Cat Prevents Surveyor From Landing Drone on Job Site and It's Pure Comedy

Pet Helpful ^ | Jan. 10, 2025 | Diana Logan

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…although drones sound super high-tech, most are nothing more than tiny machines with a camera attached, hardly more elaborate (or sturdy) than your average radio-controlled toy car. Which means that they might not survive a casual encounter with even a small predator—like a house cat.

The drone pilot in this video is a surveyor who uses the machinery to take aerial pictures of the properties and heritage landmarks that he works on. It’s a useful technique, and one that makes his job a lot easier. But in this clip, we see a possible pitfall, in the form of a feline who does not like this odd, buzzing machine in his space.

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I knew something like this would be an eventual possibility.

[fireman15]

I have a bunch of drones including a couple toy drones that I like to use in the house to tease our cat. The cat actually likes them better than a laser pointer. But he is a very large cat and is quite a jumper. He has knocked them out of the air on numerous occasions. The ones I use for this have guards around the props, so he doesn’t get hurt and he feels quite proud of himself.

[lee martell]

Sorta quick, but sorta cute too.
They didn’t need the jangly background music, since nothing actually aggressive ever happened. In case you didn’t recognize that famous lead guitar riff, it was “Rebel Rebel”, by David Bowie. Music only.

[HerrBlucher]

Since you can never actually catch a laser pointer, there is really nothing in it for the cat, but to bring down a drone, now that’s an accomplishment!

One day a Mockingbird was harassing my cat in the backyard, it made several swoops down on him until the last one in which the cat reached up and brought the bird down hard and killed it. Mock this!

[SaxxonWoods]

The drone has no need to land to do the things he says he does. So, he was just fooling with the cat, or that’s his yard.

[eclecticEel]

A video I have to go to Instagram to view? Zuck that.

[BipolarBob]

No video? Why post.

[BenLurkin]

Good kitty!

[rlmorel]

Yeah. I don’t have an Instagram account either. I looked for an alternative source but came up dry.

[higgmeister]

One day a Mockingbird was harassing my cat in the backyard, it made several swoops down on him until the last one in which the cat reached up and brought the bird down hard and killed it. Mock this!

Mockingbirds and Blue Jays exist to dive-bomb pets.   The wing flicks of Mockingbirds are a mocking taunt.

Mockingbirds mocking Whippoorwills and Bobwhites are especially egregious.

People nowadays don't even know that the names Whippoorwill and Bobwhite are onomatopoeias.

Chuck-will’s-widows and whippoorwills are very strange and interesting birds. They are part of a group of birds called “nightjars.” Their names, as you have probably figured out, are onomatopoeias (onomatopoeiae?) for their calls. They have tiny beaks but huge mouths for catching insects on the wing. As nocturnal predators, they have big eyes. Their feathers provides incredible camouflage to avoid being spotted as they roost motionless during the daylight hours.

Cats don't have to abide by the US Migratory Bird Treaty Act.   Zot all of the Mockingbirds you want, Felix.

[Gaffer]

I couldn’t load anything. The site was so busy trying to load ads and PDF templates, nothing but a few words came up. I’m so tired of overladen sites like this.

[BobL]

“I knew something like this would be an eventual possibility.”

Agree, cats HATE the surveillance state even more than conservatives and it appears they’re starting to take matters into their own hands - very brave of them, and very impressive!

[HerrBlucher]

Actually his name was Charlie, an all black cat. I did have a cat named Felix too, and one named Oscar.

[higgmeister]

My wife and I had a cat named Charlie back in 1976.

[fireman15]

Since you can never actually catch a laser pointer, there is really nothing in it for the cat, but to bring down a drone, now that's an accomplishment!

We live in a wooded area in the foothills a couple miles from an urban area. It is a popular area for people to dump cats that they decide they don't want. We put food out on our back porch for the stray cats and raccoons. This cat hung around for several months before he made friends. We were trying to find a home for him because I am allergic to most cats.

He turned out to be a Siberian and they have less allergens than other cats, so it turned out that he does not bother me much so we let him live inside with us. When we first saw him, he was a normal sized cat, but it turned out that he was only a few months old. We have had him for about a year and now weighs 18 pounds. The vet said that he probably is not through growing. So, he still has all his kitten energy. The little drones are definitely his favorite toys. When he catches one, I have to wrestle it away from him before he chews it up.

Unfortunately, they don't make his favorite $20 toy drone anymore. Luckily it uses inexpensive batteries that are available for other toys and cost about $3 a piece.

[HerrBlucher]

18 lbs and still a kitten, that cat is going to be a lot of fun when he grows up! I took in a stray kitten that turned out to be a Maine Coon who grew up to be 20 lbs! My favorite Cat I ever had, he was a joy!

[fireman15]

Our cat has a very loving disposition and follows us around like a dog much of the time. He loves being the center of attention, when our family and friends comes over. Yet we can leave him alone all day and he doesn’t freak out; he sits looking out the window and watches us leave. When we get back, he meets us at the door. I suppose if we had another animal he would pay less attention to us.

[SunkenCiv]

I have a feline the world will become littered with drones beaten by Viking kitties.

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[Jamestown1630]

That’s a beautiful cat.