Missy: "You two...well, I'll just be blunt about it. You can't hunt for beans. It's pathetic, really, but you're _my_ pathetic humans, so...I brought home supper for you. Enjoy! >^w^
I have a female tuxedo cat, Riana and she's really really timid, always cautious and gets frightened at the tiniest bit of sound. She grew up with another female cat of mine, Kuci and unfortunately they never get along. As timid as she is, Kuci never dare to mess with Riana coz she always puts her back in her place lol
Adrian Salanitri I Googled it and I found out that the lady had a small boar in her freezer that the cat killed But that scene was cut out of the original show, because the producers thought it was to unbelievable Missy had to be put down She attacked a small child and the little girl is still in a coma Please keep her in your wishes
Watched a cat on my lawn staring at a pigeon in the street about 12 feet away. He went into his stalking pose and I thought no way. When he got there the pigeon flew and the cat leaps about 5 feet high and caught it.
I watched my neighbours dog catch a cat in his mouth as it tried jumping over a fence. It tried running off and jumped up the fence but dog jumped and grabbed it in his mouth. Dogs and cats much more athletic than us humans.
@Daniel Deering not in the wild I'm talking domestic. I've seen loads dogs catch cats and rip them to pieces. Cat to busy obsessed with stalking birds doesnt notice dog come up behind it until it's too late.
The reason why they kill inspite of being fed is instinct, they see something small and moving and they have to go for it. That's why they chase strings you drag around for them or hands under a blanket/carpet.
KentAllard Why most men are kept home or on a short leash. Let them roam and while they may not do anything with strange women, they have a strong, instinctive, impulse to pursue bouncy, twitchy things. 😂
Older cats dont play as much and they don't just see something moving and chase it they go out and look for it. Why play when you can do the real thing on a daily basis?
@@Daylon91 My cat is almost 13. Between sleeps and eats she wants to play with bits of moving string, and little rolled up balls of paper or foil. That natural instinct is always there until they're bodies are to frail.
I grew up in a countryside in Finland. One morning I woke up and went to see how's the weather outside. I though it had snowed because the stairs front of the door were completely white. Then I realised that it was white fur. I opened the door and there was our cat presenting proudly a huge white rabbit. One time he brought ermine, and he went head to head with a mink. That did not end well for the mink. We had a lot of build nestholes for birds, small ones, bigger ones. This cunning cat developed a way to hunt down the birds from their nestholes. He went on top of the nestbox and he hung his paw in front of the entrance, so when the bird exited the nest, it flew straight into his claws. He was a happy cat. I was 6 years old when he came to us and he died last winter at the age of 19 years. He died the way he lived. Roaming free in around the farm. We saw how his tracks went to one of his daily resting places, but they never came out.
We had dozens of cats growing up. I remember one in particular. It was Hunter extraordinair. Its specialty was birds. Never eating them but constant killing and laying around their carcasses. (boss like) The cat was greyish long hair type.
Cats evolved as desert animals. They hunt as long as they're awake. If they've eaten, they hunt more, to bring back to their family. After all, hunters aren't always successful, and all the cats need to eat. So that's what your cat is doing, when it's hunting after it's already eaten. The cat is bringing back some food for you, just in case you can't kill your own.
why would you? i still want to punch people who breed munchkin cats. it's like enforcing a human to have down syndrom because some think that is funny....
If your cat can kill like they were bred to do it (they might have been, actually) then it's not really a problem, it just means they are capable and are a fine specimen of a beautiful species.
Broken Shadows that is not the problem. The problem is the changes the cats have to the ecosystem like killing a lot of birds for example so they get endangered
You cant breed a cat do anything you bell end the reason they hunt is no secret.....instinct also cats do NOT affect the eco system they help it obviously you know nothing.
pineapple aesthetic They probably USED to be bred for that, but then people switched to breeding for looks and weird behaviors like going limp when you pick them up.
Juan Cuevas he's right, bats are one of the species that has more of rabies cases than others... And they can transfer it very effectively since they can fly. Since it's a horrible and deadly desease(99.99% chance of lethal outcome once the virus has spread inside the body), I'd really not consider this a joke and get my cat regular vaccinations.
You will notice that there were no rats among the collection of prey that was displayed. I have had cats that were prolific hunters of mice, but wanted nothing to do with rats. One actually went nose-to-nose with my cat huntresses and the cats backed away. To deal with rats, you need certain species of dogs -- particularly medium-sized terriers.
I am saying that, generally cats that are interested in taking mice, moles, birds, lizards are not going after rats for whatever reason. I have observed this, but by all means do your own research. Videos of dogs [and mustelids] killing rats are plentiful here on TH-cam.
When I was growing up, my family had a somewhat awkward relationship with the family next door. They were bird lovers, and kept bird feeders in their yard. We owned two cats who quickly learned that the bird feeders were essentially a "Kentucky Fried Chicken" restaurant for cats. Sometimes my mom or dad would be having a conversation with one of the bird-lovers, and one of our cats would slowly saunter by with a dead bird in her mouth. This would quickly end the pleasant conversation, as you can imagine. The same neighbors also kept a pet dog on a leash in their back yard, a dog that despised our cats. Our cats quickly learned that the dog could not chase them further than the length of his leash, so our cats would slyly sneak around the dog, just out of his reach, causing the dog to bark furiously, but futilely, at our mischievous felines.
Yep cats are smart they know where to get around. Not only are they smart killers Cats (just like leopards Lions, and tigers ) they observe everything because they plan on how they will hunt and kill and look for escape in case something goes wrong
Celebrate the cats skills and reward them. They are natures top predators doing what God designed them to do. Most of the time, they will bring the kill to their owners as a gift. Amazing animals!
Nothing amazing about being a body violating predator. They rob from consumers instead of eating the producer (plants), and shit toxic waste which is terrible for the ecosystem. Humanity is backwards to fetish predators and enslave, rape, and slaughter herbivores -- who's shit is actually beneficial for the ecosystem.
@@death2predation303 you are pathetic dumb vegetarian piece of shit if you say so! By the way I am going to get a Siberian tiger cub to raise like a hunting comrade and life long friend as well as grandad did long ago and yes I will anyway encourage him or her to hunt for his or her dinner!So I will start training him or her at 6 months of age with bunnies and rabbits and rising the difficulty of the prey,and sometimes like grandad,will show on my own example how to act and what to do!Sometimes for grandad that meant to kill a rabbit with his *teeth*-but he was not squeamish:he actually never was afraid of Neron even when he grew up into a 385kg giant male Siberian tiger:grandad just left his signature on Reichstag in May 1945,and he together with his wife both left their last bit of fear in 22 June 1941,when they both joined the army and went to the frontline!So after that hell which they went through their huge cat sometimes got frightened of them but never vice versa! Anyway unlike house cats Neron was hunting local wildlife in nearby forests always together with grandad since his training course was finished at his 2 years of age!And he took down anything including moose weighting over quarter of a tonne just with one paw swipe at the end of the chase:hit the head from above in the huge leap so that the head just hit the ground and the rest of the body just with inertia broke it's neck!Also occasionally he used to kill bears,once when he was 12-he killed a gianormous old male brown bear that weighted twice as much as Neron himself! Anyway I am going to treat my striped orange comrade/assassin AKA Siberian tiger the same way,because that is how they are meant to be living with us,and let some idiot like you bitch on us in the woods:this will be interesting!Well,because I am actually myself a normal meat eating human being,and this makes me among other things just disgusting for big cats in terms of taste!But that is for normal human beings!Yet for vegan subhumans that is absolutely another story!Your taste seems to be like that of a rodent and big cats actually like eating rodents even more than ungulates!So just don't fuck around us because while *we are predators* -yoy are prey!
