a very successful wild cat lol.
my cat preys on everything. birds, fish, etc. It's great.
Put her outside at day after breakfast and let her in at night before dinner. She will piss and moan for the first few days and then will start bringing you lots and lots of dead animals.
if she where to find a group of wild cats that accepted her. she could help the mothers care for their young like stated in the video.
Did you miss the part of extinctions driven by cats?
my cat kills things ALOTE but love to cuddle
Cats evolved to be one of the best predators in the world.
And we keep picking them up.
Bodhi Black thats because they dont bite 5 million americans each year like dogs do
@@ha_ha-ha_ha pal, I think you got the wrong comment. I'm making an attempt at what humans call comedy. Where is this dog statistic coming from?
Bodhi Black no its not about comedy. Every single comment is “dogs are pure innocent souls, cats are murderers” you’d think its a joke but really if I try to come and debunk the person it won’t be a joke anymore and will not listen to the truth that dogs are simply vicious animals that need to be outlawed ASAP. Every single video tries to stray us away from the fact that dogs are absolutely vicious animals and instead they try to make you believe that cats rather are bad animals with absolutely no basis or evidence. I never see any video showing how dogs only care about food. I never see any joke video about how dogs are murderers. It is a clear tactic by mutt lovers to try and shove their mental illness down our throats. This statistic is all over the internet. Even wikipedia. But to be a credible person the statistic and many other statistics are available on www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-quick-statistics.php and dogbitelaw.com/dog-bite-statistics/all-dog-bite-statistics
@@ha_ha-ha_ha I have no idea where all of this is coming from. I was pointing out the fact that cats did actually evolve to be natural predators. I think you need to quit projecting and learn what the basic human idea called humor is. That or take a day off from the internet to recuperate.
Bodhi Black what I’m saying is that cats don’t act like predators around us, unlike how dogs do. To me anything mutt related is not humour. Just a bunch of gimmicks to force down a mental illness that mutt lovers have. I’ve seen it too many times to have any of it forced down my throat anymore. My problem is that you’re not the only one cracking joke, but every single other comment in this comment section also points out something about cats being murderer this or predatory that and they are all mutt lovers who want to force this shit down our throats. None of the comments ever, in any video try to crack a joke at a dog because that joke is in fact the truth most likely. Anyway, wasn’t really my point. My point was to try to convince you with the statistic. If that worked, then great. If not, then whatever. But my goal is to go around to any of these videos, communities etc. and show these brainwashed fools the real factual side of dogs, because it is honestly appalling that we cater to the narcissistic mental illnesses of mutt lovers and let them continue to own killing machines.
My Brothers Cat- You can look, don’t touch
My Cat- You’re mine and no one can have you
My Sisters Cat- I LOVE YOU BUT GIVE ME THE FOOD
All cats.😂
I for one welcome our fluffy overlords
Me, too.
ALL HAIL THE NEW FACE OF SATAN Mr.Fluffybutt
Sounds like something Kent Brockman would say
yeah same i'm going all Egyption on their asses
Humans are killers too. We were apex predators even back in the stone age. Sometimes it's weird to keep a prey animal as a pet. With predators, we're both on the same side, and I think both parties can sense this. Just like cats and dogs, we have eyes facing forward on our skulls. We have a predator's facial structure. I think when we are not in competition we can recognize each other as fellow predators and allies.
@@GuillaumeB7 when they compete it means an extinction is soon happening yeah.
or competition?
@@GuillaumeB7 Top of the food chain.
@@GuillaumeB7 I guess it's desperate times in my house... my cat pounces and attacks me all the time!
@Australiantatious Forward facing eyes are a predatory trait though. Let's a predator focus on what it's chasing, whereas animals with wider viewing angles likely do so because it allows them to see more around them to be aware of a predator faster. Not necessarily true, but usually true.
Cats will rule the world some day... and I'm completely okay with that.
"some day"
TheRealReTox too bad the squirrels will never let that happen.
Taint Stain squirrels are to busy gettin nuts in there mouths
nope. crows will.
I bet dogs will actually help them in their quest for world domination. Dogs are loyal and obedient towards the strongest, and once dogs realize that the cats are taking over, they will switch sides and abandon humans to serve the feline overlords.
