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People need to stop scaring cats with cucumbers, say animal behaviorists
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| November 20, 2015
| Michael Harthorne
Posted on 11/20/2015 12:56:05 PM PST by sparklite2
The new viral craze is apparently scaring cats with cucumbers, because the Internet is a weird place and humans enjoy low-grade animal cruelty as long as it's adorable.
But National Geographic reports that we should all maybe not be scaring our cats with cucumbers. According to Upvoted, the first cat-scared-by-cucumber video appears to have been uploaded in May and went viral by July or so.
Countless others followed, to the point where Reddit has an entire Cucumbers Scaring Cats community. The idea behind these videos is that if you put a cucumber behind a cat, it'll freak out when it sees it.
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TOPICS: Humor; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: badgerbadgerbadger; cats; cucumber; cucumbers; kittyping; snakesnake
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To: sparklite2
Scaring a cat with a cucumber could cause your pet 'psychological problems', experts have warned
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:45:55 PM PST
by
x
To: IronJack
Did you see any of the series Dog Whisperer? It’s amazing what he did with dogs’ behaviors.
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:48:57 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
To: sparklite2
> “OK, except cats don’t fear snakes. They hunt and kill them.” <
Try sneaking up on a cat and putting a large snake behind it. When the cat turns around, I’ll bet it jumps.
(Probably because it mistakes the snake for a cucumber. ;-)
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:54:13 PM PST
by
GJones2
(Cats and cucumbers)
To: GJones2
“(Probably because it mistakes the snake for a cucumber. ;-)”
Now, that’s funny. :>/
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:57:46 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
To: sparklite2
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posted on
11/20/2015 3:36:10 PM PST
by
Bon mots
To: sparklite2
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posted on
11/20/2015 3:45:29 PM PST
by
BlueLancer
(Once is happenstance. Twice is circumstance. Three times is enemy action.)
To: sparklite2
My dog scared the bejeezus out of me one night. Got up to use the bathroom at about 3 AM, still half asleep. Unbeknownst to me, my dog goes into the hallway where there is a nightlight plugged into the wall.
So as I'm taking care of business, I catch a small movement out of the corner of my eye. As I turn, I see a small shadow of a dog along the wall grow into huge proportions. It was like something out of a horror movie.
Took me about 5 seconds to realize what had happened, but not before that 'HOLY SHIITE!' moment.
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posted on
11/20/2015 3:57:30 PM PST
by
Ken H
To: Ken H
I was a teenager the time I got out of bed for a head call in the middle of the night. Rather than disturb anyone, I left the lights off. I stepped on what felt and sounded like a piece of cracker, did my business and went back to bed. Found out in the morning I had stepped on and crushed a mouse’s head.
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posted on
11/20/2015 4:00:56 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
To: Rinnwald
A cucumber wrapped in tin foil would scare anyone.
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posted on
11/20/2015 4:33:51 PM PST
by
BBell
To: gov_bean_ counter; Slings and Arrows
The cats on campus/campii are demanding safe spaces and cucumber free zones.
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posted on
11/20/2015 5:44:03 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
11/20/2015 5:44:34 PM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Tony Schwartz and Meredith McIver, a couple of dam* fine authors...)
To: Rinnwald
But does it go to 11?
LOL
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11/20/2015 5:56:12 PM PST
by
West Texas Chuck
(Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders, three conductors, twenty-five sacks of mail.)
To: gov_bean_ counter
Buy Vinegar with Mother at local grocery. One capful in its food and/or water. Cures my guy in a few days. No Vet visits and nothing intrusive to the cat. But best of all NO Vet bills and pills.
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posted on
11/20/2015 5:57:53 PM PST
by
Rapunzel
(Fallujah be damned ...S. Helvenston RIP)
To: Rapunzel
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posted on
11/20/2015 5:59:05 PM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Tony Schwartz and Meredith McIver, a couple of dam* fine authors...)
To: gov_bean_ counter
Your welcome. Just make sure its With Mother. My 2 year old male cat has had UTI 3 times. All cured this way.
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11/20/2015 6:12:15 PM PST
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Rapunzel
(Fallujah be damned ...S. Helvenston RIP)
To: sparklite2
I was a teenager the time I got out of bed for a head call in the middle of the night. Rather than disturb anyone, I left the lights off. I stepped on what felt and sounded like a piece of cracker, did my business and went back to bed. Found out in the morning I had stepped on and crushed a mouseâs head. OMG.
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11/20/2015 6:23:41 PM PST
by
Auntie Mame
(Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
To: a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...
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11/20/2015 9:33:10 PM PST
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Slings and Arrows
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To: sparklite2
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posted on
11/20/2015 9:38:57 PM PST
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Daffynition
(*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
To: kaktuskid
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posted on
11/20/2015 9:40:53 PM PST
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Daffynition
(*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
11/20/2015 9:43:55 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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