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I ain't no scaredy cat: Fearless feline fights off TWO giant alligators
The Daily Mail (U.K.) / YouTube ^ | November 16, 2010 | Chris Slack

Posted on 11/16/2010 2:29:09 PM PST by Stoat

They are normally used to catching the odd mouse and avoiding the neighbours' dog.

But this cat doesn't seem to be at all bothered by his latest foes -  two huge alligators.

Reportedly filmed on a farm in Louisiana, this black cat stalked and stared out his enemies before successfully forcing them to both return to the lake.

Ready for battle: The cat gets set to attack the alligator at the Louisiana farm

Ready for battle: The cat gets set to attack the alligator at the Louisiana farm

Take that! Realising his chance, the cat lashes out at the alligator with his left paw

Take that! Realising his chance, the cat lashes out at the alligator with his left paw

 

On the retreat: Facing up against the brave cat is too much for the alligator and he returns to the lake

On the retreat: Facing up against the brave cat is too much for the alligator and he returns to the lake

Two's a crowd: The cat again uses his trusty left paw to fight off a second reptile

Two's a crowd: The cat again uses his trusty left paw to fight off a second reptile

Backing off: Both animals keep their distance as the cat stalks his territory

Backing off: Both animals keep their distance as the cat stalks his territory



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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: alligator; cat; gator; kitty; vikingkitty
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Here's a link to the YouTube video:

 

YouTube - Cat & Gator

1 posted on 11/16/2010 2:29:11 PM PST by Stoat
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To: Slings and Arrows
Kitty avoids becoming a gator's lunch ping
2 posted on 11/16/2010 2:29:41 PM PST by Stoat (If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
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To: Stoat

Obviously a feline of the Viking variety.


3 posted on 11/16/2010 2:32:19 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Stoat

"crazy cousin "Lucky" is off his meds"

4 posted on 11/16/2010 2:33:02 PM PST by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Stoat

Looks like a Maine Coon cat, they don’t back down, they are pretty aloof and mostly very confident of almost anything.

And they always win in a catfight.


5 posted on 11/16/2010 2:33:32 PM PST by Eye of Unk (If your enemy is quick to anger, seek to irritate him. Sun Tzu, The Art of War.)
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To: Eye of Unk

Looks like it might have some Russian or other kind of Blue in it. They’re smart little killers. I have one and you can’t “play” with it because one toss of the string or toy and it’s already got it floored with its claws. And it knows to go for the source of the string waving - your hand.


6 posted on 11/16/2010 2:40:38 PM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: Stoat

MIght be FR offical Viking Kitty or cousin of that cat LOL!


7 posted on 11/16/2010 2:43:05 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: Stoat

Palin kitty.


8 posted on 11/16/2010 2:45:31 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (I am having the best Depression, ever!)
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To: Sir Gawain

I had a couple over the years, poly-dactyl inbreeding cause some of them to have splayed paws, and for all appearance and to a large extent an opposable looking thumb, I’m not kidding they would hold something just like they had a human hand.

Climbing? Like they had a rocket under them.


9 posted on 11/16/2010 2:49:07 PM PST by Eye of Unk (If your enemy is quick to anger, seek to irritate him. Sun Tzu, The Art of War.)
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To: Sir Gawain

I used to have scratches on my hands sometimes after ‘playing’ with my old big black cat. At work someone would ask about the marks. I told them, “I was playing with my cat...but my cat doesn’t play.” LOL


10 posted on 11/16/2010 2:56:59 PM PST by perfect stranger (Nobama)
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To: Stoat

It is just that the alligators were not hungry at the time.


11 posted on 11/16/2010 2:59:44 PM PST by riverrunner
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To: Sir Gawain

My mom had a Blue Russian when I was a kid. You ain’t kidding you can’t really play with them...they think you are the lunch after the appetizer of the “toy”.


12 posted on 11/16/2010 3:04:42 PM PST by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: Eye of Unk

I don’t think any animal knows what size it actually is. I had a toy fox terrier terrify my 300lb mastiff, those 4 chihuahuas cornered that mountain lion in the garage, this cat runs off two alligators.

I’ve had 3 lb hens kick my ass when trying to put feed and water near their brood, tiny hornets terrorize me until either a cap or a spray of raid evens it up, I’ve seen bluejays and mockingbirds beat the ***t out of big cats.

Guess it’s all in the attitude.


13 posted on 11/16/2010 3:06:09 PM PST by txhurl (If we can shake Congress like a can of pennies, we can uproot voter fraud like a D-9.)
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To: txhurl
Guess it’s all in the attitude.

You betcha!


14 posted on 11/16/2010 3:10:18 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Without checks and balances, why are you surprised that the courts are capsizing the ship of state?)
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To: Stoat

My tiny dog used to chase German Shepherds that were nearly 10 times her size out of the yard.


15 posted on 11/16/2010 3:11:10 PM PST by PATRIOT1876 (Language, Borders, Culture, Full employment for those here legally)
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To: Stoat

Well, obviously these gators weren’t hungry or agressive. Note the dude standing less than two feet away from them.


16 posted on 11/16/2010 3:11:22 PM PST by Wee-Weed Up
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To: Wee-Weed Up

agreed... if them gators were hungry, they would not be showing that video!


17 posted on 11/16/2010 3:16:11 PM PST by sit-rep
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To: Stoat; 50mm; RummyChick

18 posted on 11/16/2010 3:17:59 PM PST by Roscoe Karns
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To: Roscoe Karns

LOL!


19 posted on 11/16/2010 3:37:19 PM PST by txhurl (If we can shake Congress like a can of pennies, we can uproot voter fraud like a D-9.)
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To: riverrunner; Wee-Weed Up; All
It is just that the alligators were not hungry at the time.

 

Agreed.  If it's true that this video was shot at a commercial alligator farm, then I would imagine that the owners are feeding their livestock properly just as any other farmer does.  It's in everyone's best interest that the livestock is well fed and therefore not quite as aggressive as they might be out in the wild.

On an Australian vacation I visited an "Animal Park" (Zoo) that featured "fearsome crocs....watch them being fed!".  The 'croc show' I went to was in the afternoon, probably the last of several shows for the day.  By that time the crocs had probably been fed several times and simply had enough to eat....the chicken dangling in front of their noses was completely uninteresting to them.  The handler hit a croc on its back with a rake to get it to open its mouth in alarm, whereupon the handler stuffed the chicken into its mouth.  There the croc sat, for the rest of the afternoon, with the chicken in its jaws.....too lazy to either eat it or spit it out. 

Similarly at Sea World in Florida the diver had to chase a big shark around the tank, finally cornered him and stuffed some food into its mouth.

That being said, I still thnk that this kitty is lucky....there's no telling what a gator will do when he's presented by a growling cat so close by who is tryng to scratch him.

20 posted on 11/16/2010 4:01:26 PM PST by Stoat (If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
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