One time, my cat caught a bird. I did not see her catch it, but I was told she inhaled it before we could get it away from her. About a day later, she vomited everywhere. My dad fiercely through her outside, not realizing she was really sick. (My dad also has some anger issues.... I was very angry at him, but I said nothing). I walked into the garage with her, and she had gotten cozy. I thought she needed some rest, so while she sat on her bean bag, I left her alone. The next day, there seemed to be clear vomit everywhere. That immediately clicked with me that something was wrong. She was throwing up every drop of water she drank, which was not good. I begged my mother to take her to the vet, but she said no. About three days later, she was still vomiting. My mom was finally quite worried, but told me to give her one more day. I fed her drops of water through a non-pointy syringe, since she was too weak to move. On the forth day, she finally managed to keep water down. I continued to slowly let her drink it, and it stayed down. She drank a couple gulps of water that day, and it thankfully stayed down... On the fifth day, she ate a nibble of food. She was drinking gulps of water here and there, but not too much. On the sixth day, she was finally eating. She healed on her own, but I would have felt more calm if my parents took her to the vet on the second say. To this day, she has not gotten sick that bad at all. I am glad she has been healthier than that one event. The moral of this story is that it is perfectly okay to let your pets hunt, but some animals are sick, and can pass it onto your cats. If you manage to spot that the prey caught hardly really moved at all, and seemed sick, take that away immediately. What happened to my cat was probably dangerous, but we managed to get water into her anyways. I am thankful she was not sick to the point where it was an emergency.... (,_,)
I would FULLY let her keep her prey. She couldn't wat all of it at once, but she would hide the rest of it and eat it the next day. I can hunt my own food. And a wild hog also has quite alot more meat.
My cat would have been useless for this type of survey, he was definitely a hunter, but he ate everything he killed, no gifts left for us just the occasional vivisected bird carcass and ABSOLUTELY no pests anywhere near our home. I used to wonder if he killed mice or just repelled them.
I received a present yesterday, freshly killed and not molested. Good kitty. I've got an older cat that lives puddles and piles, he's getting up there. I'd rather have the gifts. Still, in his day he'd bring me presents too.
cat, more often, dont hunt for food but for sport. they enjoy hunting and they thin out the population of rabbit and mice, which are invasive species that can mess up the ecosystem as well as spreading disease. that is why human has been keeping cats as pet for so long in their history, dated back from ancient Egypt
that is correct. but for domestic cat, who get fed daily, they still hunt just for the exercise and practice. they are on the top 5 most effective hunter with over 60% success rate too
richard suggs these human pets (cats) are actually destroying the wild fauna, they are taking away the food from owls, hawks, eagles and such predators, and all the other scavengers that rely on this food. we have introduced a big plague to this world, plagues are never a good thing, all this because we think cats are cute.
MCES LEX you are mistaken. rabbit and mice can reproduce extremely fast. cats are simply one of the factor that keeping their population in check. rabbit and mice are invasive species which are the one messing with the ecosystem. remember the time when hunter release rabbit for hunting and they increase their population so much that native species was chased out for unable to compete for food source
They banned outside cats in my city, result? A pile of birds shitting and squaking. So you gotta balance it as best as you can. Back in the day theu were domesticated because we didnt have a huge population of humans and preffered less disease from rodents. Our dogs did the same.
My cat Po is such a good predator like Missy. He’s only been going outside for a few months now and he brings us back something almost everyday. Sometimes it’s still alive... he’s also a Tuxedo cat.
My 15 year old kitteh, when she was in her prime, would bring home rabbits, birds, mice and one one occasion an adult squirrel. Sometimes all that I would find was a pile of fur or feathers in the back yard. I lost count after the first hundred or so kills in her first year with me. After I saw an opossum, several raccoons and a skunk in my neighborhood in the past 4-7 years she became an indoor cat. Her name is Missie as well. EDIT: Cats bring home their kills as gifts to their humans. It's a cat's way of saying "I am worth something. I can earn my keep in this house".
My cat once brought in a live goose. Needless to say, we were all very displeased with the cat and the trouble it gave us trying to rid of the stampeding, scared, and angry goose in the house.
Had a cat like missy; Diablo. Norwegian longhair, former homeless tomcat that adopted us. Biggest damn cat I ever had; over 20 pounds and no fat on him. Awesome hunter but he had a special love of rodents. So many voles and rabbits.
For my birthday last week I was gifted a very fat mole and two blue jays. That was in a few hours. My kitty is the sweetest assassin I’ve n/ever met. And dude still wants a can of food aside from his dry kibble daily. The neighborhood loves he’s on patrol for moles and our overabundance of squirrels. Yet he’s the sweetest boy with humans, especially children. He also walks with anyone on our street and sleeps nightly on our bed.
I live in the middle of nowhere where bugs and rodents frequent. I have chickens to knock down the bug problem, which includes scorpions, and a cat that loves to hunt rodents. Hell, one time I saw her carrying a ferret. She's a monster around there. Haven't had a rat in years.
My first beloved cat was also named Missy, and she was a voracious killer. Especially with birds. About once a week, I'd go to put on my boots, and would find a half eaten songbird in there. Also, we had a wood burning stove, and birds would often attempt to nest in the flu, but would fall and end up stuck. So, whenever we heard beating wings in our kitchen, well, it became dinner and a show. I pity the birds, but we couldn't stop her from killing them even if we tried. She was a successful hunter well into her old age.
We had a cat my mom nicknamed John Wayne Gacy because of his habit for leaving the animals he killed underneath the back porch. Although he wasn't very bright, and was cross-eyed, he killed probably hundreds of small animals in his lifetime. His favorite tactic was actually somewhat impressive to watch. He'd climb to the top of the privacy fence where several tree limbs converged to form an overhead canopy. He'd then wait for birds to swoop under and then leap up and catch them mid-flight, falling a total of a 10 or more feet in the process.
This is very interesting. I have two cats, one hunts often (he usually catches small birds, pigeons, squirrels and the odd rat). He, unlike most cats, eats what he catches (so it doesn't go to waste?). The other one rarely hunts (she will catch mice and sometimes small birds). She doesn't eat them and just leaves them for you. Last week she got to a mouse nest and killed 4!
She's probably trying to teach you how to hunt and/or feed you. They do that to feed their kittens and incompetent elderly cats (which is what humans are to them). She doesn't want you to die for being "inept" lol. It's kind of cute when you think about it.