The other morning I opened my door to let the cat in and he brought me a baby bird and he dropped it at my feet. I guess he thought he would feed me. What was funny was that the he had not injured the little Mocking Bird in any way. He probably thought I wanted to play with it before I bit its head off. I picked up the little bird, praising my cat the whole time and told him " I will eat it outside". I closed the door behind me and stuck the bird in some tree limps on the otherside of the fence. I went back inside and told Lenny the bird was delicious. I dont think he believed my lie. Should I tell him the truth?
Joseph Nichols people in my city are allowed to kill any free roaming cat on their property
Eh, he will find out anyway. My cat did. I have no soul; don't look into the eyes. Probably too late and you already have. Eh.
Sara Allison - You live in a fucked up city then.
Not really. They're pests. Just because they're usually pets means nothing. My grandmother and the people around her home would hire me to sit around and shoot feral cats with my BB gun so they'd fuck off. They shit, piss, fuck, scratch, and make all of the animals in that area either absent or extinct.
Joseph Nichols
Cats aren't trapped by instinct this is why they can be domesticated.
i always DID assume it was BECAUSE they're such good predators (pest control/hunting partners) that they were first used as pets...and after a while ofc, those animals became popular and just a part of human culture and history.
Removing cats from islands, such as Macquarie Island, to "save" the native bird population have caused the opposite result.
First of all, rats and mice are the worst invasive species in history and rabbits are another -- All controlled nicely by cats. Yes, cats like to eat a bird now and then, but they spend most of their hunting energy on rodents, which are better nutritionally for cats. With cats out of the way, rats attacked the baby birds and eggs and rabbits did a number on vegetation and grasses needed by the native birds.
BTW: Squirrels occasionally kill and eat birds as well.
Also, cats have been credited for helping humans bring in the agricultural age. In the earliest civilizations, in the Middle East, storing grain was almost impossible due to rodents. Mice can squeeze through a crack only 1/4 of an inch wide , once in the granary , they multiplied quickly and decimated the stores of grain.
The ancients noticed how prolific cats were in killing mice, that they welcomed them and protected them. It was punishable by death to take a cat out of Egypt.
So, while you're eating a sandwich, while living in a civilization, thank a cat.
+Lucille First of her Name, Queen of the Saviors
Nice irrelevant reply.
Wally Spazeen I mean the stray cats at apartment complet are keeping the rat population down.
Lucille he described how Cats(And dogs.) were not like any other vermin on this planet, because they assisted us in surviving and bringing about agriculture in at least one(And possibly many other) places.
This alone puts them above most other animals in assisting us grow as a species.
Also humans designed domestic cats to be killer machines.
GUACAMOLE zzz Not likely. Our relationship with them is much younger than our relationship with dogs, so we haven't had much time to selectively breed them. Their anatomy and physiology is still almost the same as it was in the early days of grain production.
Why would a species of violent killers care if the pets they kept were also killers?
kiraPh1234k Fair enough.
kiraPh1234k edgy
Is it really edgy? Or is it just accurate?
We kill for so many reasons, jealousy, will, revenge, insecurity, fear, conspiracy, power, food, annoyance and the list goes on. In comparison with other life it appears that humans are objectively the most violent species on our planet. Other life generally kills for survival reasons only. Obviously there are exceptions however none even come close to humanity's reasons.
Johhny316 I don't think you understand at all lol.
I am pointing out that it is pretty stupid to call any other animal a "vicious killer" as compared to us, they aren't.
We have the potential to protect the environment pretty well, however we are failing at that job currently hence climate change getting out of hand. Humanity's impact on the environment however is completely irrelevant to my comments.
What is relevant to my comment is that humans are willing to kill other humans because they don't want them to wear blue dresses on the 2nd Sunday of the month, to the point that we will go to war over it murdering thousand to millions of our own species, setting off bombs, nuclear devices, biological weapons and so forth.
My point is that "Why do vicious killers make good pets?" as a question is itself strange, to propose that any animal is vicious compared to a human is just uninformed. A more interesting question may be "Why do vicious killers make good pet owners?"
I see. I don't think that humans suck. I just don't think that it is fair to call animals we keep "vicious killers", specifically that humans do not have much ground to stand on in calling others species such things.
I specifically do not mean that humans *are bad*, just that these animals *are not bad*.
