[Biggirl]

PING this one over to Slings and Arrows. :) =^..^=

[I want the USA back]

It’s not cruel. They are not hurt by it. They’re just following their survival instinct.

[vetvetdoug]

I don't care who you are, that there is funny

I see no harm and the so called experts need to go and get a real job. The cats will get even with the prankster in time, I guarantee it.

[broken_clock]

Since they’re supposed to be so much alike, This prank should also work on lions... Though I don’t think we’ll ever know!

[Lazamataz]

I dunno if I am cool with frightening my cats half to death. I’ll pass. I love the little guy (and tolerate the little girl.)

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Cats are predators. This is why popular cat toys simulate prey for them, and are stimulating and healthy for the cats.

So the question is not does this cause cats stress, but does it cause them unhealthy stress? Wild cats and domestic cats share a lot of behaviors and psychology, and wild cats have to be very aware when they are feeding on their prey, because other animals, other predators and scavengers, will try and sneak up on them to either get some of their kill, or drive them away so the interloper will get all of it.

[Drawsing]

In a related story, cat emotion expert and billionaire Dr. Larry Foo has opened up his third Cucumber phobia desensitization clinic for cats.

[CAluvdubya]

I can't figure out just how to sneak up on one of my cats to place the cuc there, in the first place.

Maybe my cats are too suspicious of me.......

[Herosmith]

[N. Theknow]

We had a cat that would tear through a grocery bag to get at cucumbers and eat them.

[Twinkie]

We live rural. One evening, we were in the front yard with
our cat (we live on 16 acres). Suddenly, she jumped
BACKWARDS several feet in the air & took off. - She had
happened upon a COPPERHEAD! Husband dispatched it. Then just
a couple of weeks later, he killed one on our back porch
evidently headed for the dog’s food dish. - We used to
mostly kill rattlesnakes out here; but looks like the
silent strikers (copperheads) got in ascendancy. - He’s
killed well over 30 rattlers out here in the 30 yrs. we’ve
been living on this place. - He wanted to filet the last
one he killed; but I told him NO! - not going in my freezer.
I put up with fishing worms he keeps in the fridge; but
I’m not gonna smell rattler cookin’ in my cast iron
skillet!!

[doorgunner69]

Is there an equivalent we can do with liberals?

[ViLaLuz]

Cukes are a trigger, ban them all. I demand safe trigger-free zones for all cats.

[Titan Magroyne]

The things you learn with nary a cucumber to be found in the house...

[SunkenCiv]

That is some weird mean thing to do, and yet I laughed really hard while I felt bad.