3:10 my sisters cat is very similar. Once found him eating a juvenile cottontail, he had already eaten its head. All that was left a portion of the large intestine when he was done eating, found him fat and happy under an old car, napping.
@@dimez3702 shut your dumbass mouth, dude. Outdoor cats are responsible for alot of wild animal decline, small things like birds and rodents. Xiya L. is right, stop trying to be edgy and cool.
JurassicSmackdown Rodents and Birds are not in the slightest bit endangered. In fact their population is so great you need predators like cats or dogs even snakes and larger birds to keep the pest population down. Stop being a ignorant dumbass and do your research. Let nature be nature you’re a human you have no say over animals.
Indeed this number seems very small. There are probably several hundred millions of mice in England (or even billions). For other species that might be more problematic (but thy did not gave figures) However it is an underestimate, as most cats do not bring back their catches. Good hunters will get several mice a day. Even a lazy farm cat will get more than 200 mice a year, so the figure above seems incredibly underestimate (I would not be surprise if it is closer to 200000 per day instead of per year)
Pif de Mestre While I do agree with your point I also need to counter if they counted all 7mill as outdoor/semi-outdoor cats? I ask this because I myself keep indoor only cats to prevent risks of varrying issues, but because they are indoor the only things they ever get to hunt are the occaisional bug or two.
She's an invasive species. There's nothing cute about her killing native wildlife (with the exceptions of mice and rats) . Her owners should've kept her inside.
She knew there was gonna be quarantine in the future and her owners were not gonna be able to get food, she’s been practicing, now look how good she is, she’s hunting enough to feed herself and her owners
Not domestic cats. Cats in general? Sure. But these are domestic house cats, which have a ridiculously high population number. They eat the tiny critters, it leaves less for the wild carnivores & omnivores to feed off of. Theres wild flesh-eaters that are endangered. House cats aren't exactly endangered.
It amazes me how much cats crave attention and love but you let them out the back yard and its pure carnage. Spring is here and our cat Beverly who is 7 years old now killed 4 birds in 1 day. The wife threatens to put a bell around her neck every year but i keep convincing her that she's gonna slow down but it just hasnt happened but i wont be putting her kills in the fridge
My cats name is missus and anything she brings home, 90% of the time they have no heads. She's 15 years old and was a wild street cat when we found her out our back yard.
4ern ic8it They still eat cat food and catching wild life can cause them to get worms and fleas,that can be costly....Not to mention the loss of food for Owls, Kestrels, and others and all the little baby birds waiting for mommy to come home with dinner and she never will...I think it is just a killer instinct in the Cat....
In America 🐈 owners feed too much industrial cat food to the point the cats were over weight like the mirror image of their lazy owners. Afterward most of the cats has lost athletic ability & their natural instincts.
pyrophobia133 very very very unlikely. Especially since most cats just kill for the fun and don't eat their catch , but even then their stomachs are made for that. Unless of course rabies is introduced , that would be that very unlikely cenario
She's adorable and although she's not my cat, I'm really very proud of her! I had a cat like that, such a great hunter, especially when she had babies ... You can't imagine what was in front of the door in the morning ...and the little ones playing around with their new "toys" 😊😊😊 She was also very skilled in catching little birds, even pigeons directly from the trees, mice and obviously rats! Actually I remember that while we had her, she basically exterminated the mice and rats population from our backyard and from our neighbors too ... The barn was cleared of the pests! She was not the only cat hunter we had at that time, we also had a Siamese male and other European female, both very skilled hunters, but Fifi was by far the greatest hunter cat we ever had and also my mother's morning nightmare! 😂😂😂 I miss her soooo much! Other than being a hunter, she was such a sweetheart, so proud of the job she did hunting rats that she almost always would share it with us 🥰🥰🥰 She was never sick and her babies inherited her "hunting hunger" and skills and all of them were the healthiest kittens I ever seen. In my neighborhood she was the dominant female, so fierce, chasing away all cats she didn't agree to cross her territory! She died few years ago of old age, around 17 years old!
Its not nature tho. People feed the cats so even when they can't hunt they survive and make more cats, that then on go to hunt and breed even more. Them killing mice is not the problem. The problem is they have hunted some bird species to endangered status and close to extincion. If you're gonna own a cat keep it inside!
My cat (which has since passed away) used to bring me mice, birds, rabbits, squirrels etc all the time lol he never really ate them though. He just brought them to me. It’s how cats show their love, loyalty and dedication to their owners. RIP boy
We've had 7/8 cats in my lifetime (30 + years). I only remember less than 10 occasions my cats brought me prey home. I live in a terraced house area so mice in my town are a problem. But a cat in the house keeps mice out.
That's a strong independent cat who also want to feed his family That's why he is hunting and bringing it to home You guys made him a serial killer And obviously cat are master Hunters
Missy is like a female Leo: black and white, likes to be outside, and murders everything that passes for prey. He had stayed in the house for no more than a week, and he committed his first murder--a parakeet my mom brought in to watch over for the day. Leo took one look, and the little bird went from being in mom's hand to dead: whole thing couldn't have lasted more than 5 seconds. Leo's been afraid of me ever since...though it's never stopped him hunting: he just makes a point to avoid any and all pets we bring into the house...the last haul I heard of was when he took out a half-dozen squirrels... (and yes, we obviously knew the cats we had were hunters (they were all originally strays)--every attempt was made to keep the cats away from the parakeet. However, Leo is a wily sort... some days he's like a monkey in a cat's body...if the monkey was a murderously violent creature of mass destruction...)
@3:40, well, so there is Missy's trade secret. You have built a bait pond for her to hide and hunt at. Not that I am objecting. We would be quite overrun with mice if it weren't for cats and birds of prey. She is quite the beautiful Tuxedo!!!
I read somewhere, UK Prime Minister was unhappy with Downing Street 10 official cat, Larry regarding his mousing skill. Perhaps Missy can replace him. From my own experience, female cat always has more appetite in hunting.
I've alwasy seen this as kind of funny, almost all of my cats have been outdoor cats. I've seen them bring foot long pack rats, squirrels, a mole(of all things), brown and green anole's, snakes, and i believe there's been a handful of adult crows as well. Those were the ones that surprised me.
Missy looks almost exactly like my cat Diva (Diva's eyes are a little greenish), it's really weird to see her on screen. Used to be a great Killer herself but now at age 12 she has either slowed down considerably or she has decided against bringing things home and eats/leaves her kills where they happen.
wow thats one super cat. just the way how effectively she jumps on the fence at 3:31 surprises me. most cats would need a few more seconds time to prepare for a jump like that.
I don't see too much of a problem. She keeps down the rodent population, which otherwise could explode at any moment, so that is a big plus. Granted, I feel pity for those lovely swallows, and for the other singing bird victims, but those we can regard as 'collateral damage'. And if our armed forces permitted to have that, why not our cats too? ☺
I think if we could just train outdoor cats to leave vulnerable or threatened species alone, and praise and reward them for killing invasive, problematic species, we might really be onto something there.