My cat rubs against me and head butts me to remind me to give him food.
When ever my cat catches something he always wants to share so I cook it up and we both have a tasty snack.
Or rats, small birds, lizards, big ass whythefuckdidyouputthisinyourmouthyoumonster-bugs?
My cat brings me dead baby snakes. 😭 I mean, I AM glad not to have more adult snakes around since she catches them when they're young, but they are not tasty. She looks at me so proud and almost nudges me to eat them though. She thinks she's feeding me. 😭 I told her to go buy me some Taco's..
Years ago I had a cat that caught a mouse. She was all proud to show off her prize! Then I tried to take it away and she went super bitch on me! Time caught up to her.😭. My new one showed up and refused to leave. Then a month later had 3 extra kittens.
I was watching this video while thinking "you are takling the question from the wrong angle" until the very end, when you got to the point: cat dog and human have been together since before there was cat, dog or human. We evolved together in simbiosis, and it all started becouse we needed each other for survival in terms of hunting and protection.
personaly i think we only larned to build houses and make fire and grow crops ,,so our cat masters had somewhere warm and dry to sleep where the mice came to them :)
Cats are shameless when it's cold; they'll do anything to stay warm. And they have a fur coat.
Guy: *says cat is killer*
Me: *looks at my cat loosing a fight to a slipper* nahh.
Dog thinks: "the human feeds me, gives me a home, and when i do what the human tells me, i get treets.. The human must be god!"
Cat thinks: "this guy gives me food, has a nice place, and lets me in, and other then getting in my face, for shit like tearing his sofa a new one with my claws, or, stealing his food right out of his plate, he is o.k. So... He gives me food, an open door, and all i have to do is let him cuttle me, every once and a while... I am a GODESS!!!"
Dimitris Chaniotis cat suck dogs better
cindybin2001 not nearly as sad as someone trying to police language in a UA-cam comment section.
cindybin2001 Dude, fuck off. Who cares? They have the right to free speech. You know what's really sad? That you've been doing this for years. Words are just words, what value do they have? None. Especially over the fucking internet. If this is how you spend your time, I guess that means you have no social life, pathetic.
Careful clutching those pearls so tightly. You are likely to cut off the circulation in your fingers.
Shit isn't even a swear word anymore lmao
Anything not nailed down is a cat toy. Anything the cat can pry loose is not nailed down.
considering that cats consider us part of their social group i doubt they would try to kill us if they were bigger. it's not like we'd be of much use to kill anyway, there are plenty of other easier sources of food and we do A LOT to take care of them that the wilderness couldnt. it's symbiotic
I HATE EXISTENCE bigger cats = lions, leopards, tigers. They will eat you
Starlings Muchiri Those are wild animals not domesticated ones so your point is invalid.
Leo Xu
If a cat licks you, especially your hair, and brings you dead rodents, then they actually care about you.
Starlings M... - When cat owners are discovered deceased, if enough time has passed, the hungry feline(s) will start to munch on the corpses... happened to my granny: her face was a fright when I found her. Sorry for the image.
Alpha Animal Kingdom You can actually domesticate even the bigger cats.
I have three cats: a mom and two kittens. The momma spent the first year and a half or so of her life (she’s two and a half now) in a cat colony. It’s fascinating to watch the difference between how she plays and how her kittens play. Her kittens will let go of a toy once they catch it, and try to catch it again. She will hold on, not let go, and just dig her claws in. She’s not playing, she’s hunting
We didn’t domesticate cats, cats domesticated us!
Probably true I imagine one day a cat saw a primitive human hut killed a rat or something brought it to the human and it was basically the first ever rent.
"In a new comprehensive study of the spread of domesticated cats, DNA analysis suggests that cats lived for thousands of years alongside humans before they were domesticated"
Honestly, I think Humans, cats and dogs litterally evolved to cohabitate.
Primitive human: Give me rent!
Primitive cat: You’ll get your rent when you fix this DAMN CAT DOOR!
Leirbag15 no 5 million americans bitten by dogs every year does not mean we evolved to live with dogs
@@ha_ha-ha_ha I implied that we have grown as a species to learn to cooperate with other species, not that we were immune to failures. Besides, a lot of dog bites are by either feral ones or those who were raised to be this way by their owners, not speaking of those who lash out from abuse.
