Posted on 06/09/2017 8:23:51 PM PDT by digger48
Nope.
Anyone else singing “Pearl, Pearl, Pearl...” in their heads?
Earl Scruggs, I know it’s been awhile since he and Lester Flat played gigs but hell, who knew?
I love that video clip. Take particular note of the cat’s speed and situational awareness. It knocks the dog off of the child, *knows* the dog is momentarily stunned and turns, looking to make sure the child is safe from other attackers - then kicks in the afterburners again to go inflict more pain on that canine. It’s nice to be friends with a critter that has apex predator instincts.
Alas, yes.
"Don't you marry Lester Flatt, he slicks his hair with possum fat..."
It's better to have claws and not use them than to need them and not have them.
Am I dreaming or does the cat in your clip not pause and turn around to see if the dog has an accomplice, ready to attack the baby's flank? Seeing that his mom is the human approaching, and not another malefactor, the cat turns again and resumes the chase.
Man talk about a thinking cat!! Totally situationally aware.
I would like to give that cat a medal!
The one in today's story as well.
He answers it reluctantly.
The breathless caller blurts out: "Is this 9 - 1 - 1??!!?"
Chief Wiggum: "No, this is 9 - 1 - 2."
Life imitates the Simpsons.
Can’t get the damn thing outta my head, now.
:-\
Earl Scruggs used to play a mean banjo.
An amazingly bad dog, and an amazingly protective cat.
Good cat, but the woman needs to get a gun.
There is a definition of badass right there.
DAMN !
There was a similar incident about 10 yrs ago in Lancaster, PA. A couple had a blind cat that functioned perfectly well inside their home. He usually sat in a cat tree near the front window.
A burglar broke in that window one night, the cat was apparently in the cat tree when it was kicked over. The cat attacked the burglar, running up him and grabbing him around the head, kicking his face with his back legs. The burglar fled, but the police quickly found him by following his blood trail.
The police reported his shredded face needed medical treatment and he claimed the couple were harboring a cougar. The best part was letting the other prisoners in jail know that a blind kitty cat had kicked his ass.
I carry scars on both wrists and my ankles from the days I thought you could separate two Siamese toms with my bare hands or feet. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Forgot that lesson a few weeks ago, and one of my Siamese rescues sunk his fangs right into my hand...hit a main line; blood was everywhere. MY blood.
Time to invest in some firearms.
The real Earl Scruggs is the best 5-string banjo player ever.
Or get an alarm system.
Yes, the cat actually does ‘check six’ after initially driving off the dog. You’d think it could be an accident, but not after watching the entire event. Here’s the entire incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Opm9b2WDk
The cat resumes pursuit of the dog after checking to see if there were other threats and that the mom is coming to help. The cat sees that the dog is no longer an immediate threat and turns back.
But the cat didn’t turn back to get into a better defensive position under the car like you’d think. Nope, the cat ran back and checked on the little human that got bit, then she escorts him inside, even waiting for him to catch up at one point. You can watch the cat’s head snap back and forth between watching the kid and making sure the dog isn’t going to try to blind side her.
There is a *reason* that felines are second only to primates in the surface animal food chain and species lethality rankings - and on an individual basis, the cat family is pound for pound better killers than man.
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