It's really a regional thing. The cats that are killing vulnerable species are generally feral cats on islands. Cats in mainland USA or UK aren't doing any harm. Even the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds agrees...www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/community-and-advice/garden-advice/unwantedvisitors/cats/birddeclines.aspx The main problem with letting cats outside for most people is the potential for harm to the cat, which can be killed by coyotes or dogs or cars or poison or traps or asshole humans.
Of course cats can be trained. But she always keeps thinking "What do I get out of this training?". When she gains nothing, she keeps doing what she always did. My cat brings me mice almost every morning. I think she thinks I would starve otherwise. I see it as a friendly gesture. Make her stop doing that renders her entire being as a cat. We like it when she chases a laser dot, or a feather on a string, but she isn't allowed to catch mice? For her there is no difference. There's always the satisfaction of the catch. Nobody can train what's deep inside her instincts.
CAts are the best hunters in the world, understand that, It is their nature and it is red in tooth and claw, and there is no changing that, like the owl, or hawk they must hunt It is what they are make to do. we can keep then inside and limit that hunting or let them hunt that is there owners choice and responsibility..
she brings them home because she loves the couple.
Missy: "You two...well, I'll just be blunt about it. You can't hunt for beans. It's pathetic, really, but you're _my_ pathetic humans, so...I brought home supper for you. Enjoy! >^w^
Erevos she thinks they need some food
They would love her too if they had no grocery store or money to get by with
I bet a little extra protein in that lady would be a good thing.
@@catluva74 there is no extra protein in that lady-it's called extra *fat*
tuxedo cats are always the boss
"tuxedo cats"-Neat term; I hadn't been aware of it.
I got one named Charlie. A real tough guy!
@@thamsanqahadebe5778 me too! named charlie. small world
true mostly they are the boss in the group
I have a female tuxedo cat, Riana and she's really really timid, always cautious and gets frightened at the tiniest bit of sound. She grew up with another female cat of mine, Kuci and unfortunately they never get along. As timid as she is, Kuci never dare to mess with Riana coz she always puts her back in her place lol
Soo are we not gonna mention that this lady has a platter of dead animals in the fridge??
NOT İN İTSELF UNUSUAL
WildBlueYonder
Why not the freezer?
Austerity
the old lady and family will eat it that all in the next dinner, so what a great cat, she brings them the food 's house
Adrian Salanitri
I Googled it and I found out that the lady had a small boar in her freezer that the cat killed
But that scene was cut out of the original show, because the producers thought it was to unbelievable
Missy had to be put down
She attacked a small child and the little girl is still in a coma
Please keep her in your wishes
I love how the husband is horrified but the wife is super proud.
Watched a cat on my lawn staring at a pigeon in the street about 12 feet away. He went into his stalking pose and I thought no way. When he got there the pigeon flew and the cat leaps about 5 feet high and caught it.
Oh I believe you. My cat has astonished me.
I watched my neighbours dog catch a cat in his mouth as it tried jumping over a fence. It tried running off and jumped up the fence but dog jumped and grabbed it in his mouth. Dogs and cats much more athletic than us humans.
@@iang-lb7nx who asked you that? Shtfu.
@Daniel Deering not in the wild I'm talking domestic. I've seen loads dogs catch cats and rip them to pieces. Cat to busy obsessed with stalking birds doesnt notice dog come up behind it until it's too late.
@@ajsi2073 what is the problem here?
It's called gloves ladies.
LOLOL I was thinking that
Soap?
They don’t even want to acknowledge the single finger rubber ones either. If you know what I mean.
The reason why they kill inspite of being fed is instinct, they see something small and moving and they have to go for it. That's why they chase strings you drag around for them or hands under a blanket/carpet.
KentAllard Why most men are kept home or on a short leash. Let them roam and while they may not do anything with strange women, they have a strong, instinctive, impulse to pursue bouncy, twitchy things. 😂
Older cats dont play as much and they don't just see something moving and chase it they go out and look for it. Why play when you can do the real thing on a daily basis?
@@Daylon91 My cat is almost 13. Between sleeps and eats she wants to play with bits of moving string, and little rolled up balls of paper or foil. That natural instinct is always there until they're bodies are to frail.
Same reason why my dog rip cats to pieces. Just instinct correct.
@@iang-lb7nx lol okay guy. it's always a competition or one-up contest isn't it ? u win 🙄
This is kinda the reason why we domesticated cats in the first place. no real reason to complain.
There is a theory that cats domesticated themselves.
nobody really owns a cat...you might feed it and clean its box...but u don't really own it lol.
@@smalltownplaya712 cats seem to be more like roommates then pets. Even if you become inseparable a cat is still never a pet😂
How about the researcher whining about cats killing the mice before owls can kill them?
Birders need to stfu and go live in plastic jungles
I grew up in a countryside in Finland. One morning I woke up and went to see how's the weather outside. I though it had snowed because the stairs front of the door were completely white. Then I realised that it was white fur. I opened the door and there was our cat presenting proudly a huge white rabbit. One time he brought ermine, and he went head to head with a mink. That did not end well for the mink. We had a lot of build nestholes for birds, small ones, bigger ones. This cunning cat developed a way to hunt down the birds from their nestholes. He went on top of the nestbox and he hung his paw in front of the entrance, so when the bird exited the nest, it flew straight into his claws. He was a happy cat. I was 6 years old when he came to us and he died last winter at the age of 19 years. He died the way he lived. Roaming free in around the farm. We saw how his tracks went to one of his daily resting places, but they never came out.
We had dozens of cats growing up. I remember one in particular. It was Hunter extraordinair. Its specialty was birds. Never eating them but constant killing and laying around their carcasses. (boss like) The cat was greyish long hair type.
Cats evolved as desert animals. They hunt as long as they're awake. If they've eaten, they hunt more, to bring back to their family. After all, hunters aren't always successful, and all the cats need to eat.
So that's what your cat is doing, when it's hunting after it's already eaten. The cat is bringing back some food for you, just in case you can't kill your own.
Or the cat is brings his/her food back just to show the owners that they're good hunters
They bring home their kills as gifts to their humans.
It's their way of saying "I am worth something. I can earn my keep in this house".
Cats are by far the most considerate animals considering we eat them ;(
Chris Lancour What a good kitty
feel what you say Only Chinese eat them.
That cat said “I am tired of nasty cat food....I am getting my own....”
Caught Bugs bunny
Cats have millions of years of evolutionary adaptation and hunting prowess as a built in survival mechanism.
DaveAllenSpeaks
And you can't just turn that off, or breed it out if them.
why would you? i still want to punch people who breed munchkin cats. it's like enforcing a human to have down syndrom because some think that is funny....
So does every predator
Missy is an amazing pet. Nurturing, protective, and a great hunter. I would love to have a cat like that
That kitty is clearly enjoying her life.
This is the reason we made friends with cats in the first place - to kill rodents. Cuddles and lap warming are just perks.
Actually cats befriended us because we draw rodents.
The problem is they kill a ton of birds too
@@redhidinghood9337 Np we can make Bird farm
If your cat can kill like they were bred to do it (they might have been, actually) then it's not really a problem, it just means they are capable and are a fine specimen of a beautiful species.