Animal predators are not vicious killers. They are effective killers!
Well, cat's aren't. They don't go right in for the kill instead opting to torture their prey first.
They evolve cuteness into themselves, it kills me everytime i see them
I own cats, but I also volunteer at a sanctuary with lions and tigers. There's behavioral differences, but not too many. All kill out of instinct, and even the larger ones ( even the ones hand raised by humans and used to being around humans all their life ) would still accidentally kill you while being "playful" one day. Make no mistake, they all sit around thinking about killing. My personal cats finally went overboard one day and killed too many birds and rabbits so I had to build them a catio. That would be my underlying point to writing all this. if you have a cat, give them their "outdoor" and build them a catio. Put branches or nets over it so the cats can feel like they're hiding and stalking. They get plenty of fun by sneaking up on birds who feed in front of the catio ( Put out dishes of seeds for the birds ) and no one gets killed. Win/Win.
Fifthrider my neighbors decided to let their cats roam and disturb my garden, kill birds etc. People here were livid and took the approach of shoot shovel and shut up.
marcha yes
my cats never kill anything anymore they did before turning 1or 2 but now they're just too dam indifferent. literally the birds don't care anymore they'll sit eating within a foot on my cats because they know they wont do bugger all
I don't think the Lion wisperer guy will ever get eaten by his buddies the lions. Have you seen his videos? They are truly amazing.
I would highly request you to read the book "How to tame a fox (and build a dog)" from russian scientist Lyudmila Trut, were the difference between taming and domestication is very clearly explained. You can tame a wild animal and probably it won't hurt or kill you, but it won't be as nice to others as it is to you, plus you can never predict if it might not turn into a vicious beast one day (maybe because it has offspring to defend). On the other hand, domesticated animals are tame by default, which means that no matter where you get your puppy or kitten or little piglett or something, it might be wild and playful, but it won't really try to hurt you. Domestication can't be achived in one animal, that takes time. Dogs have been domesticated for the last 15.000 years and cats for about 8.000 years. The experiment with the foxes in siberia took about 60 years and dozends of generations before they achieved a truly domesticated, "dog-like" silver fox. So as there might be similarities between lions, tigers and cats, our fluffy little furballs won't turn on you and murder you in your sleep just for fun.
It strikes me as funny that we, I mean us Homo sapiens, point out the fact that cats and dogs are vicious killers. I mean can us Homo sapiens really point our fingers when it comes to vicious killers?.......🤔🐱🐾
Yep. We havent reached asteroid levels off species eradication but it's closing...
Humans are the kings of the illogical, so yes we can and will, it'll be hypocritical, but we'll do it anyways. Also just because we kill things for fun doesnt change the fact the cats have also been observed to kill for fun.
Fiona P takes one to know one they say.
:o agreed
But he's a good dog - all bark, no bite. Oh, sorry, that's a Labrador expression. I guess in human terms it would be, he's all *talk* and no *shooting you with an assault rifle.*
- Mr. Peanutbutter
Cats and dogs are good killers, that is why, our ancestors want them to be near human, cats to kill pests and dogs to kill intruders. So, they are vicious killers because we need pets with this ability.
Right. Pretty much all domesticated animals were domesticated to provide some good to us (in this case work). Now that most people have no use for the good they provided they have become companions instead of resources. Rabbits were domesticated as a food source but we eat other animals now so they have become pets too. I think the important factors are that cats and dogs were work animals and not food animals which meant we mostly put selective pressure on social traits as opposed to tastiness and that they are small enough to fit in your house without too much trouble.
Анатолий Перельман Horses are also great at killing with their immense size and strength, yet their prey animals.
0:31 "Human" should be at the no. 01 of that so called "invasive species"... Did they listed human on no. 01????
Im proud of that, that we are so strong
Also, places that killed cats the most due to superstitious and religious reasons, mostly Christian countries and communities, struggled the most with the black plague. It’s hypothesized that if many of these cats were not killed and had lived to kill a lot of the rats carrying the plague, the plague would not have been as devastating as it was on some populations. So cats helped in our evolutionary history by killing things that spread disease as well.
