“Are seriously going to say you’ve never seen any videos where a cat stands like that when threatened?”
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In my lifetime with almost 30 cats, I’ve seen that maneuver so many times that I didn’t even think to question it or suspect anything sinister.
And cats don’t even need to feel threatened to get up on their hind legs. Some just enjoy it I had one who would get so excited at mealtimes that whenever I carried her food dish to where she ate (they each had different eating spots, long story), she would walk backwards on her hind legs ahead of me, meowing all the way - I always wanted to get a video, but it was difficult, as I’m the only one here who can operate a camera, and I had my hands full.... (she died in March, RIP Mama, what a gal!)
No doubt. And if the kitty in the video was following her master, who was carrying a food dish and kitty was meowing with anticipation, it would be an entirely different story.