Datsrite
Agree. This is maximum cat.
Broken Shadows that is not the problem. The problem is the changes the cats have to the ecosystem like killing a lot of birds for example so they get endangered
You cant breed a cat do anything you bell end the reason they hunt is no secret.....instinct also cats do NOT affect the eco system they help it obviously you know nothing.
pineapple aesthetic
They probably USED to be bred for that, but then people switched to breeding for looks and weird behaviors like going limp when you pick them up.
I also have a hunter, she used to catch bats...BATS!
Maybe keep her inside. She could get rabies from bats.
MidNightStudios you have rabies too.....
Juan Cuevas he's right, bats are one of the species that has more of rabies cases than others... And they can transfer it very effectively since they can fly. Since it's a horrible and deadly desease(99.99% chance of lethal outcome once the virus has spread inside the body), I'd really not consider this a joke and get my cat regular vaccinations.
Popcultureguy3000 yea and you can give cancer to the comment section
@@Popcultureguy3000 that's why you get your cat a rabies shot every few years.
One time my cat brought in an elderly Asian women. We let her go.
Hypnoswede lololol😂😂😂😂
Hypnoswede hahahhahahahhahahahha.
Catch and release son
Ok thanks.
LMAO
Without kitties we would be swimming in an ocean of rats.
Rats serve a beneficial purpose in the ecosystem cats do not destroy biodiversity nearly as much as people do..
@Kevin Warburton sounds like those uni mathematicians should stay in their own lane
You will notice that there were no rats among the collection of prey that was displayed. I have had cats that were prolific hunters of mice, but wanted nothing to do with rats. One actually went nose-to-nose with my cat huntresses and the cats backed away.
To deal with rats, you need certain species of dogs -- particularly medium-sized terriers.
Wal Ford are you saying rats are too much for cats or some cats?
I am saying that, generally cats that are interested in taking mice, moles, birds, lizards are not going after rats for whatever reason. I have observed this, but by all means do your own research. Videos of dogs [and mustelids] killing rats are plentiful here on TH-cam.
I don't want to eat anything out of that fridge.
i don't want to eat anything that comes from that house .
She’s disgusting
Ikr
I'd eat the rabbit
Don"t ask the question at their house "What's for supper"
Now I Love them even more!
until they ate your favorite parrot.
I don't have a parrot. I prefer animals to live in a wilds.
guess ur gonna throw your cats into the wild.
I don't have a cat. I already told that I prefer animals to live in a wilds.
Mihail yess ❤️❤️❤️
When I was growing up, my family had a somewhat awkward relationship with the family next door. They were bird lovers, and kept bird feeders in their yard. We owned two cats who quickly learned that the bird feeders were essentially a "Kentucky Fried Chicken" restaurant for cats. Sometimes my mom or dad would be having a conversation with one of the bird-lovers, and one of our cats would slowly saunter by with a dead bird in her mouth. This would quickly end the pleasant conversation, as you can imagine. The same neighbors also kept a pet dog on a leash in their back yard, a dog that despised our cats. Our cats quickly learned that the dog could not chase them further than the length of his leash, so our cats would slyly sneak around the dog, just out of his reach, causing the dog to bark furiously, but futilely, at our mischievous felines.
Yep cats are smart they know where to get around. Not only are they smart killers Cats (just like leopards Lions, and tigers ) they observe everything because they plan on how they will hunt and kill and look for escape in case something goes wrong
Michael: I hate what cats do to the wildlife
Cat: *grins*
Missy needs an intervention lol.
Tbh though, she's a really good hunter. Go Missy, go!
Obsessive hoarding disorder. Lol
Celebrate the cats skills and reward them. They are natures top predators doing what God designed them to do. Most of the time, they will bring the kill to their owners as a gift.
Amazing animals!
That's right. They bring home their kills as gifts to their humans.
It's their way of saying "I am worth something. I can earn my keep in this house".
wayouttatune2 true
@wayouttatune2 Lol, explain wild cats then.
Nothing amazing about being a body violating predator. They rob from consumers instead of eating the producer (plants), and shit toxic waste which is terrible for the ecosystem. Humanity is backwards to fetish predators and enslave, rape, and slaughter herbivores -- who's shit is actually beneficial for the ecosystem.
@@death2predation303 you are pathetic dumb vegetarian piece of shit if you say so!
By the way I am going to get a Siberian tiger cub to raise like a hunting comrade and life long friend as well as grandad did long ago and yes I will anyway encourage him or her to hunt for his or her dinner!So I will start training him or her at 6 months of age with bunnies and rabbits and rising the difficulty of the prey,and sometimes like grandad,will show on my own example how to act and what to do!Sometimes for grandad that meant to kill a rabbit with his *teeth*-but he was not squeamish:he actually never was afraid of Neron even when he grew up into a 385kg giant male Siberian tiger:grandad just left his signature on Reichstag in May 1945,and he together with his wife both left their last bit of fear in 22 June 1941,when they both joined the army and went to the frontline!So after that hell which they went through their huge cat sometimes got frightened of them but never vice versa!
Anyway unlike house cats Neron was hunting local wildlife in nearby forests always together with grandad since his training course was finished at his 2 years of age!And he took down anything including moose weighting over quarter of a tonne just with one paw swipe at the end of the chase:hit the head from above in the huge leap so that the head just hit the ground and the rest of the body just with inertia broke it's neck!Also occasionally he used to kill bears,once when he was 12-he killed a gianormous old male brown bear that weighted twice as much as Neron himself!
Anyway I am going to treat my striped orange comrade/assassin AKA Siberian tiger the same way,because that is how they are meant to be living with us,and let some idiot like you bitch on us in the woods:this will be interesting!Well,because I am actually myself a normal meat eating human being,and this makes me among other things just disgusting for big cats in terms of taste!But that is for normal human beings!Yet for vegan subhumans that is absolutely another story!Your taste seems to be like that of a rodent and big cats actually like eating rodents even more than ungulates!So just don't fuck around us because while *we are predators* -yoy are prey!
One time, my cat caught a bird. I did not see her catch it, but I was told she inhaled it before we could get it away from her. About a day later, she vomited everywhere. My dad fiercely through her outside, not realizing she was really sick. (My dad also has some anger issues.... I was very angry at him, but I said nothing). I walked into the garage with her, and she had gotten cozy. I thought she needed some rest, so while she sat on her bean bag, I left her alone. The next day, there seemed to be clear vomit everywhere. That immediately clicked with me that something was wrong. She was throwing up every drop of water she drank, which was not good. I begged my mother to take her to the vet, but she said no. About three days later, she was still vomiting. My mom was finally quite worried, but told me to give her one more day. I fed her drops of water through a non-pointy syringe, since she was too weak to move. On the forth day, she finally managed to keep water down. I continued to slowly let her drink it, and it stayed down. She drank a couple gulps of water that day, and it thankfully stayed down... On the fifth day, she ate a nibble of food. She was drinking gulps of water here and there, but not too much. On the sixth day, she was finally eating. She healed on her own, but I would have felt more calm if my parents took her to the vet on the second say. To this day, she has not gotten sick that bad at all. I am glad she has been healthier than that one event.