ZonTheDon ...nothing that I said had anything to do with that. I was talking about events that had effects on our evolutionary history. There was no reason for you to bring that up. Go be unnecessarily racist on another person’s comment. Reported.
Prince Seokjin Well the Black Plague was actually spread by fleas hitching rides in the fur of rats. So if cats were used to kill the rats, the fleas would probably naturally have transferred to the cats. Still, killing cats was a cruel and completely useless thing for humans to do. We can be so stupid and evil.
Your comment about Christian countries and communities being "superstitious" and implying that cats were killed for (Christian) "religious" reasons was pretty off the mark and rather prejudiced, as well. Of course, there's no point in engaging in whataboutism to fight back for a perceived slight.
So I'd like you to learn that there is absolutely *no religious reason* for killing any kind of animal in Christianity, and neither in Judaism since the practice of sacrificing animals in the Temple ended in 70 AD. People in France and Germany did find that cats were particularly numerous in places hit by the Black Death (attracted by the abundance of Plague-carrying rats) and incorrectly inferred they were the bearers of the disease. There was nothing particularly superstitious about it, only a failure in carrying out proper investigation, which is unfortunate but understandable in an environment where people were dropping like flies and eventually one in every three Europeans died of the disease.
Tiago Rodrigues jeez, chill out. You’re acting like Christians are some big oppressed minority - which they’re not. I was raised Catholic, I’m not just trying to trash a random religion with no evidence. And I never said that Christianity itself said cats were evil - it was mainly different European cultures who were superstitious and then tried to tie that superstition back into religion and claim cats were witches’ familiars, which were considered to be working with the devil. Even if there was nothing in Christianity originally about it, cultures still used Christianity as a reason to back up their superstitions.
@@tiagorodrigues3730 Yes Tiago, there was, as I have commented. During the witch hunts of the Middle Ages cats were often either hung or burnt with their suspected 'witch' owners.
7:24 "who's a cuddly murderer...?"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol, named your cat after Ricardo Montalban.
When he chases a mouse toy on a string, he's all like "he tasks me. He tasks me and I shall have it. I'll chase it round the tv stand and round the scratching post and round the kitchen table before I give it up"
The butt wiggles! (Right before Rico pounces on the toy) 😍😍😍
Chellie Bee Believed to help the cat get its balance and make sure it’s on good stable ground to jump from.
Not all cats but wiggle, my cat Tigger he didn’t butt wiggle before pouncing but my brother’s cat she did butt wiggle before pouncing.
@@KnakuanaRka oh, I didnt know that! Thanks.
Holy Crap, I got 9 of these lil fuzzy adorable killers in my house.. I can train my own mercenary army!
Staying clean and odorless, not pooping and peeing all over the place are a big part of being a stealth predator.
That also makes cats good pets.
I don't know what cats you are around but none of that is accurate. Cats can be pretty gross.
You've clearly never owned a cat.
+TheBoltMaster I honestly can not tell if you are being sarcastic or not.
I live with two cats. And they do not ALWAYS shit in the litter box. I have witnessed, with my own two eyes, cats shitting on the floor meters away from the liter box to which they had full access. Box was clean and cats are healthy. Theyre just gross animals.
My kitty won't kill me
KITTY: Proceeds to stare me with a murderous intent...
My 7-month-old cat always has the time of her life whenever a fly or bug gets in my house. It really fun and cute watching her hunt them and being proud of herself for having a successful hunt.
Also, in ancient times and specially in warm countries, cats did not only help against regular farming pests, but also were a great plague control, as they would hunt commonly disease carrying animals such as insects and birds.
Heck, no doubt Egipcians prayed to cats, I just adopted two puffy little murdering machines and I have yet to complain about flies and mosquitoes stinges while everyone else is swimming on repellent chemicals with little success.
@@Motorata661 wonder why God left us on earth alone. We're a bunch of idiots.
@@Motorata661 black cats are still associated with witches to this day, ppl think they are superstitious, which is sad because they are often left behind at animal shelters
One day i was eating dinner and i heard a scream outside like a small childs. My cat(little g)jumped up into my first floor bathroom window with a rabbit about half it's size, brought it under the kitchen table and ate the whole thing. Feet, bones and all in about an hour. It was the proudest i ever was of him.
Like my old female cat that kills rat of considerable size. One on 5 "presents" to me...
not good..