The moral of this story is that it is perfectly okay to let your pets hunt, but some animals are sick, and can pass it onto your cats. If you manage to spot that the prey caught hardly really moved at all, and seemed sick, take that away immediately. What happened to my cat was probably dangerous, but we managed to get water into her anyways. I am thankful she was not sick to the point where it was an emergency.... (,_,)
You saved that poor cat. And your parents a pricks.
I would let her eat what she kills. Of course, i might want part of that rabbit though...
I would FULLY let her keep her prey. She couldn't wat all of it at once, but she would hide the rest of it and eat it the next day. I can hunt my own food. And a wild hog also has quite alot more meat.
I would too
Micheal Phillip 😉☺😙😚😂😗🙄😑😑😘😘😅😅😅😚😚😙🙄🙄😣😏😥😮😮😮🤐🤐🤐😇😋😊😉😅😃😁😀😀
Vinay please for the love of all that is holy do not reproduce. you have shown a stupidity on a level that is unmatched.
***** What the hell didare you talking about? That hardly ever happens dude.
5:56 *turns* "You're next camera guy!"
😂😂😂 only if they were little bigger
that moment is cute
Super Perfect Cell LM🅰️🅾️
I want to hire that cat!!!
My cat would have been useless for this type of survey, he was definitely a hunter, but he ate everything he killed, no gifts left for us just the occasional vivisected bird carcass and ABSOLUTELY no pests anywhere near our home. I used to wonder if he killed mice or just repelled them.
I received a present yesterday, freshly killed and not molested. Good kitty. I've got an older cat that lives puddles and piles, he's getting up there. I'd rather have the gifts. Still, in his day he'd bring me presents too.
I think she is a great cat, and she is doing a fine job of keeping the number of vermin down.
cat, more often, dont hunt for food but for sport. they enjoy hunting and they thin out the population of rabbit and mice, which are invasive species that can mess up the ecosystem as well as spreading disease. that is why human has been keeping cats as pet for so long in their history, dated back from ancient Egypt
Ayakashi Hadate they'll eat what they kill if need be though. Cats are great surviors without any human help and hunting plays a role in that.
that is correct. but for domestic cat, who get fed daily, they still hunt just for the exercise and practice. they are on the top 5 most effective hunter with over 60% success rate too
richard suggs these human pets (cats) are actually destroying the wild fauna, they are taking away the food from owls, hawks, eagles and such predators, and all the other scavengers that rely on this food.
we have introduced a big plague to this world, plagues are never a good thing, all this because we think cats are cute.
MCES LEX you are mistaken. rabbit and mice can reproduce extremely fast. cats are simply one of the factor that keeping their population in check. rabbit and mice are invasive species which are the one messing with the ecosystem. remember the time when hunter release rabbit for hunting and they increase their population so much that native species was chased out for unable to compete for food source
Just a cat being a cat.
MrCharlie1960 exactly
I'll blow away a cat I see in the woods. Fuck those cats. They are horrible for nature.
keep it inside. Matter of time before they are highly regulated in other parts of the world besides N.Z. and Australia.
That's not the point, its about the amount of cats that is the problem.
They banned outside cats in my city, result? A pile of birds shitting and squaking. So you gotta balance it as best as you can. Back in the day theu were domesticated because we didnt have a huge population of humans and preffered less disease from rodents. Our dogs did the same.
My cat Po is such a good predator like Missy. He’s only been going outside for a few months now and he brings us back something almost everyday. Sometimes it’s still alive... he’s also a Tuxedo cat.
My 15 year old kitteh, when she was in her prime, would bring home rabbits, birds, mice and one one occasion an adult squirrel. Sometimes all that I would find was a pile of fur or feathers in the back yard. I lost count after the first hundred or so kills in her first year with me.
After I saw an opossum, several raccoons and a skunk in my neighborhood in the past 4-7 years she became an indoor cat.
Her name is Missie as well.
EDIT: Cats bring home their kills as gifts to their humans. It's a cat's way of saying "I am worth something. I can earn my keep in this house".
There was a cat in a factory in England that was a mouser in a factory and killed over 26,000 mice. No that's not a typo.
Wilt Chamberlain would be jealous...
over 10 years that would be 7,2 mice a day.
What a good cat
@@meggi8048 dosent sound unbelievable
that cat was badass af, my cat once did the same thing but is now a tad bit old
My old Tom passed away last winter. ( in the house. ) he was 23 and died with a dead mouse under his paw.
@@jamesbascombe6869 that's sad I hope he is okay in heaven😊🐈
@@jamesbascombe6869 R.I.P I hope he has a good time in heaven, I fell bad to you
@@jamesbascombe6869 Tom took Jerry with him.
My cat once brought in a live goose. Needless to say, we were all very displeased with the cat and the trouble it gave us trying to rid of the stampeding, scared, and angry goose in the house.
Had a cat like missy; Diablo. Norwegian longhair, former homeless tomcat that adopted us. Biggest damn cat I ever had; over 20 pounds and no fat on him. Awesome hunter but he had a special love of rodents. So many voles and rabbits.
For my birthday last week I was gifted a very fat mole and two blue jays. That was in a few hours. My kitty is the sweetest assassin I’ve n/ever met. And dude still wants a can of food aside from his dry kibble daily. The neighborhood loves he’s on patrol for moles and our overabundance of squirrels. Yet he’s the sweetest boy with humans, especially children. He also walks with anyone on our street and sleeps nightly on our bed.
I live in the middle of nowhere where bugs and rodents frequent. I have chickens to knock down the bug problem, which includes scorpions, and a cat that loves to hunt rodents. Hell, one time I saw her carrying a ferret. She's a monster around there. Haven't had a rat in years.
Well I think Missy is a great Hunter!
you know, when i see my cat playing with its food, makes me wonder what would he do to me if i wake up one day 20x smaller than my current size now
My first beloved cat was also named Missy, and she was a voracious killer. Especially with birds. About once a week, I'd go to put on my boots, and would find a half eaten songbird in there. Also, we had a wood burning stove, and birds would often attempt to nest in the flu, but would fall and end up stuck. So, whenever we heard beating wings in our kitchen, well, it became dinner and a show. I pity the birds, but we couldn't stop her from killing them even if we tried. She was a successful hunter well into her old age.
We had a cat my mom nicknamed John Wayne Gacy because of his habit for leaving the animals he killed underneath the back porch. Although he wasn't very bright, and was cross-eyed, he killed probably hundreds of small animals in his lifetime. His favorite tactic was actually somewhat impressive to watch. He'd climb to the top of the privacy fence where several tree limbs converged to form an overhead canopy. He'd then wait for birds to swoop under and then leap up and catch them mid-flight, falling a total of a 10 or more feet in the process.
I'm surprised no one is talking how ballet that lady is. Just handling all those bodies
This is very interesting. I have two cats, one hunts often (he usually catches small birds, pigeons, squirrels and the odd rat). He, unlike most cats, eats what he catches (so it doesn't go to waste?). The other one rarely hunts (she will catch mice and sometimes small birds). She doesn't eat them and just leaves them for you. Last week she got to a mouse nest and killed 4!
She's probably trying to teach you how to hunt and/or feed you. They do that to feed their kittens and incompetent elderly cats (which is what humans are to them). She doesn't want you to die for being "inept" lol. It's kind of cute when you think about it.
do you wash your hands after you pet them?
No, why?
Does it occur to you that outdoor cats have germs all over them?
I don't really care tbh
3:10 my sisters cat is very similar. Once found him eating a juvenile cottontail, he had already eaten its head.
All that was left a portion of the large intestine when he was done eating, found him fat and happy under an old car, napping.
Maybe you should suggest your sister keeps her cat indoors or on a leash.
Xiya L. Oh i see you’re a snowflake lmao
@@menosbbgirl i would, but my sister gets insulted and super pissy if you dont agree with her methods.
He's fixed, for what it's worth.
@@dimez3702 shut your dumbass mouth, dude. Outdoor cats are responsible for alot of wild animal decline, small things like birds and rodents. Xiya L. is right, stop trying to be edgy and cool.
JurassicSmackdown Rodents and Birds are not in the slightest bit endangered. In fact their population is so great you need predators like cats or dogs even snakes and larger birds to keep the pest population down. Stop being a ignorant dumbass and do your research. Let nature be nature you’re a human you have no say over animals.
My grandmother had a black and white cat like Missy. That cat was an absolutely formidable hunter.
Am I the only one thinking Missy is an amazing cat? She's AWESOME!!!
lemmi get this straight 7.000.000 cats kill a total of 200.000 mice and we panic about it? I mean there are a LOT of mice like a stupid amount
Indeed this number seems very small. There are probably several hundred millions of mice in England (or even billions). For other species that might be more problematic (but thy did not gave figures)
However it is an underestimate, as most cats do not bring back their catches. Good hunters will get several mice a day. Even a lazy farm cat will get more than 200 mice a year, so the figure above seems incredibly underestimate (I would not be surprise if it is closer to 200000 per day instead of per year)
And the argument that it takes food away from owls is just straight up bull shit and there is nothing about them that is not a pest
ToTaC Anything to complain about😐,..."Clean up these plastic infested oceans!"
Well I mean 3k are from missy
Pif de Mestre While I do agree with your point I also need to counter if they counted all 7mill as outdoor/semi-outdoor cats?
I ask this because I myself keep indoor only cats to prevent risks of varrying issues, but because they are indoor the only things they ever get to hunt are the occaisional bug or two.
My cat brought in nearly a whole swan once...
your cat must be a veteran
Ghost Eye Great cat!
She was, she died a few months ago but she was the friendliest cat you would ever meet. (she DID NOT like swans)
Ghost Eye Sounds like a badass, If you don't mind me asking, How did you cat die?
Ghost Eye Solid Cat
Seems to me Missy is so beautiful and so perfect, I wouldn't stop her from hunting, it looks cruel but it's her own business. She's a cat after all
Eh so you're saying that I can hunt animals if I look beautiful and perfect
She's a pest, thankfully a dead pest now
Alex VI why do you say that? This video isn’t THAT old is it?
She's an invasive species. There's nothing cute about her killing native wildlife (with the exceptions of mice and rats) . Her owners should've kept her inside.
You truly are a complete weirdo.
Her smile looking at the half bitten mice explains why missy loves to gift her mommy
She knew there was gonna be quarantine in the future and her owners were not gonna be able to get food, she’s been practicing, now look how good she is, she’s hunting enough to feed herself and her owners
"Mice are very important...as prey species for natural predators"
YEAH, like cats!!!
Not domestic cats. Cats in general? Sure. But these are domestic house cats, which have a ridiculously high population number. They eat the tiny critters, it leaves less for the wild carnivores & omnivores to feed off of.
Theres wild flesh-eaters that are endangered. House cats aren't exactly endangered.
@@jurassicsmackdown6359 There are bigger causes of concern for wildlife than cats
Yeah that was kind of a stupid comment
@@Anonymous-qx1vd yes. But, the topic at hand is about cats.
Александър Копоев Yeah,like humans
It amazes me how much cats crave attention and love but you let them out the back yard and its pure carnage. Spring is here and our cat Beverly who is 7 years old now killed 4 birds in 1 day. The wife threatens to put a bell around her neck every year but i keep convincing her that she's gonna slow down but it just hasnt happened but i wont be putting her kills in the fridge
That cat has earned herself some good meat.
What's the problem with cats ditching processed foods for organic?
Missy is awesome! She's just doing what is consistent with her instinct! Voles tear the crap out of your lawn. My cats take care of them!
My cats name is missus and anything she brings home, 90% of the time they have no heads. She's 15 years old and was a wild street cat when we found her out our back yard.
Missy is amazing. Never knew a cat could catch a rabbit.
They can...easily Cats are amazing!!
no cat food bill and rodent control double win
now what's the problem again .................... ?
4ern ic8it They still eat cat food and catching wild life can cause them to get worms and fleas,that can be costly....Not to mention the loss of food for Owls, Kestrels, and others and all the little baby birds waiting for mommy to come home with dinner and she never will...I think it is just a killer instinct in the Cat....
In America 🐈 owners feed too much industrial cat food to the point the cats were over weight like the mirror image of their lazy owners. Afterward most of the cats has lost athletic ability & their natural instincts.
4ern ic8it we have a doggy door and our cat prefers shitting outside rather than in a litter box. So add on free litter to that list ! Lol
cats get potentially sickened from their contaminated catch (very unlikely)
pyrophobia133 very very very unlikely. Especially since most cats just kill for the fun and don't eat their catch , but even then their stomachs are made for that. Unless of course rabies is introduced , that would be that very unlikely cenario
She is a great hunter for a small kittypet.
Go Missy! Its just all out of true cat nature.
I had a cat named Missy and she looked exactly like this one. I miss her.
Make Cats Great Again!
They've always been!
Gary Pastorchik ever had one?
Grab em by the.....
Gerald Friend no.
@@this_is_gold_leader2229 I'll grab him by the neck, dislike his comment
She's adorable and although she's not my cat, I'm really very proud of her! I had a cat like that, such a great hunter, especially when she had babies ... You can't imagine what was in front of the door in the morning ...and the little ones playing around with their new "toys" 😊😊😊 She was also very skilled in catching little birds, even pigeons directly from the trees, mice and obviously rats! Actually I remember that while we had her, she basically exterminated the mice and rats population from our backyard and from our neighbors too ... The barn was cleared of the pests! She was not the only cat hunter we had at that time, we also had a Siamese male and other European female, both very skilled hunters, but Fifi was by far the greatest hunter cat we ever had and also my mother's morning nightmare! 😂😂😂 I miss her soooo much! Other than being a hunter, she was such a sweetheart, so proud of the job she did hunting rats that she almost always would share it with us 🥰🥰🥰 She was never sick and her babies inherited her "hunting hunger" and skills and all of them were the healthiest kittens I ever seen. In my neighborhood she was the dominant female, so fierce, chasing away all cats she didn't agree to cross her territory! She died few years ago of old age, around 17 years old!