Totally fresh!!! Translation: Dry food are snacks like Tostitoes, canned foods-cold, source is questionable....
Not the same nutritional value,
Ya know, they are trying to
Remind us
To eat extremely fresh and organic!!!!!
Maybe next time he will catch a bigger one and if you feel like
Skinning it and cooking it it might
Be rather tasty in a stew or with
Mushroom sauce
They are so smart, he ate the bones to get his calcium/bone
Broth that we humans pay a fortune for in supplement form
At the health food stores
Sylvester's Last Stand; The UnTold Death of Bugs Bunny?
"After hours of diligent research, watching cat videos on the internet..."
Man, I must be ready for my PhD if this is a thing 😂
Majo gl I think you got your phd sir
There is a book available on Amazon about this titled, "How to tell if your cat is plotting to kill you"
Imagine being the small prey of a cat. It be like a lion hunting you.
Good vid. I'll also add that they are more intelligent than plant eaters. I owned a rabbit and know how emotionally unsatisfying they are due to their lack of intelligence despite them scoring high in the cute department.
Egyptian cats were actually Hunting partners. Mouse control was done by Fennecs. Team playing animals are generally easier to deal with as pets. Even Spotted Hyena would fit this category. The problem is if the animal is too large and powerful it can still be dangerous. Your house kitty is CAPABLE of taking you down but it is rather difficult. A Lion on the other hand could kill you easily without really even meaning to. Elephants are highly intelligent social animals but they are so huge and powerful that they are too dangerous to deal with.
Dogs: Exterior Hunting Scouts
Cats: Interior Vermin Disposal
(sheep, cows, goats, camels, mules, horses, birds, etc., were helpful af too and got domesticated as early as the expansion of the numeryans)
Lets just say whenever we found anything halfway useful we implemented it into our society cause nature was scary as hell and any help was massively beneficial, expecially food preservation and distribution.
Your house cat might kill you if it was larger but it would not do so for any other reason then it lost it's temper and accidentally went too far in beating you up. This is why Tiger and lion trainers are sometimes attacked. My cat loves me but he gets mat at me sometimes and has become violent. But he's back to loving me minutes later. They would not intentionally kill a human they loved or recognized as their social family.
You need to learn how to understand your cat better. Cats don't get "mat". You are not meeting his needs or are scaring him. Try Vicki Hall's book, How to Become a Cat Detective.
I like dogs and cats but I like cats best because they don't bark.
Around my neighborhood one dog starts barking then others chime in from many blocks away. Some times the barking is non stop for hours.I personally have never heard a cat bark at a siren,big truck or an airplane. I personally prefer to keep cats for many reasons , their general quietness is just one pleasant quality .
Enjoy.
john thackery I agree with that being a reason to prefer cats. Apparently cats don’t even meow at each other. They just meow at humans to communicate with us. Even, apparently, mimicking their human’s tone of voice.
Cats dont do anything good. They just cause allergic reactions. Dogs are way better
vilkku Ahem, cats are a good pest control (killing nasty rodents and rabbits) bud
TheDemonicBlade It isn't that useful when you have use pests as pest control
vilkku How are cats pests exactly
When I lived in Hawaii, I was shocked by the amount of cats. Whoa!
We don’t own cats...
Cats own us.
Lol hahhaha
We’re more like business partners. Hand over the food and we’ll hand over the cuddles
Your PFP got me
Dang it xD
@Zeinab only in soviet russia ha ha
Speak for yourself.... I'm a dog person.
**Why do the most perfect, savage, effective predators on Earth make good pets?** **Because we are just as savage, effective
killers on Earth, just as they are**
The 'triumvirate' of Man/Dog/Cat have associated for at least 100,000 years (25k for a certainty, but likely much longer
than that) The politics of 'want and need' are at play with the three of us...the two predators warn us of danger and
enemies while we sleep, and we provide shelter and security from weather and food when needed, and a 'safe' area for
their own offspring to thrive in, something that is hazardous on their own, as pups and kittens are virtually defenceless
when young, just as humans are.