Good job, Missy. keep up the good work.
Seriously?
Very interesting and biological video. What I wouldn't give for my cats to hunt that much!
Missy is such a good kitty! I hope my future barn cats are as good of hunters as she is!
good kitty
Its called nature , stop interfering
Its not nature tho. People feed the cats so even when they can't hunt they survive and make more cats, that then on go to hunt and breed even more. Them killing mice is not the problem. The problem is they have hunted some bird species to endangered status and close to extincion. If you're gonna own a cat keep it inside!
Cats are great.
Missy is a great hunter! 👍
My cat (which has since passed away) used to bring me mice, birds, rabbits, squirrels etc all the time lol he never really ate them though. He just brought them to me. It’s how cats show their love, loyalty and dedication to their owners. RIP boy
We've had 7/8 cats in my lifetime (30 + years). I only remember less than 10 occasions my cats brought me prey home. I live in a terraced house area so mice in my town are a problem. But a cat in the house keeps mice out.
That's a strong independent cat who also want to feed his family
That's why he is hunting and bringing it to home
You guys made him a serial killer
And obviously cat are master Hunters
Nobody made the cat a "serial killer" tho, my man
Missy is like a female Leo: black and white, likes to be outside, and murders everything that passes for prey.
He had stayed in the house for no more than a week, and he committed his first murder--a parakeet my mom brought in to watch over for the day. Leo took one look, and the little bird went from being in mom's hand to dead: whole thing couldn't have lasted more than 5 seconds.
Leo's been afraid of me ever since...though it's never stopped him hunting: he just makes a point to avoid any and all pets we bring into the house...the last haul I heard of was when he took out a half-dozen squirrels...
(and yes, we obviously knew the cats we had were hunters (they were all originally strays)--every attempt was made to keep the cats away from the parakeet. However, Leo is a wily sort... some days he's like a monkey in a cat's body...if the monkey was a murderously violent creature of mass destruction...)
I love this cat. Good girl!
Fucking beautiful, perfect pet for me.
All prey tremble before the name of the nefarious feline...”Missy”
@3:40, well, so there is Missy's trade secret. You have built a bait pond for her to hide and hunt at. Not that I am objecting. We would be quite overrun with mice if it weren't for cats and birds of prey. She is quite the beautiful Tuxedo!!!
I read somewhere, UK Prime Minister was unhappy with Downing Street 10 official cat, Larry regarding his mousing skill. Perhaps Missy can replace him. From my own experience, female cat always has more appetite in hunting.
Jeffry Syam
Perhaps because they also have to feed their young in some cases, which recquire more hunting
Well she should be ok. There's enough rats in that building to catch ain't there???🤣
The owners don’t seem to appreciate how wonderful Missy is.
cats rule. that is all.
Hans Behrends YOU are Brilliant! XD
Tell that to my .410
Hans Behrends I approve
Cats are apex, but they dont truly rule. A hawk is a cats worst nightmare. Heck, raccoons also pose a threat, alongside larger cats
We all know cats are very good hunters even tame ones
Kev DaMaster I've read info on pet cats are 100% wild when they cross the threshold of the door.
Kev DaMaster the Warrior Cat books are based on real events 👌
Kev DaMaster my cat fry is an idiot he cant hunt for shit hes wierd
I've alwasy seen this as kind of funny, almost all of my cats have been outdoor cats. I've seen them bring foot long pack rats, squirrels, a mole(of all things), brown and green anole's, snakes, and i believe there's been a handful of adult crows as well. Those were the ones that surprised me.
Caleb Christensen My cat has brought back a flying squirrel and a weasel. I didn't even know we had them and had never seen them, but he found them!
:D Awesome, got video or pictures of Mingles?
Sounds like an amazing hunter
Uh huh.
You just wanted the trophy tree, didn't you?
Ladies and gentlemen, a future serial killer.
Gabor were you raised a coward? Just cause everything you said involves hiding behind a gun.
you're a liar and a coward, I say that qualifies for a jew
Missy looks almost exactly like my cat Diva (Diva's eyes are a little greenish), it's really weird to see her on screen. Used to be a great Killer herself but now at age 12 she has either slowed down considerably or she has decided against bringing things home and eats/leaves her kills where they happen.
wow thats one super cat. just the way how effectively she jumps on the fence at 3:31 surprises me. most cats would need a few more seconds time to prepare for a jump like that.
maybe she will break her back one day...
Holy Rabbit Turds! That cat kicks so much butt! 5:40
I don't see too much of a problem. She keeps down the rodent population, which otherwise could explode at any moment, so that is a big plus. Granted, I feel pity for those lovely swallows, and for the other singing bird victims, but those we can regard as 'collateral damage'. And if our armed forces permitted to have that, why not our cats too? ☺
I think if we could just train outdoor cats to leave vulnerable or threatened species alone, and praise and reward them for killing invasive, problematic species, we might really be onto something there.
It's really a regional thing. The cats that are killing vulnerable species are generally feral cats on islands. Cats in mainland USA or UK aren't doing any harm. Even the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds agrees...www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/community-and-advice/garden-advice/unwantedvisitors/cats/birddeclines.aspx
The main problem with letting cats outside for most people is the potential for harm to the cat, which can be killed by coyotes or dogs or cars or poison or traps or asshole humans.
+8joeb
I never said it would be easy. But cats _can_ be trained, so there is at least a degree of merit to the idea, I think.
Of course cats can be trained.
But she always keeps thinking "What do I get out of this training?".
When she gains nothing, she keeps doing what she always did.
My cat brings me mice almost every morning.
I think she thinks I would starve otherwise.
I see it as a friendly gesture. Make her stop doing that renders her entire being as a cat.
We like it when she chases a laser dot, or a feather on a string, but she isn't allowed to catch mice?
For her there is no difference.
There's always the satisfaction of the catch. Nobody can train what's deep inside her instincts.
Ah, the cat is a "wicked thing" but the pry are "poor mammals and birds", not very objective for a professional doing a study is it?
“Hey honey what are you eating?”
“Oh, whatever is on the tray in the bottom of the fridge”
“Oh, yeah, umm kay, yeah eat those leftovers up....”
Awesome video, just absolutely awesome!! :-)
CAts are the best hunters in the world, understand that, It is their nature and it is red in tooth and claw, and there is no changing that, like the owl, or hawk they must hunt It is what they are make to do. we can keep then inside and limit that hunting or let them hunt that is there owners choice and responsibility..
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Cat: you're my next victim camera man 😼
i love that cat.
My cat brings lizards back home. I don't like lizards so I love my cat.
She's a good hunter...domestic cats are one of the few creatures that hunt for sport
If they can bring home rabbits, that would've been very beneficial to pre-modern humans... Like from 20+ thousand year's ago. Like wow...
Wouldve been amazing its a days worth of food for free! And rabbit is delicious