Over the tens of thousands of years...dogs have 'evolved' into 'companions' for humans because of the stimulus of
'mutual protection' for both parties that provide fundamental needs, chiefly food items that are difficult to catch and
kill...independent from each other, both are resourceful hunters...yet together, a 'man/dog' combination can hunt and
kill fast-moving herbivores like rabbits with ease, as well as deer and other large grazing animals, a preferred prey-item
for humans and dogs...and dogs are aware that 'food with humans is safe...there will be food now and food later' as
well as 'meat that has been cooked' is better than raw...some instinct tells them this, that the food is 'safer to eat' due to
microbes being destroyed by fire.
The 'Felinus Domesticus' is a prime example of 'selective Darwinism'...despite a housecats ability to hunt small game
much more effectively than their larger cousins...house-cats enjoy the security of association with humans and a 'warm
home' to inhabit (cats dislike extremes of heat & cold as much as humans do) and food on demand when they 'beg' for
it (dogs and cats are just as 'lazy' as humans are...which is likely a built-in self-preservation tactic of ensured survival.
(if you are at 'home' in your 'cave'...you are far safer than 'outside' where there are enemies for both humans and their
'pets' and dogs and cats are aware of this fact...humans? Not so much!)
How much time did you waste making this
Human: Together, we can destroy our enemies and make this world our own!
Cat: asleep
Humans are by far the most invasive species.
Sure, but unlike feral cats and dogs, feral humans are pretty easy to exterminate.
so, we humans could be good pets?
megalomania345 I loathe it.
My dude... 6 billion population increase in the last 200 years after taking 200,000 years to reach one billion.
Hell YEAH you humans are invasive! I lost my home because of you!
Flamespirit *cringes*
Well our domestic cats are good for ridding mice and rats where dogs are the best for keeping burglars out of your property, so I tend to have both for those reasons,
Accept that when you have a REAL rat problem, you don't get a cat to handle that. You put a pack of terriers to do what they do best and before you know it you're looking at a pile of destroyed rats.
Don't forget rabbits. Cats also kill rabbits, which is good since they reproduce like crazy and will destroy vegetation.
(Seriously though rabbits are on almost every carnivore's menu)
Da Dragon Durp
What's up, doc?
That dam wabbit!
Get a bigger cat and you won't need the dogs. X)
Fredrik Löfstedt Exactly! Cats have been proven to succeed more when attempting to catch prey.
My cat is not a vicious killer , he brought me a live butterfly. I was so proud of him . 😻
Lucky. Just 4 days ago, I was sitting on the porch with my kitty girl... a moth flew into a spider web. Struggling to escape the web, the moth was flapping around. My cat jumped up, attacked the moth, ate that. The spider crawled out to see what all the commotion was .... and my cat ate the spider who made the web too. 😭 Hahahaha... vicious.
i mean to be fair cats are known to bring live prey to their owners before killing it
@@Catnippy "Hey, human, check this out! Wanna see me kill it?"
Hahaha!
Actually, when they bring you a"present, " it's because they think you need teaching in how to kill your own prey.
“To develop their paw-eye coordination.”
I like your profile picture. My fave language
The only thing I ever caught is a flea.
The only thing ive caught is aids
Nice pun
Nathan Cox Well I just caught a cold...
The only thing I ever caught was a mosquito
Hey has any one ever recorded a group of wild domestic cats in the city cuz I kinda want to watch a huge group of cats just walking around trying to survive so yeah lol
My brother used to live by a colony of feral cats. They were fascinated to watch, and they were actually sanctioned by the city to help control the rat population.
oh cool yeah i hear they really control small animal but they also over hunt the birds
Tiger Teen I believe the documentary Kedi on UA-cam has what you're looking for.
Tiger Teen For my grandparents they used to be a plague. They would search your garbage and break into your house to steal. They even scared big dogs like German shepherds. They were even a threat to humans (not preying on us but flaying us if we don't F-off). Wild dogs in Russia seem to be at least equally bad.
k it dosent really retale to my question which was already answered but ok guess y'all got some scardy ass german sheps over where you live or just some thug as cats
Affectivity and expressiveness are the two qualities, that the dog and the cat have at the highest levels, in other words_ they have many feelings and communicate them clearly. No other beast can laugh, cry, express greed or regret or even guilt like this animals. My cat empathises with me when I'm tormented in sleep. She, then starts a faint and prolonged sound like mi- - u - u!! 🐈
Khajiit is innocent of this crime!